Development minister Bernadette Linn says ‘modular integrated construction’ method may help to offset predicted manpower shortfall for building sector.
Hong Kong’s SMEs are more optimistic than their peers in mainland China, Singapore and Australia when it comes to growing their businesses this year, thanks to government support and an increase in online sales, a survey shows.
Chief Executive John Lee says full investigation under way to determine why subcontract workers had ventured underground and whether safety rules followed.
A source says the government has shifted to a ‘softer, reactive’ approach but is not planning any large-scale publicity campaigns or high-level delegations to explain the new law overseas.
The past will not deliver the future, and Hong Kong’s private sector must take on more direct responsibility, to identify and embrace today’s vastly different economic opportunities.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s SME information platform is part of its ongoing efforts to help SMEs affected by the shift in consumer and tourist spending patterns.
The deadly blaze at New Lucky House that killed five people and injured 43 shows that fire safety laws will not save residents unless they are enforced. While amending the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance is a good start, Hong Kong must…
The Advisory Council on the Environment has unanimously endorsed the environmental impact assessment report on the San Tin Technopole with eight conditions.
Hong Kong can do more to help finance the transition of high-emitting sectors and heavy-polluting industries to more sustainable business activities as a hub for the region, Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.
Hong Kong’s economic recovery is slowly filling up retail spaces, pushing vacancy rates to a three-year low. The rebound, however, is bypassing the northwestern part of the city in Yuen Long and Sheung Shui.