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davos (Free subscription) | 03/15/2010
Forbes Hints at World Shanghaied by Billionaires: William Pesek Share Business Exchange Twitter Facebook | Email | Print | A A A Commentary by William Pesek March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Donald Tsang , consider yourself shanghaied. It happened on March 5, as Hong Kong’s chief executive visited Beijing. There, local media confronted Tsang with a Bloomberg News article pointing out that...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 03/01/2010
... reports that Hong Kong’s economy will grow between 4% and 5% this year. Financial Secretary John Tsang said that in order to tamp down a potential property bubble, taxes on the most expensive homes would be raised. Home prices have soared 29%, so it’s no wonder they’re a little nervous. Complete Story »
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 02/26/2010
The Hong Kong SAR Government will inject HK$4.9 billion into the phase three development of the Hong Kong Science Park, said Financial Secretary John Tsang Wednesday during the delivery of his annual budget speech. According to him, the phase three is expected to see completion in phases between 2013 and 2016. "This would promote innovation and technology and create 5,000 jobs during...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/25/2010
Economic growth in the Special Administrative Region (SAR) beat estimates in the fourth quarter and Financial Secretary John Tsang forecast an expansion of as much as 5 percent this year as he moved to counter the risk of a real-estate bubble. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose a seasonally adjusted 2.3 percent from the previous three months, Tsang told lawmakers in his budget speech...
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My China B2B Latest News | Published News (Free subscription) | 02/25/2010
Hong Kong's financial chief John Tsang on Wednesday proposed in a budget speech measures to build on the economic recovery while preventing asset bubbles, in addition to relief measures worth some 20 billion HK dollars (2.56 billion U.S. dollars). Delivering the budget proposals for the fiscal year 2010-11 at a meeting of the Legislative Council, Tsang pledged to carefully adjust...
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My China B2B Latest News | Published News (Free subscription) | 02/25/2010
Hong Kong's financial chief said here on Wednesday that Hong Kong will ensure adequate fiscal reserves which was prerequisite to the city's social and economic stability. Hong Kong needs to prepare for the future by increasing the reserves to meet challenges like aging population and shrinking working population, John Tsang said when delivering his annual budget speech at the Legislative...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 02/24/2010
Financial Secretary John Tsang in his annual budget address on Wednesday lifts the levy on luxury property transactions to counter speculative trading.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/24/2010
Hong Kong's economy will grow by between 4% and 5% this year, Financial Secretary John Tsang says in his budget speech.
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My China B2B Latest News | Published News (Free subscription) | 02/25/2010
Hong Kong will take measures to reinforce its position as a global financial center and asset management center in the current legislative year, according to the Appropriation Bill 2010 released here on Wednesday. Financial Secretary John Tsang outlined the main measures in his budget speech, including developing offshore RMB business, promoting asset management business and improving...
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My China B2B Latest News | Published News (Free subscription) | 02/25/2010
Hong Kong will raise the rate of stamp duty on transactions of luxury properties to avoid property bubble, Hong Kong's top financial official said here Wednesday. "We will increase the transaction cost of property speculation with appropriate tax measures so as to reduce the risk of creating a property bubble," said John Tsang, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/24/2010
Hong Kong's financial chief John Tsang on Wednesday proposed in a budget speech measures to build on the economic recovery while preventing asset bubbles, in addition to relief measures worth some 20 billion HK dollars (2.56 billion U.S. dollars). Delivering the budget proposals for the fiscal year 2010-11 at a meeting of the Legislative Council, Tsang pledged to carefully adjust...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/24/2010
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang Wednesday proposed to set up a 300 million HK dollars Pilot Green Transport Fund for application by the industry, initially by the public transport operators. Delivering the budget proposals for the fiscal year 2010-11 at a Legislative Council meeting, Tsang said the move was aimed to encourage the transport sector to test out green and...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/24/2010
Hong Kong will take measures to reinforce its position as a global financial center and asset management center in the current legislative year, according to the Appropriation Bill 2010 released here on Wednesday. Financial Secretary John Tsang outlined the main measures in his budget speech, including developing offshore RMB business, promoting asset management business and improving...
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Latest Breaking News (Free subscription) | 02/24/2010
Hong Kong Budget: latest news about updates in Hong Kong Budget, hong kong budget 2010, hk budget 2010, Hong Kong’s economic growth beat estimates in the fourth quarter and Financial Secretary John Tsang forecast an expansion of as much as 5 percent this year as he moved to counter the risk of a property bubble. Tsang [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/24/2010
Hong Kong's economy is expected to grow by 4-5 percent in 2010, John Tsang, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said on Wednesday. Delivering the budget proposals for the fiscal year 2010-11 at a Legislative Council meeting, Tsang said the Hong Kong economy grew by 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, but still contracted...