Skip to main content

Featured

FS visits biomedical firm in UK

Financial Secretary Paul Chan yesterday visited a biopharmaceutical company and the Royal College of Art, and attended a lunch hosted by the China-Britain Business Council, as part of his ongoing trip to London.   Mr Chan visited AstraZeneca and met the company’s senior management to learn about its drug research and development activities, as well as its latest expansion plans.   AstraZeneca indicated that following in-depth talks with Hong Kong’s Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, it plans to develop a research and development centre in Hong Kong and will engage in further discussion with relevant government departments on the matter.   The Financial Secretary then attended a roundtable luncheon held by the China-Britain Business Council, and met representatives of British enterprises that do business, or plan to do business, either in the Mainland or Hong Kong.   Mr Chan later visited the Royal College of Art, which collaborated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic Unive

96k private flats forecast

The projected private flat supply for the next three to four years is 96,000 units, 3,000 more than the previous estimate.   The Transport & Housing Bureau today said there were 12,000 unsold units in completed projects at the end of June.   There were 57,000 units under construction, excluding those pre-sold by developers, and 27,000 units from disposed sites where construction can start any time.   The number of flats under construction in the second quarter was 4,300, while the number of units completed for the period was 6,700.
http://dlvr.it/S4kC5S

Popular Posts