MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Supplying ASEAN’s Appliance Market

Affluent Indonesian consumers are drawn to value-for-money electronics from Chinese exporters waking up to the potential of this huge market.

07 February 2018

With disposable-income levels rising steadily among Indonesia’s 260 million-strong population and a wider range of affordable products, impulse buying is rising in Indonesia, a development not lost on exhibitors at last August’s Indonesia International Electronic and Home Appliances Expo. More

Topics: Electronics & Electrical Appliances, Hong Kong, ASEAN, consumers

A Healthy Market

Myanmar's soaring health sector is attracting overseas medical suppliers to provide their products and services.

31 January 2018

The Myanmar Phar-Med and Dental Myanmar, held last July in Yangon, offered global medical suppliers a chance to gain a foothold in the untapped Myanmar market. More

Topics: Medical & Healthcare Services, Medical Supplies & Medicine, Hong Kong, ASEAN

Fly High in Asia

Hong Kong innovation took centre stage at the world’s biggest consumer technology show.

25 January 2018

The spotlight shone on Hong Kong as a pivotal innovation hub for disruptive technologies such as AR/VR (augmented reality/virtual reality), humanlike robots, artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies and advanced manufacturing during the conference “Fly High in Asia,” held at the January 2018 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. More

Topics: Technology, USA, Hong Kong, Case Studies, Connect and Excel

Building Innovation in the Property Market

Hong Kong’s mature real estate market presents opportunities for an emerging tech sector.

16 January 2018

Hong Kong is a hotbed of entrepreneurial innovation, with technology start-ups in the limelight. More

Topics: Real Estate Services, Technology, Hong Kong, start-up

Light at the End of the Tunnel

The project completion of an integral part of the Belt and Road Initiative is in sight, with this year’s launch of Hanoi's light-railway network.

10 January 2018

When three China-made trains arrived in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, early last month, it was seen by many as a sign that one of the country's longest-delayed infrastructure projects – the Cat Linh-Ha Dong Elevated Light Railway – was finally approaching completion. More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, China, infrastructure, Belt and Road initiative

The Future of Finance

Asia’s expanding role in the global economy and financial innovation are key topics at this year’s Asian Financial Forum.

02 January 2018

Global business leaders, headlined by former US Treasury Secretary Jacob J Lew, will gather in Hong Kong for the 11th Asian Financial Forum (AFF), to be held on 15-16 January at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, Case Studies, Connect and Excel

Made in Indonesia

Overseas firms are keen to carve out a share of Indonesia’s rising manufacturing sector.

28 December 2017

The rapid growth of Indonesia's manufacturing sector – a development buoyed partly by the arrival of several big-name mobile-phone manufacturers and partly by highly supportive central government legislation – has attracted electronics companies across the wider Asia-Pacific region.More

Topics: Electronics & Electrical Appliances, Technology, Hong Kong, ASEAN, manufacturing

Bright Sparks in Trade

Hong Kong exports tipped to grow six per cent in 2018.

19 December 2017

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) expects Hong Kong exports to increase in value by six per cent while the volume of exports is anticipated to grow by four per cent in 2018. More

Topics: Garments, Textiles & Accessories, Electronics & Electrical Appliances, Hong Kong, export, trade

Asia Trade in the New Global Order

The Hong Kong debut of Asia House's signature trade event focused on China and ASEAN.

18 December 2017

As the “spiritual home of borderless trade,” it was fitting that Hong Kong was chosen as Asia House’s first overseas signature event outside London, according to Asia House Chairman Lord Stephen Green, the former HSBC Group Chairman. More

Topics: Finance & Investment, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, trade, Belt and Road initiative

Licensing Fun in Russia

A new Russian retail chain is seeking toy suppliers for its homegrown animation character properties.

07 December 2017

A new range of toys, games and other licensed merchandise inspired by Russia's popular array of animated properties will go on sale via a new retail chain, which is set to open its flagship Moscow outlet in time for the Christmas sales rush. More

Topics: Licensing, Toys & Games, Russia, Hong Kong

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