Hong Kong Business Expectations in Q2 Worsen Than Previous Quarter

MT Newswires Live04-24

The proportion of respondents expecting Hong Kong's business situation to improve in the second quarter remained unchanged from the first quarter at 11%, the city's census and statistics department said Friday.

Pessimism rose, with 16% of respondents expecting a worse business situation in the second quarter compared with 14% in the first quarter.

Respondents from the accommodation and food services sector foresee a worse business situation in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, the department said.

Employment is seen to decrease on balance or remain broadly unchanged, with declines expected in the accommodation and food services and information and communications sectors .

Looking ahead, a government spokesperson said near-term business outlook among large enterprises turned "somewhat more cautious" amid the prevailing geopolitical situation in the Middle East.

The spokesperson said the conflict in the Middle East remains a "key source of external uncertainty" for businesses and the government was mitigating a rise in fuel prices with short-term targeted measures.

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Comments

We need your insight to fill this gap

Leave a comment

{"i18n":{"language":"en_US"},"isChannel":false,"data":{"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2629192828?lang=en_US&edition=fundamental","thumbnail":"","is_english":true,"pubTime":"2026-04-24 16:55","share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","id":"2629192828","market":"nz","top_or_hot":-1,"title":"Hong Kong Business Expectations in Q2 Worsen Than Previous Quarter","media":"MT Newswires Live","content":"<html><body><p> The proportion of respondents expecting Hong Kong's business situation to improve in the second quarter remained unchanged from the first quarter at 11%, the city's census and statistics department said Friday.</p><p>Pessimism rose, with 16% of respondents expecting a worse business situation in the second quarter compared with 14% in the first quarter.</p><p>Respondents from the accommodation and food services sector foresee a worse business situation in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, the department said.</p><p>Employment is seen to decrease on balance or remain broadly unchanged, with declines expected in the accommodation and food services and information and communications sectors .</p><p>Looking ahead, a government spokesperson said near-term business outlook among large enterprises turned \"somewhat more cautious\" amid the prevailing geopolitical situation in the Middle East.</p><p>The spokesperson said the conflict in the Middle East remains a \"key source of external uncertainty\" for businesses and the government was mitigating a rise in fuel prices with short-term targeted measures.</p></body></html>","source":"mtnewswires_news","html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Hong Kong Business Expectations in Q2 Worsen Than Previous Quarter</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nHong Kong Business Expectations in Q2 Worsen Than Previous Quarter\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1092851196\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/3002d84abbd5ace3c99397c7f95b8d4e);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">MT Newswires Live </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2026-04-24 16:55</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<html><body><p> The proportion of respondents expecting Hong Kong's business situation to improve in the second quarter remained unchanged from the first quarter at 11%, the city's census and statistics department said Friday.</p><p>Pessimism rose, with 16% of respondents expecting a worse business situation in the second quarter compared with 14% in the first quarter.</p><p>Respondents from the accommodation and food services sector foresee a worse business situation in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, the department said.</p><p>Employment is seen to decrease on balance or remain broadly unchanged, with declines expected in the accommodation and food services and information and communications sectors .</p><p>Looking ahead, a government spokesperson said near-term business outlook among large enterprises turned \"somewhat more cautious\" amid the prevailing geopolitical situation in the Middle East.</p><p>The spokesperson said the conflict in the Middle East remains a \"key source of external uncertainty\" for businesses and the government was mitigating a rise in fuel prices with short-term targeted measures.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","isBrief":false,"type":0,"news_type":1,"symbol":"513600","symbol_name":"恒生指数ETF南方","start_time":0,"source_url":"https://www.mtnewswires.com/","article_id":"2629192828","we_media_id":"1092851196","thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2629192828","pubTimestamp":1777020953,"columns":[],"sourceInfo":{"source_id":"mtnewswires_news","name":"MT Newswires"},"weMediaInfo":{"media_name":"MT Newswires Live","introduction":"The most recognized names in North America, Europe and Asia rely on MT Newswires to power their applications. Better news, better service, better price.","home_visible":1,"id":"1092851196","head_image":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/3002d84abbd5ace3c99397c7f95b8d4e"},"summary":"The proportion of respondents expecting Hong Kong's business situation to improve in the second quarter remained unchanged from the first quarter at 11%, the city's census and statistics department sa","collect":0,"end_time":0,"defaultTopTitle":"","property":[],"viewcount":null,"language":"en","relate_stocks":{"513600":"恒生指数ETF南方","02833":"恒指ETF","HSHK35":"恒生香港35"},"translate_title":"第二季度香港商业预期较上一季度恶化","themeId":"f6f7c9f6a0174df79daf9f1dfd21f836","isJumpTheme":false,"ttsUrl":null,"symbols_score_info":{"513600":0.6,"HHImain":0.6,"HSHK35":1.86,"MHImain":0.6,"02833":0.6,"MCHmain":0.6},"content_text":"The proportion of respondents expecting Hong Kong's business situation to improve in the second quarter remained unchanged from the first quarter at 11%, the city's census and statistics department said Friday.Pessimism rose, with 16% of respondents expecting a worse business situation in the second quarter compared with 14% in the first quarter.Respondents from the accommodation and food services sector foresee a worse business situation in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, the department said.Employment is seen to decrease on balance or remain broadly unchanged, with declines expected in the accommodation and food services and information and communications sectors .Looking ahead, a government spokesperson said near-term business outlook among large enterprises turned \"somewhat more cautious\" amid the prevailing geopolitical situation in the Middle East.The spokesperson said the conflict in the Middle East remains a \"key source of external uncertainty\" for businesses and the government was mitigating a rise in fuel prices with short-term targeted measures.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"-1","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.42.0","shortVersion":"4.42.0","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2629192828","isCrawlerRequest":true}