Anisha Bhaduri

1 week ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

In the last week of May, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government announced 30 measures to help harness the economic benefits of an aging demography. The number of people aged 65 and above in Hong Kong touched 1.68 million in late 2023, accounting for 22.4 percent of the total population and as per official indicators, by 2043, would likely reach 2.67 million, or about 35 percent of the population. And the cumulative spending by that segment?

1 week ago | chinadailyasia.com | Anisha Bhaduri

The Education Bureau (EDB) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has requested the city’s universities to reach out to top talent following the ban on Harvard University’s enrolling foreign students by US President Donald Trump’s administration; this has since been contested, earning the university a temporary reprieve.

1 week ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

The Education Bureau (EDB) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has requested the city’s universities to reach out to top talent following the ban on Harvard University’s enrolling foreign students by US President Donald Trump’s administration; this has since been contested, earning the university a temporary reprieve.

2 weeks ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

A couple of weeks after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority shared that negative equity cases in Hong Kong’s real estate market had climbed to a new high, mid-May saw a flurry of widely reported sales driven by a drop in interest rates. According to HKMA estimates, the number of residential mortgage loans in negative equity stood at 40,741 at the end of March — reportedly the highest on record since the fourth quarter of 2003.

2 weeks ago | chinadailyasia.com | Anisha Bhaduri

A couple of weeks after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority shared that negative equity cases in Hong Kong’s real estate market had climbed to a new high, mid-May saw a flurry of widely reported sales driven by a drop in interest rates. According to HKMA estimates, the number of residential mortgage loans in negative equity stood at 40,741 at the end of March — reportedly the highest on record since the fourth quarter of 2003.