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February 17, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from China
The Hong Kong government has announced a HK$25 billion package of subsidies for residents & businesses hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Around 200,000 low-income families will get a one-off grant of about HK$5,000 per household & student subsidies w...
32 min
February 14, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Australia
Landlords across Hong Kong are slashing rents in response to Finance Secretary Paul Chan’s request for the city’s biggest property developers to “fulfil their social responsibilities” to support businesses and prevent job losses.
US prosecutors have a...
32 min
February 13, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Korea
Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing DAB Party is calling on the government to hand out HK$10,000 to every Hong Kong permanent resident immediately and not wait for the budget in two weeks' time. They said the money can be used to help people buy protective masks o...
32 min
February 12, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
Economic activity has partially resumed across the mainland of China as new cases of the coronavirus (now known as Covid-19) outside of Hubei drop for 7 consecutive days. However, Chinese officials remain cautious in concluding whether the epidemic is ...
32 min
February 11, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / Discussion with Australia's Consul-General
Employees in China officially returned to work yesterday but many companies extended the Lunar New Year holiday further and will remain closed for at least another week. President Xi Jinping said large scale layoffs must be avoided.
Consumer price inf...
32 min
February 10, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
China’s National Health Commission said Monday the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus hit 40,171 by the end of February 9 and the death toll had risen to 908. Ten more patients in Hong Kong tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday, bring...
32 min
February 07, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Australia
China has announced that it will halve tariffs on hundreds of US goods worth around US$75 billion. The cuts apply to imports from the US that saw tariff increases last September in retaliation for a hike in US duties.
China is considering invoking a d...
32 min
February 06, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
The Hong Kong government announced yesterday it will quarantine anyone who arrives in the territory from the mainland for 14 days. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the situation had entered a “critical new phase” and Hong Kong health officials warned th...
32 min
February 05, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
Good morning. Global stocks have staged a recovery after the People’s Bank of China rolled out stimulus measures for the second day in a row and investors bet that the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy could be contained. The PBOC injecte...
32 min
February 04, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
Hong Kong’s economy has contracted for a full year for the first time in a decade. For 2019, GDP shrank 1.2% from 2018. In the fourth quarter of last year, GDP decreased 2.9% according to a preliminary estimate from the Census and Statistics Department...
32 min

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