Author: MIL-OSI Publisher

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

     A spokesman for Hong Kong Talent Engage (HKTE) said today (July 15) that to support Hong Kong’s development as an international innovation and technology (I&T) hub, HKTE had organised three online and offline career fairs during the past three weeks to proactively attract global I&T talent to pursue development in Hong Kong, with a view to contributing to building Hong Kong into an international hub for high-calibre talent.

     HKTE held a online career fair last Thursday and Friday (July 10 and 11), featuring 47 renowned enterprises and organisations, to offer nearly 2 000 quality job vacancies across sectors such as data centre operations, cyber security and business analysis.

     The online career fair recorded nearly 33 000 visits, featuring job-seeking talent mainly from 14 countries or regions, including the Mainland, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, Canada, Germany, France and Switzerland, with over 3 000 curricula vitae received. To facilitate connections between job-seeking talent and employers, a one-to-one online meeting session was set up specifically at the career fair, resulting in nearly 5 000 direct dialogues.

     A spokesman for the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, one of the participating organisations, commented that the career fair facilitated effective interactions between global professionals in artificial intelligence, fintech and smart city technologies as well as digital innovation with Hong Kong employers. Nearly 90 per cent of participating enterprises and organisations expressed satisfaction with the event arrangements and indicated interest in joining future recruitment events organised by HKTE.

     In addition, HKTE co-organised physical job fairs with working partners two weeks ago, including the second edition of the Hong Kong International Talents Career Expo 2025 and the NovaX Global Investmatch Carnival 2025, to connect I&T talent and entrepreneurs with employers and investors, facilitating the settlement of talent in Hong Kong.

     The spokesman for HKTE added that talent is critical to the promotion of I&T development. HKTE will continue organising diverse activities to assist Hong Kong in attracting international I&T talent, including an online career fair targeting European and American markets in the second half of the year, thereby providing solid talent support for the development of the “eight centres” strategic positioning.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (July 15) that it registered 11 lease modifications and three land exchanges in the Land Registry during the quarter ending June 2025, of which five were modifications of a technical nature involving nil premium.

Among these 14 land transactions, two are located on Hong Kong Island, eight are in Kowloon and four are in the New Territories. The transactions exclude Small House cases.

There were no private treaty grants and lot extensions registered during the quarter.

The above land transactions realised a total land premium of about $102.652 million.

Transaction records of the lease modifications, land exchanges, private treaty grants and lot extensions, including those registered recently, are uploaded to the LandsD website (www.landsd.gov.hk/en/land-disposal-transaction/land-transaction.html) on a monthly basis. Details of the transactions may be obtained by searching the registered documents in the Land Registry.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

​Hongkong Post announced today (July 15) that, as advised by the postal administration of Slovakia, mail delivery services to areas with postcodes 93003, 93004, 93006, 93007 and 90068, previously impacted by local control measures after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, have returned to normal.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, began his visit to Hainan Province yesterday (July 14).
 
Mr Chan first met with the Party Secretary and Chairman of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Mr Li Rongcan, in Haikou to exchange views on the latest developments in the two places, and discuss promoting and deepening the partnership between Hong Kong and Hainan Province. Mr Chan said that there is a frequent flow of people, logistics and capital between the two places, and with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two governments in March this year, the exchanges between Hong Kong and Hainan Province will be closer in future. Hong Kong will fully leverage its unique advantage of being backed by the motherland and connected to the world under the “one country, two systems” principle, and will work with Hainan Province to achieve results attributable to the two places’ advantages, deepen economic, trade and cultural exchanges, and make greater contributions to the country’s high-quality development and high-level opening up.
 
Mr Chan then visited the Hainan Chronicles Museum to learn about the patriotic and revolutionary tradition education work there as well as the construction and development progress of the Hainan Special Economic Zone and Hainan as an international tourism island. Mr Chan then departed for Wenchang to meet with the Secretary of the CPC Wenchang Municipal Committee, Mr Wang Peng. Mr Chan introduced the latest situation of Hong Kong, and exchanged views with Mr Wang on further promoting exchanges between the two places and exploring more co-operation and development opportunities.
 
Mr Chan visited the Wenchang Yaoguang Rocket Viewing Platform early today (July 15) to join a science exploration activity of the Hainan Aerospace Science and Research Study Tour under the Strive and Rise Programme. Mr Chan engaged with the participants and encouraged them to grasp this valuable learning opportunity to learn and understand the country’s robust developments and significant achievements in the field of aerospace. He also encouraged the participants to continue to work hard in the future to cultivate a sense of contributing to the country and serving the society, and become a new generation with a sense of social responsibility and contributions. Mr Chan said he believed that the experience of joining this meaningful aerospace science and research study tour will boost the participants’ sense of patriotism and national pride.
 
Mr Chan will depart for Heilongjiang Province today.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Lands Department announced today that it registered 11 lease modifications and three land exchanges in the Land Registry during the quarter ending June 2025, and that five were technical changes involving no premium.

Of the land transactions, two are located on Hong Kong Island, eight are in Kowloon and four are in the New Territories.

There were no private treaty grants and lot extensions registered during the quarter.

The land transactions realised a total land premium of about $102.652 million.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Government announced today that the Chief Executive-in-Council approved granting a piece of government land together with the existing historical buildings at No. 4 Hospital Road to the GX Foundation for office use by private treaty at a nominal premium of $1,000.

The site has an area of about 1,046.8 sq m. Constructed in 1921, the existing buildings, with Grade 2 historic building status, include mainly a five-storey main building and a single-storey annex building.

The GX Foundation is an international humanitarian assistance organisation in Hong Kong, which aims to provide international medical and public health humanitarian assistance to Belt & Road countries. It also actively promotes international exchanges and co-operation, and provides internship opportunities for young people in humanitarian work.

The Government remarked that the land grant will help the foundation meet its operational needs and demand for further expansion.

It added that the land grant will not give rise to greater development intensity.

Apart from internal fitting-out and repair of the existing buildings and structures, no other works will be carried out by the foundation. Furthermore, the foundation is required to submit a conservation management plan to the Antiquities & Monuments Office for approval before commencing any works in the existing historical buildings.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Republic of China Taiwan

According to the statistics, 1,016 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a total amount of US$7,365,871,000 were approved from January to June 2025. This indicates a decrease of 4.15% in the number of cases, but an increase of 126.46% in FDI amount compared to the same period of 2024.

With regard to inward investment from Mainland China, 11 cases were approved with an amount of US$100,744,000 from January to June 2025. This indicates a decrease of 45% in the number of cases, but an increase of 515.56% in the FDI amount compared to the same period of 2024.

In terms of Taiwan’s outbound investment (excluding Mainland China), 414 projects were registered from January to June 2025 with a total amount of US$18,311,147,000, indicating an increase of 20.35% in the number of cases, but an decrease of 24.29% in the amount, as compared to the same period of 2024.

As for Taiwan’s outward investment to Mainland China, 101 applications have been approved from January to June 2025, indicating a decrease of 42.61% compared to the same period of 2024. The approved investment amount is US$574,447,000, 62.86% less than the same period in 2024.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region