Hong Kong

  • Jul 7, 2003
  • 1 min read

HONG KONG: Inexorable unemployment

The unemployment rate has risen sharply from March-May 2003, reflecting the short-term impact of...

Hong Kong
  • Jul 7, 2003
  • 1 min read

HONG KONG: Tung's turnaround

Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa today backed away from plans to submit an unpopular anti-subversion...

Hong Kong
  • Jul 4, 2003
  • 6 min read

HONG KONG: Article 23 issue highlights Tung failures

Up to 500,000 people took part in the July 1 demonstration against proposed security legislation....

Hong Kong
  • Jul 3, 2003
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HONG KONG: Property gloom

Sales of new and second-hand real estate fell by 33% year-on-year for the first half of this...

Hong Kong
  • Jul 1, 2003
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HONG KONG: Protest march

An anti-government protest march on the sixth anniversary of the handover to China today drew...

Hong Kong
  • Jun 30, 2003
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CHINA/HONG KONG: Free trade fillip

China and Hong Kong yesterday signed a bilateral free trade agreement.

Hong Kong
  • Jun 26, 2003
  • 1 min read

HONG KONG: Exports boost

Exports grew by 14% year-on-year last month, the government announced today.

Hong Kong
  • Jun 24, 2003
  • 1 min read

HONG KONG/CHINA: SARS free

The World Health Organisation (WHO) today declared Beijing free of Severe Acute Respiratory...

Hong Kong