Investment Opportunity

When asked about the three top factors for property buyers, an estate agent will say “location, location, location” and for investors in Hong Kong as well as the broader Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area “location” is a broad term.

The height and breadth of China’s advance across the world economic stage over the past five decades has been breath-taking, leaving traders and investors wondering where and how to step in.

Celebrating two new years just a month apart, Hong Kong is always awash with comments about the coming year in January and February and 2024 is no exception. This year two words appear in every comment: “change” and “uncertainty”.

Ambitious people seeking a can-do city have streamed to Hong Kong for many years, making the city a magnet for talent. This talent magnet is now expanding more than 10 times in size and strength as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area opens up to world business.

Hong Kong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) will be at the epicentre of a world that sustainably brings prosperity to its population.

Staff hiring and retention became a headache across the developed and developing world following COVID-19, but a survey of firms in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area showed the labour market loosened markedly late last year.