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Hong Kong: July house prices at lowest level since February 2020

Private home prices in Hong Kong fell to their lowest level since February 2020 in July, official data showed, as home buyers grew more pessimistic due to rising interest rates and an uncertain outlook. Home prices in...

Hong Kong: Slowest pace of economic contraction in the second quarter

Hong Kong's economy contracted at a slower pace in the second quarter of this year than in the previous quarter, partly due to an increase in government consumer spending. GDP shrank 1.4% in the April-June period in...

The E.U. calls for the repeal of the security law imposed on Hong Kong by China

The EU today called for the repeal of China's national security law and standstill law in Hong Kong, while asking the region's authorities to "refrain from implementing them". "The EU supports the recommendations of the UN Human...

Hong Kong’s central bank raised interest rates by 0.75%

Hong Kong's central bank raised its key interest rate by 75 basis points to 2.75%, hours after the US central bank raised rates by the same amount. Hong Kong's monetary policy moves parallel to that of the...

Hong Kong: ‘Very slim’ chances of finding alive 27 crew members of ship that was cut in two

The chances of finding the 27 crew members missing after it was cut in two in the South China Sea by tropical storm Chamba are "very slim", Hong Kong authorities said, adding that search operations were...

Hong Kong: The broken promises

By Pierre Haski July 1st 1997 in Hong Kong... The British flag is lowered for the last time, folded and handed over to Prince Charles in pouring rain. One hundred and fifty five years of colonial...