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  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Hong Kong intervenes to strengthen currency for first time since 2019

    Borrowing costs expected to rise in economy battered by Covid-19 restrictions

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Mainland China property companies pull back in Hong Kong

    Cash-strapped developers sell up and shun land sales after Evergrande liquidity shock

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong’s property tycoons braced for further losses from zero-Covid regime

    Family-run developers forecast to face sharp fall in house prices after steep revenue drops last year

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Hong Kong brain drain intensifies city’s economic woes

    Unending Covid restrictions, compulsory quarantine and lockdown threat spark exodus from territory

  • Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
    Inside BusinessPrimrose Riordan
    Hong Kong airport is falling off the radar

    Tough Covid restrictions pushing airlines to reconsider the territory as a regional hub

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong to give out spending vouchers as Covid cases hit record level

    Analysts say elimination strategy is ‘unsustainable’ as Omicron sweeps through city and hits economy

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Illegal border crossings push Hong Kong Covid outbreak into China

    Pressure from Beijing to eradicate Omicron spread raises prospect of stricter controls in city

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    Prudential PLC
    Prudential fears Covid curbs will force next CEO to start outside Hong Kong

    Incoming interim boss Mark FitzPatrick says two-week hotel quarantine creates ‘friction’

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Beijing ready to implement harsher Covid lockdown on Hong Kong

    Chinese government worried officials in financial hub are not doing enough to quash outbreak

  • Saturday, 13 November, 2021
    Hong Kong’s high-end property sales boom despite protests and pandemic

    Record real estate transactions belie political challenges that have beset city

  • Monday, 8 November, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong’s property barons set to benefit from affordable housing drive

    City’s developers well-positioned to capitalise on Beijing’s efforts to promote social justice

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong relaxes Covid quarantine rules for travellers from mainland China

    Businesses welcome change in policy but some complain scheme is one-sided

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus: US tops 40m Covid cases since the start of the pandemic - as it happened
  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    Foreign businesses threaten to quit Hong Kong over strict quarantine rules

    Top official acknowledges companies are suffering but says government’s priority is city’s health

  • Tuesday, 17 August, 2021
    Inside BusinessTabby Kinder
    Why Hong Kong’s crypto crown is slipping

    Territory’s flourishing industry is increasingly at odds with China’s tougher stance

  • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
    Hong Kong’s population falls after political crackdown

    City records a 1.2% decline in residents for first half of year as young people and families depart

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    Hong Kong-Taiwan spat threatens cross-Strait business

    Ties between sides collapse as rising political tensions hit important trade relationship

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    Hong Kong companies cajole staff to have vaccines with cash and holidays

    Low inoculation rates because of vaccine hesitancy threaten city’s economic recovery

  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
    Inside BusinessJune Yoon
    Hong Kong property defies the gloomy forecasts

    Developers reap benefit of demand from mainland China buyers

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    Chinese business & finance
    China edges closer to wealth link with Hong Kong

    Scheme could results in tens of billions of dollars flowing between markets

  • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
    IPOs
    Hong Kong exchange posts record profit on trading and IPO boom

    City’s bourse benefits from series of big listings by Chinese groups

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Hong Kong promises investors its prized tax haven status is secure

    Political pressures and budget deficits spark fears territory might need to raise revenue

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd
    Shares in Hong Kong bourse operator plunge as city increases trading tax

    Government’s move to raise duty for the first time in almost 30 years threatens core HKEX business

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    FT Magazine
    Hong Kong’s historic businesses face an uncertain future

    As pressure from Beijing increases, empires such as Jardine Matheson and Swire must work out their next move

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Asia-Pacific equities
    Chinese investors flood Hong Kong’s bruised stock market with cash

    Record holdings of city’s shares by mainland traders underscores their growing influence

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