Knight Frank: It is expected that Hong Kong's property prices will rise by up to 5% next year. Knight Frank released the "China Mainland and Hong Kong Property Market Outlook in 2025". It is estimated that Hong Kong's general residential property prices will rise by 5% and rents will rise by 3% to 5% next year; The property price of luxury houses remained stable, and the rent was flat to rise by 3%. Wang Zhaoqi, senior director of Knight Frank and head of the research and consulting department in Greater China, said that the Hong Kong property market is slightly affected by external factors. At present, the factors affecting the property market mainly come from domestic demand and supply. It is expected that the tone of the property market will be better in 2025 than this year, but because the cargo volume is still at a high level, the developer's goal is still to destock. With the interest rate falling further, it is expected that developers will accelerate the pace of pushing new offers and attract buyers with more concessions and financial plans. Ukraine claimed to attack an oil facility being used by the Russian army. On December 11, local time, the General Staff of the Ukrainian army released a message that the joint intelligence department of the Ukrainian army attacked an oil facility being used by the Russian army in Bryansk State, Russia, in the early morning of December 11. The facility caught fire after being attacked and has stopped working. The Russian side has not responded to this for the time being. (CCTV News)
China made more than half of the imported cars registered in South Korea in November. According to a data released by CARISYOU, a Korean automobile data research institution, the proportion of Chinese-made cars registered in South Korea in November was 54.3%, setting a record this year. The data shows that there were 659 newly registered imported cars in November, of which 358 were made in China, accounting for 54.3%, setting a record for the highest proportion in a single month this year. By brand, BYD increased by 21.7% year-on-year to 140 vehicles, ranking first among all imported car brands. Brands such as Geely (No.3), Xinyuan (No.4), Haig School Bus (No.8) and Dongfeng Xiaokang (No.10) are also among the top ten. The number and proportion of Chinese-made cars registered in Hanxin increased year by year, with only 296 (6.2%) in 2020, 569 (9.9%) in 2021, 2276 (29%) in 2022 and 4215 (47.5%) in 2023.Japan Life Insurance announced that it would spend $8.2 billion to acquire the life insurance company Resolution Life. On December 11th, Japan Life Insurance Mutual announced that it would spend about $8.2 billion to acquire the remaining 77% shares of the life insurance company Resolution Life. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. On the same day, Japan Life announced that it would acquire the remaining 20% shares of MLC Life Insurance from National Bank of Australia (NAB) and integrate MLC with Resolution Life.Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: It is obvious to all that Democratic Progressive Party's "fake democracy and true dictatorship" is notorious. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference. A reporter asked: The Democratic Progressive Party Party Group, the legislature of Taiwan, recently published a document on the social platform to support the South Korean declaration of martial law and then deleted it, which was strongly criticized by all parties on the island. It was believed that Democratic Progressive Party used so-called "democracy" to package its resistance to "opposition" forces and split the imaginary enemies created by the two sides of the strait. What's your comment on this? Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said that Democratic Progressive Party is "fake democracy, true dictatorship" and engages in "green terror" on the island, which is obvious to all and unpopular. (CCTV News)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): The number of cases of dengue fever in America exceeded 12.6 million this year. On the 10th, PAHO reported that the number of cases of dengue fever reported in America this year reached a record of more than 12.6 million, including 21,000 severe cases and over 7,700 deaths. According to a statement issued by the Pan-American Health Organization on the same day, this year, the most serious dengue fever epidemic broke out in the Americas since records began in 1980. The impact of this epidemic on Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico is particularly serious. These four countries account for 90% of the total number of cases and 88% of the total number of deaths in this region.Full implementation is just around the corner, and personal pension products will be expanded. The reporter learned from the industry that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will mobilize and deploy the full implementation of the personal pension system recently. The personal pension pilot will be fully liberalized in the near future, expanding from the original 36 pilot cities to the whole country, and it is expected to be fully implemented quickly. Personal pension fund products have also ushered in expansion, and some mature broad-based ETF-linked funds and broad-based index OTC products will add Y shares. At present, various fund companies are in full swing to prepare for the full liberalization of the individual pension pilot. (CSI Taurus)Tik Tok's concept change has increased the daily limit of the provincial broadcasting group, Tik Tok's concept change has increased, and the daily limit of the provincial broadcasting group, Aohai Technology, Gravity Media and 3D Communication has increased, and Tianlong Group, Haitian Ruisheng and Silk Road Vision have also increased.