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...Heron Lim, economist at Moody’s Analytics, expects Hong Kong GDP to grow 3.4 per cent in 2024 as retail spending remains weak, while Natixis senior economist Gary Ng forecasts a 2.8 per cent expansion....
...Hong Kong residents spent about HK$50bn in mainland China in 2023, estimated Heron Lim, an economist at Moody’s Analytics, about 12.5 per cent of his forecast total retail value for Hong Kong for the year...
...“The economy is resilient,” said Heron Lim, greater China economist at Moody’s Analytics. “But in terms of strong growth, that is still missing.”...
...“Successive governments have treated this as an issue of cost, but relatively well-off Koreans are not having children either,” said Lee Sang-lim, head of the demographics monitoring centre at the Korea...
...“There are still some macroeconomic risks but investors seem to think that the worst is over,” said James Lim, an analyst at US hedge fund Dalton Investments....
...But Heron Lim, an economist at Moody’s, also warned that the “economic damage for Hong Kong will take time to heal....
...Heron Lim, an economist at Moody’s Analytics, said: “Hong Kong property developers have not seen a debt exposure akin to their mainland Chinese counterparts.”...
...But Heron Lim, a Moody’s Analytics economist, said the “economic damage for Hong Kong will take time to heal”....
...Its parent company, Lim’s Malaysia-listed Genting, has applied for one of six gambling concessions in Macau. The group operates casinos and resorts in Singapore and Las Vegas....
...The application of a Macau-registered entity linked to Malaysian tycoon Lim Kok Thay’s conglomerate, Genting Malaysia, was unsuccessful....
...Malaysian tycoon Lim Kok Thay’s surprise attempt to secure a Macau casino licence has received a lukewarm response from analysts, as officials in the Asian gambling hub open bids on Friday from the seven...
...“Anticipation around a potential prime rate increase in Hong Kong has been ripe,” said Luanne Lim, HSBC’s Hong Kong chief executive, adding the bank would “monitor the external environment and local economic...
...Lee Jong-ho, minister of science and information communications technology, and a renowned semiconductor expert, told the Financial Times that legislation enacted last month had “laid the legal groundwork...
...Seeking greater clarity on the dangers of discussing Hong Kong overseas, I approached Eric Yan-ho Lai, the Hong Kong Law fellow at Georgetown University, who was keeping a database on national security cases...
...“Resolving the safety problems is very important for its partners like GM”, said Lim. “The company will be pushed out by rivals if it can’t.”...
...They are trying to acquire software companies that can make graphics quickly if they have strong content,” said Lim....
...For Christina Ho, an alumna based in Singapore, the “closure of the college is deeply personal”....
...Lim Boon Heng, chairman of Temasek Holdings, said Ho had been instrumental in Pillay’s appointment, “working over the years to identify various potential successors”....
...“MCF should be seen as an ambitious, new type of industrial policy,” said Lim Jaehwan, professor at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo....
...So when Park Chul-whan started a public campaign to unseat his uncle as chair of Kumho Petrochemical, many in Seoul saw the fresh-faced 42-year-old who goes by CW as just another princeling eager to hasten...
...And she had to work in the cold warehouse, relying on just a hand warmer,” says Kim Chul-soo, Choi’s brother-in-law....
...When Bong Joon-ho lept on to the stage to pick up the best picture Oscar for his dark comedy Parasite, South Koreans watching at home brimmed with pride....
...They have less of a sense of urgency,” Mr Lim added....
...He was replaced with Chung Ho-young, president of affiliate LG Chem....
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