Hong Kong homes lost US$61.7 billion in value after removal of curbs: Centaline Total value of residential properties in Hong Kong stood at HK$8.99 trillion (US$1.15 trillion) in January compared ...

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.

But he expects his business to take a hit due to the Hong Kong government’s bid to phase out homes it deems “substandard.” See also: The infamous ‘coffin homes’ that Hong Kong’s new ...

(accept all reasonable answers) 2. The man on the right appears to live in one of Hong Kong’s tiny subdivided flats – or even a coffin home – and probably does not earn much money.

Housing is a sensitive issue in Hong Kong, one of the world’s least affordable cities, where the government controls land supply and high property costs are the norm. A new government policy targets ...

This escalation marks the latest instance of transnational repression, as Hong Kong authorities seek to silence exiled dissidents by intimidating their families at home. Lau, formerly a member of ...

More than a century ago, Pablo Picasso smashed the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Paris into a web of tangled lines on his canvas, ...

Housing is a sensitive issue in Hong Kong, one of the world’s least affordable cities. Some 7.5 million people live in a small territory that’s mostly made up of steep slopes. Just seven per cent, or ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A resident who gave his name as Cheung watches television at his subdivided flat in Sham Shui Po district of ...

The Hong Kong government will lower the stamp duty for some cheap homes in its latest attempt to boost the lackluster property market. Residential units valued at HK$4 million ($515,000 ...