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Mar 12 2023

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All you need to know about Hong Kong’s 2023 round of consumption vouchers

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First instalment will be disbursed from April 16 to payment platform residents chose for previous batch Permanent residents and certain new arrivals will receive HK$5,000, while others will get …

Mar 11 2023

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HK’s Zaha Hadid-Designed Tower Signs Up Canada Pension as Tenant

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The Canadian pension fund signed up for two floors in Henderson Land Development Co.’s new Hong Kong office building, according to people familiar with the matter, a win for the...

Mar 11 2023

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HKFP Guide: How to claim Hong Kong’s 2023 HK$5,000 consumption vouchers

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Hong Kong will distribute another round of consumption vouchers – with a value of HK$5,000 – in the coming months, with the first phase to be handed out in mid-April....

Mar 11 2023

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Latest round of Hong Kong consumption vouchers to be disbursed from mid-April, with scheme expected to boost post-Covid economy: Paul Chan

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City’s finance minister says it is ‘appropriate’ to give out vouchers since city is still recovering from economic effects of coronavirus pandemic Eligible permanent residents and new arrivals will …

Mar 10 2023

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Prominent Hong Kong union leader arrested after prison visit -source

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Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested veteran union leader Elizabeth Tang after she visited her pro-democracy activist husband who is jailed at a high security prison, according to a source...

Mar 09 2023

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Women in Hong Kong urged to call for greater rights, as equality watchdog data shows continued imbalance

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Women in Hong Kong have been urged to unite and call for greater rights and government support on International Women’s Day. In a press statement released on Wednesday, the local...

Mar 07 2023

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UK pension pool Border to Coast appoints two China-focused managers for new fund

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Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, one of the UK’s largest pension pools, has appointed two specialist China equity managers to run a third of the capital in its new emerging...

Mar 01 2023

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Rust belt province got old before it got rich, as much of China will

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As China’s 1.4 billion population declines and ages, in part because of a policy that limited couples to one child from 1980 to 2015, pressure on pension budgets is soaring.

Mar 01 2023

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Relocating Hong Kong residents withdrew US$219 million from pensions in Q4, down 28% year-on-year

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Residents leaving Hong Kong permanently withdrew HK$1.716 billion ($218.65 million) from pension accounts in the fourth quarter of 2022, down 28 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed...

Feb 28 2023

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Guangdong keen to take care of seniors from SARs

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A political adviser from Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, has urged departments in the southern metropolis to strengthen cooperation with their counterparts in the elderly care sector in the …