In August 2026, Hong Kong's overall merchandise export volume rose 28.6% from the same month a year earlier, while import volume rose 34.6%. The figures were released by the Census and Statistics Department in the form of a press release; the original text can be found at /tc/press_release_detail.html?id=5813&r=rss
Why read this: The release gives the year-on-year increases in Hong Kong's overall export and import volumes in August 2026, allowing verification of the specific changes in merchandise trade volume.
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Overall visitors to Hong Kong during the National Day Golden Week totalled about 160萬 person-trips, of which mainland inbound visitors exceeded 141萬 person-trips, and overall hotel occupancy generally reached 90%. The peak day was 1 October, National Day, with about 27萬7千 person-trips of mainland visitors arriving, mostly via Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, followed by the High Speed Rail West Kowloon Station. Over the seven days, about 1140 mainland tour groups visited Hong Kong, involving over 4萬1千 person-trips.
Why read this: The announcement lists figures including 141萬 person-trips of mainland visitors and hotel occupancy of 90%, and compares with last year's holiday, allowing verification of visitor growth and arrival peaks.
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority released the results of the residential mortgage survey for August 2026. New loan applications fell 8.3 per cent month-on-month to 8,446 cases, while newly approved mortgage loans decreased 28.2 per cent to HK$32.2 billion. Within the total, approvals in the primary market fell 31.8 per cent to HK$9.1 billion, the secondary market dropped 36.7 per cent to HK$15.3 billion, while re-mortgages rose 6.8 per cent to HK$7.8 billion. Outstanding mortgage loans increased 0.6 per cent month-on-month to HK$1,975.4 billion, with a delinquency ratio of 0.11 per cent.
Why read this: Lists month-on-month changes in new mortgage applications, approvals and utilisation, allowing the increases and decreases in primary, secondary and re-mortgage markets to be checked one by one, together with the delinquency ratio.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority released the results of the residential mortgage survey for August 2026. Newly approved mortgage loans in August fell 28.2% month on month to HK$32.2 billion, while new loan applications dropped 8.3% to 8,446 cases. Newly drawn mortgage loans rose 11.6% to HK$32.8 billion, outstanding mortgage loans increased 0.6% month on month to HK$1,975.4 billion, and the delinquency ratio stood at 0.11%.
Why read this: The statistics show month-on-month changes in newly approved loans, drawn loans and delinquency ratios, broken down by primary, secondary and refinancing markets, allowing readers to check the trend in the mortgage market.
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