Hong Kong Informer

About 13,550 flats are expected to be built this year, with a further 15,820 forecast for next year.The figures were outlined in the online version of the Hong Kong Property Review 2013, published by the Rating & Valuation Department today.It reported that 10,150 flats were built last year, beating the average number of 9,854 units [...]

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About 1,500 academics, students and researchers – including a former US diplomat – have signed an online petition for more funds for the University of Hong Kong library, which they say is “going downhill very fast”. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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Hong Kong: High frequency of trains, larger capacity than S'pore The train systems in Hong Kong and Taipei have been often cited as good examples of efficiency in moving people in crowded cities. Royston Sim visits both cities to find out what makes these systems successful. Published on Apr 29, 2013 8:14 AM … Full [...]

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As a major transit and financial center connecting East and Southeast Asia, Hong Kong has always had a flourishing contraband industry. Now, a new kind of white powder is being trafficked.Five years … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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March was much warmer than average, with sunnier than usual weather and frequent visits of the warm maritime airstream, the Hong Kong Observatory says.   The mean temperature of 20.5 degrees Celsius for the month was 1.4 degrees above normal, and the eighth warmest for March.   The monthly mean maximum temperature of 23.5 degrees [...]

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The tenders for a residential site and a commercial site have been awarded on 50-year land grant at a total premium of just over $ 14 billion, the Lands Department announced today.   The residential site, Kowloon Inland Lot No. 11227 at the junction of Sheung Lok and Sheung Shing Streets in Ho Man Tin, [...]

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The prices of some common foods such as rice and beef have surged by over 100 per cent across Hong Kong since 2007 – far outpacing the 18-per-cent growth in income of public housing residents in that period – a Labour Party survey has found. The party said on Monday that its survey compared prices [...]

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mountain bikers . Hong Kong houses some 15 million people, but don't think it's all urban sprawl. A curtain of mountainside green envelops much of the city. Development covers only about … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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The moment you enter the Buddhist Po Kwong School in Fanling, things look different. Laminated A4-sized flash cards are posted on chairs, bins and doors, and dot playground and hallways. Each card has a QR (Quick Response) code, square barcodes that hold all sorts of data. When students scan a code with their hand-held tablet [...]

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Irish dance in Hong Kong is not too different than in Glasgow – PHOTOS Isn't it amazing to see how a love of Irish dance hops and leaps over continents all over the world? I love hearing from Irish dancers from different cultures. Today I've got Kathryn O' Connor-Barton TCRG, ADCRG, who began the O'Connor-Barton [...]

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Hong Kong avoids recession after third quarter GDP stronger than expected Hong Kong's economy expanded faster than expected in the third quarter, helping the trade-dependent territory avoid a recession as its exports and retail sector regained traction thanks to a pick-up in the world's two largest economies. The global … Full News here – Read [...]

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October was drier than usual with the Hong Kong Observatory recording 46.4mm of rain during the month, about 46% of the normal figure of 100.9mm.   This was due to the relatively dry northeast monsoon affecting southern China for most of the month.   The accumulated rainfall since January 1 was 1,804.8mm, a deficit of [...]

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SHARES jumped 0.99 per cent to a more than seven-month high yesterday as traders welcomed Moody's decision to hold off a downgrade of Spain and on hopes Madrid is set to ask for a bailout. The … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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SHARES jumped 0.99 per cent to a more than seven-month high yesterday as traders welcomed Moody's decision to hold off a downgrade of Spain and on hopes Madrid is set to ask for a bailout. The … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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Emission reductions better than expected The Hong Kong and Guangdong governments reached a consensus in April 2002 to reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), respirable suspended particulates (RSP) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) by 40 percent, 20 percent, 55 percent … Full News here – Read more on China Daily

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