〈The Standard, Sept 27 , 2025〉Chief executive Huang Shao-mei said that new world development will continue its three core strategies: focusing on its core business, active financial management, and enhancing operational efficiency.
The developer aims to capitalize on falling interest rates and an improving property market to boost sales and speed up cash collection. She confirmed that the group met its previous full-year target of HK$26 billion.
Huang also outlined plans to unlock the value of the group's agricultural land holdings. The Northern Metropolis development is a key focus, with the joint venture project with China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone on Fanling Ma Sik Road already commencing construction in March.
〈Hong Kong Busness, Sept 26, 2025〉Private equity fund managers are ramping up investment in Hong Kong, seizing opportunities in real estate and diversifying into healthcare, consumer goods, and technology, as falling valuations and an improving capital market reset the deal landscape.
“Most Hong Kong-based PE firms are eyeing real estate,” Ka-chun Wong, Hong Kong bureau chief at Mergermarket, told Hong Kong Business in an emailed reply to questions. “A significant drop in property prices has created a good entry point for private equity.”
Prices in Hong Kong’s commercial property market have dropped steeply. Grade A office prices have fallen 51% from their peak, with some mortgagee sales slumping almost 60%, according to Thomas Chak, head of capital markets and investment services at Colliers International (Hong Kong) Ltd. Retail and industrial asset prices have fallen 39% and 32%, respectively.
〈Asian Post, Sept 25, 2025〉Hong Kong has been ranked the world’s freest economy in the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World 2025 Annual Report.
The city topped Freedom to Trade Internationally and placed third in Sound Money and Regulation.
The government said the ranking confirms the city’s open, efficient, and fair business environment. “Hong Kong will maintain free trade policies and a simple, low tax regime, while ensuring the free flow of capital, information, goods and talent,” the statement said.
Amidst global economic uncertainties and rising protectionism, Hong Kong aims to remain a “super connector” for investment and business. The government highlighted strong stock market performance, growing bank deposits, and expanding asset management sectors as evidence of investor confidence.
〈Hong Kong Business, Sept 24, 2025〉Hong kong has maintained its spot as the third ranked global financial centre globally, and first in the Asia Pacific region, according to a report published by the UK’s Z/Yen and the China Development Institute.
New York City and London retained their top two spots globally, according to the Global Financial Centres Index 38 report.
Hong Kong’s fintech offerings jumped to first place globally, according to the report, from fourth place previously. It ranked first in the areas of business environment, infrastructure, reputation, and general. It ranked second in human capital, and third in financial sector development, according to the report.
〈RTHK News, Sept 23, 2025〉Hong Kong home prices rose in August for a third consecutive month to the highest level so far this year, leading an analyst to expect the recovery to continue following the latest interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.
Official data released by the Rating and Valuation Department on Friday showed that a widely watched official index of secondary home prices stood at 288.5 in August. That was 0.1 percent higher compared to the month before, although it was still 1.2 percent lower compared a year ago.
Taking the first eight months of the year as a whole, home prices declined 0.2 percent.
While prices for small and medium-sized units rose 0.1 percent on a monthly basis, those for larger units rose 0.2 percent. But larger units still saw more price drops on a yearly basis.
