Hong Kong Tourism Board announced the formal establishment of the Office of the Hong Kong Tourism Board in Taiwan, Taipei, to help strengthen Hong Kong’s tourism promotion activities in the Taiwan market.
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong officially launched yesterday, “I CARE Bo group plan.”
(Zhongda Bo group of students set up social enterprise plan)
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What we don’t know about HK moon cake packaging?
“Hong Kong moon cake” is actually produced in the mainland Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places
香港文匯報 – 4小時之前 Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po
PR:
Apple will open its Hong Kong store in the International Finance Center, 24th September
Reuters and BBC report the same news, but Reuters does a better job of the coverage… I crossed out some of the BBC coverage for evaluation purposes.
Apple to open first Hong Kong store this quarter –
SHANGHAI |
(Reuters) – Apple Inc said on Tuesday it will open its first Hong Kong retail store this quarter and is targeting another Shanghai store opening by the end of the year.
Apple, which has four stores on mainland China, will open its Hong Kong store in the International Finance Center this quarter, said Carolyn Wu, a Beijing-based Apple spokeswoman.
Wu also said Apple will open another Shanghai Apple store by the end of the year.
Apple, whose iPad and iPhone are among the most pirated gadgets in China, recently saw its retail experience ripped off by copycats in Kunming city.
Apple is striving for greater growth in China via the expansion of its Apple Store network and the roll out of cheaper iPhones.
The Asia-Pacific — which accounts for about one-fifth of Apple’s total revenue — and Greater China, in particular, helped Apple’s revenue surge 82 percent to $28.6 billion in the April-June quarter.
(Reporting by Melanie Lee; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
6 September 2011 Last updated at 04:04 ET
Apple to open first store in Hong Kong to boost sales
Apple is planning to open its first store in Hong Kong as it seeks to capture a greater share of the booming Asian market.
The store comes as Apple’s outlets in Beijing and Shanghai continue to be among the best performing ones across the globe.
According to Apple, its sales in the Asia-Pacific region surged 247% to $6.3bn (£3.9bn) in the third quarter.
Apple currently operates four stores on the Chinese mainland.
“The scale of retail sales via the open market in Hong Kong is quite high,” Melissa Chau of IDC Asia-Pacific told the BBC.
“It would make sense that they [Apple] want to be the ones profiting from it the most.” she added.
Regional demand?While Apple’s products have been very popular with the local residents, analysts said Hong Kong was also catering to increased demand from other parts of the region.
“Hong Kong has been a really big port to buy Apple products for consumers who are not [resident] there,” IDC’s Ms Chau said. [Analysts said? BBC lists one analyst- and commentary is not substantial, nor supported by figures.]
Strict policies and high import tariffs on import of electronics goods in some countries of the region make Apple’s products relatively expensive.
Analysts said consumers from neighbouring countries often bought those products from Hong Kong, where easier and comparatively open market policies kept them more affordable.
“Shipment amounts in Hong Kong far exceed what one would expected for domestic demand,” Ms Chau added.
Nature:
Magnitude-6.6 earthquake, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Giant croc caught in Philippines (world’s largest crocodile capture)
Alien worms ‘threat to forests’ (Invasive earthworms alter the carbon and nitrogen cycles in woodland)
Finance:
Swiss National Bank acts to weaken strong franc (large currency movement)
TOKYO, Sept 6 – Nikkei average declined 2.2 percent on Tuesday to a 2-1/2 year closing low
Technology:
SMS-all innovator in Pakistan (social activity applied to SMS)