New World pulls back on Causeway Bay acquisition amid uneven recovery
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“Hong Kong’s New World Development (NWD) has shelved plans to acquire the remaining stakes in three commercial sites in Causeway Bay”
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— Causeway Bay is an area and a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern and the Wan Chai districts. It is a major shopping, leisure and cultural centre in Hong Kong, wit…
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— SCAA Causeway Bay RFC is a rugby union and sports club based in Hong Kong.
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— The Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway (Arabic: جسر الشيخ جابر الأحمد الصباح) is a causeway in Kuwait that spans the Bay of Kuwait in two directions and comprises two links: the Main Link, which …
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“New World Development reported total debt of HK$144.3 billion (US$18.4 billion) as of December”
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— Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
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— Kai Tak Sports Park is a multi-purpose stadium on the site of the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong, as part of the Kai Tak Development project. The venue is located to the northwest of the…
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— Rosewood Hotel Group, also known for its former trading names New World Hotel Group, New World Hospitality and legal names New World Hotel Management (BVI) Limited, New World Hotel Management Limited …
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“New World Development applied in October for a compulsory sale to buy out minority owners of the sites at Percival Street, Russell Street and Lee Garden Road”
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— The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach) is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption, part of the…
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— The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway across the Straits of Johor. The Causeway links Johor Bahru in Malaysia to Woodlands in Singapore. It is one of the busiest border …
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— The King Fahd Causeway (Arabic: جسر الملك فهد, romanized: Jisr al-Malik Fahd) is a 25 km (15.5 mi) long series of bridges and causeways connecting Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and Al Jasra, Bahrain across th…
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“Such sales allow developers to force the sale of ageing buildings once ownership thresholds – typically between 65 and 90 per cent, depending on factors such as age and location – are met”
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“Analysts indicate a two-speed recovery in Hong Kong’s commercial property market, with core Central office leasing recovering while other sectors remain under pressure”
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