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10.05.26 - 14:30
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Rental yields, redevelopment gains drive home sales in Hong Kong′s To Kwa Wan (SCMP)
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Strong student-rental demand, competitive pricing and improving transport links are drawing investors to new residential projects in To Kwa Wan, as developers seek to reposition the ageing Kowloon district as part of a broader redevelopment corridor linked to Kai Tak and Hung Hom.
The renewed interest helped push Hong Kong's weekend primary home transactions to around 500 units, the strongest level in 19 months, according to Midland Realty.
Two of the four major project launches over the weekend......
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06.05.26 - 02:00
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Canadian Solar elevates Hong Kong role amid industry slump and geopolitical tensions (SCMP)
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Canadian Solar, one of the industry's most exposed players to US-China tensions, is expanding the role of its Hong Kong operations as it reshapes its global business to weather a deepening downturn and rising geopolitical pressure, positioning the city as a hub for financing, talent and technology development, according to its board director.
The Nasdaq-listed group, founded in 2001 by Chinese entrepreneur Shawn Qu, has been grappling with increasingly stringent compliance requirements from......
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05.05.26 - 12:48
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Hong Kong home sales surge to 2-year high, boosting overall transactions (SCMP)
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Hong Kong property transactions surged to a four-month high in April, while the value and volume of home sales hit their highest level in 24 months, according to the latest official data, underscoring the resilience of the city's real estate sector amid uncertainties over interest rates and the US-Israel war on Iran.
A total of 8,692 transactions across homes, offices, shops, car parking spots and industrial spaces were concluded last month, up 12.3 per cent from March's 7,737 deals, according......
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04.05.26 - 08:48
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Gold rush: Hong Kong sees sudden jump in bullion imports from Dubai amid US-Iran war (SCMP)
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Gold imports and trading have surged in Hong Kong recently as merchants and investors from the Middle East and Russia move their holdings from Dubai to the city amid the regional war, according to the Hong Kong Gold Exchange (HKGX).
Since early April, some gold merchants from these regions have been selling physical gold in Hong Kong at a discount of 15 to 20 per cent to the market price, said Haywood Cheung Tak-hay, chairman of HKGX.
“The discounted sales were a result of the US-Israel war with......
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28.04.26 - 06:42
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Hong Kong home prices rise higher in March as rents peak for a fifth month straight (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's lived-in home prices rose 1.4 per cent in March, bringing the first-quarter increase to an accelerated pace of 4.4 per cent, according to the latest official data, indicating the property market's resilience despite uncertainties brought about by the US-Israel war on Iran.
The monthly increase was slower than February's 1.8 per cent, but 2026's first-quarter rise was faster than the 2.11 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The city's rental prices also extended their......
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23.04.26 - 13:00
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Chinese economist Fu Peng joins Hong Kong-listed Bitfire, hails crypto′s historic rise (SCMP)
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Chinese economist Fu Peng, whose candid remarks about the country's economic ills went viral, has joined a Hong Kong cryptocurrency firm as chief scientist, hailing the “historical” leap of digital assets into mainstream finance despite their current slump.
“[Digital assets] have become mature enough to be added to investment portfolios,” Fu said in Hong Kong on Thursday, addressing audience members at an event organised by his new employer Bitfire Group, a Hong Kong-listed crypto asset......
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22.04.26 - 04:00
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Hong Kong stocks retreat after Trump extends Iran war ceasefire (SCMP)
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Hong Kong stocks fell in early trading on Wednesday, with other regional markets mixed, as investors remained wary of tensions in the Middle East despite US President Donald Trump saying he would extend a ceasefire with Iran.
The Hang Seng Index dropped 0.9 per cent to 26,242.56 as of 9.30am. On the Chinese mainland, the CSI 300 Index slid 0.4 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index retreated 0.3 per cent.
The day before a a two-week truce with Iran was set to expire, Trump said he would......
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21.04.26 - 12:30
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Premium for mainland China shares erodes – or flips – as capital flows to Hong Kong (SCMP)
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A long-standing pricing gap between the mainland China-listed and Hong Kong shares of dual-listed companies has narrowed – and in some cases reversed – as global investors re-rate China's technology companies.
The Hang Seng AH Premium Index, a widely watched gauge of the valuation gap between dual-listed companies' A shares trading on mainland exchanges and their H shares in Hong Kong, has remained below 120 in recent sessions, down sharply from a high of 157.89 in February 2024.
The shift has......
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21.04.26 - 03:36
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Hong Kong can advance AI beyond the confines of geopolitical rivalry (SCMP)
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There is a tendency to portray the global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape as consisting of two bitter rivals – China and the United States. The remaining 80 per cent of the world's population, by virtue of their supposed dearth of scale, research and other critical overheads, are purportedly followers with no agency.
The reality is more complex. The emerging global AI order is neither unipolar nor strictly bipolar. Instead, it is characterised by a swathe of middle powers hedging their......
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20.04.26 - 10:54
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Hong Kong well positioned to attract global capital amid geopolitical shifts: think tank (SCMP)
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Hong Kong stands to benefit from a potential reallocation of global capital as geopolitical tensions push investors to seek safer and more resilient markets, according to the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), a government think tank.
Speaking at a media round table on Tuesday, FSDC chairman Benjamin Hung Pi-cheng said the prolonged conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran had reinforced a global environment of “turbulence and volatility”, prompting investors to reassess where to......
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13.04.26 - 03:06
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Geopolitical tensions may bolster Hong Kong office demand as Gulf capital looks east (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's reputation as a safe haven could be reinforced by the geopolitical shock waves from the US-Israel conflict with Iran, potentially supporting demand for premium office space in its core business districts, according to analysts.
While the city was not insulated from global uncertainty, it could benefit over the medium term as Gulf investors reassessed geographic diversification and sought stable financial hubs, said Jack Tong, director of research and consultancy at Savills Hong......
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