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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.Gold prices rose three times in a row, and brands such as Chow Tai Fook and Lao Fengxiang broke through 810 yuan. After a short-term shock, the gold trend became stronger. On December 11th, spot gold hit $2,700 per ounce, hitting a two-week high and rising for three consecutive days. As of press time, COMEX Gold reported $2,737.5 per ounce, up 0.7% in the day. In the domestic gold consumption market, the gold prices of gold brands such as Chow Tai Fook, Lao Fengxiang and Luk Fook Jewelry reached 812 yuan/gram, while the gold prices in Zhou Shengsheng reached 814 yuan/gram. (Dahe Finance Cube)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.

China Overseas Development: The annual interest of "23 Zhonghai 04" will be paid on December 12th. On December 10th, China Overseas Development (00688.HK) announced that China Overseas Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, will pay the annual interest of "23 Zhonghai 04" on December 12th, totaling 96 million yuan. The total amount of bonds issued in this issue is 3 billion yuan, and the issuance period is 5 years. The coupon rate of bonds in this issue is 3.20%.Market news: Japan is considering levying a 4% corporate tax surcharge for national defense expenditure.South Korea's former defense minister attempted to commit suicide in prison, and the Ministry of Justice responded that his physical condition was normal. According to Yonhap News Agency's report on the 11th, South Korea's former defense minister Jin Longxian attempted suicide in prison on the evening of 10th. In this regard, Shen Ronghai, the head of the Department of Corrections of the Korean Ministry of Justice, said in response to relevant questions that "there is no abnormality in physical condition." (World Wide Web)

Well-known American experts said that it was useless for Taiwan Province to buy weapons, and the Taiwan Affairs Office responded. Beijing Daily reporter: Bu Ruizhe, former chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Association in, and many other well-known American experts on the Taiwan Strait said that it was "impossible and useless" for the Democratic Progressive Party authorities to plan to increase military spending and buy American armaments in large quantities, which was regarded as "throwing cold water on the Democratic Progressive Party authorities" and "taking a blow". What is the spokesman's comment on this? Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party Affairs Office, said: authorities are trying to "seek independence by force", squandering the hard-earned money of Taiwan Province people to buy weapons, and paying a high "protection fee" to hand in a "warlords", which is just to quench their thirst by drinking poison, and will only make Taiwan Province soldiers in danger. The deeper the "relying on foreign countries for independence", the more "destroying Taiwan", and ultimately it will only be a moth to the fire and bring about its own destruction.By 10:56, 100 stocks in the two cities had daily limit.The kitchen & bathroom appliances sector rose to 3 boards of Shuaifeng in the short term, and the kitchen & bathroom appliances sector rose to 3 boards of Shuaifeng, followed by Martians, Yitian Intelligent, Op Technology, Vantage and Wanhe Electric.