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Time Out
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Books For Love @ $10 returns for affordable books, games, workshops, and more
Bookworms, our time has come! Swire Properties' annual Books For Love @ $10 is returning with its bookish charity sale over two weekends in May. This event is now in its 13th edition, promoting reading culture and an enduring love of words in Hongkongers, whether they read in English or Chinese. Hopefully you'll have already donated some books to their cause earlier this year, but if you haven't, support their efforts by choosing from over 300,000 pre-loved books – they'll all only cost $10 each. As if that's not already incentive enough, the 2025 edition will also offer a 'buy 10, get two free' promotion! Where else can you get 12 books for $100? Fans of the Star Wars franchise should visit on May 9, as the 501st Hong Kong Garrison Legion returns in full costume to give out limited-edition bookmarks and offer photo opportunities with Stormtroopers, Darth Vader, and other characters. Local comic artist Lobintan will run a special Mother's Day workshop on May 11 for crafting Mother's Day cards, while Hong Kong illustrator Dustykid will make an appearance for an interactive Q&A session on May 16. Little ones are also encouraged to dress up as their favourite book characters on May 11 and 18, when there'll be a costume catwalk, games sessions, and prizes for the best-dressed. This year's theme is 'Happiness Begins with Reading' and we couldn't agree more. Grab your tote bags and head over to Cambridge House and Berkshire House, from May 8 to 11 and May 15 to 18.
South China Morning Post
15-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Swire Properties bullish on mainland China despite tariff war's pall
Hong Kong developer Swire Properties is 'very positive' about opportunities in mainland China and expects to see improvements in rental income despite dampened consumer and business sentiment amid a tariff war between China and the US, according to its CEO. Advertisement 'Volatility and uncertainty are never good for business, and anything which undermines consumer confidence is not good for business,' Tim Blackburn said at a media event in Chengdu. 'But there is evidence that even under the current tariff scenario, there are positive opportunities and positive consequences for our businesses.' The company is on the hunt for retail investment opportunities in Shenzhen, the southern city bordering Hong Kong, amid the 'onshoring of consumption', he added. Declining interest rates, the onshoring trend – Hong Kong consumers visiting mainland China for shopping – and increased demand for high-end residential properties are all tailwinds, he said, adding that foot traffic across the company's shopping centres in mainland China increased by about 5 per cent in the past year. The Hong Kong developer has been ramping up its capital commitment to the mainland in recent years. In March 2022, it announced a HK$100 billion (US$12.9 billion) investment plan for commercial and residential projects across Hong Kong, mainland China and Southeast Asia over the next decade, with half of that earmarked for the mainland. Advertisement As of March 7, HK$46 billion, or 92 per cent of the mainland allocation had been already deployed, according to Swire Properties' annual report. While the current priority is to complete existing projects, Swire Properties is also looking for new opportunities in Shenzhen, Blackburn said.
