今日全球楼市速递(2010.10.19)

　　3.九龙塘豪宅屋地掀抢购热潮，由新界总商会副会长及自由党中常委苏开鹏或有关人士标售持有的多实街2、4及6号相连屋地，地盘面积30496方呎，地积比0.6倍，可建3幢低密度洋房，意向价近7亿元，于昨日截标，共收到5份标书，当中包括中小型发展商。另外，原定今日进行强拍的跑马地桂芳街3至4号旧楼，因新世界发展(017)及有关人士已与有关单位业主达成买卖协议，完成收购，故取消拍卖。 (苹果日报)

　　4.市场消息指，宏安(01222)旗下沙田戈林近期连录成交，其中单号屋以约5,100万元易手。上述洋房实用面积约2,702平方呎，花园2,224平方呎，总面积约6,388平方呎，实用面积呎价约18,875元。 (经济日报)

　　Mainland China

　　1. The Shanghai's GDP increased 12.7% from a year earlier in the 1st half, after posting a 8.2% gain in 2009. (Shanghai Daily).

　　2. Shanghai’s exports rose 22.1% from a year earlier to US$16.1bn, compared with August's increase of 25.5%, the Shanghai Statistics Bureau said. (Shanghai Daily).

　　3. Last month, imports to Shanghai advanced 22.4% y-o-y to US$16.9bn, creating a trade deficit of US$868m. (Shanghai Daily).

　　4. September's retail sales in Shanghai jumped 18.2% from a year earlier to RMB51.8bn, faster than the pace of 17.1% in August. (Shanghai Daily).

　　5. FDI in Shanghai rose 3.52% to US$944m last month, slowing from 5.69% in August. (Shanghai Daily).

　　6. China is becoming more important as a global source of innovation although local research facilities still face challenges, industry watchers said. "Global research and development centres are shifting towards China," Max von Zedtwitz, who represents the GLORAD Research Center for Global R&D Management, told an innovation forum held by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. China is now home to 1,200 foreign R&D centres, according to GLORAD. China's R&D percentage of GDP grew from 0.75% in 1985 to 1.4% in 2008. It is forecast to hit 2.5% in 2020. (Shanghai Daily).

　　7. Otto Bock – will open the company's 1st B2C store in Shanghai's Xintiandi area this year. (Shanghai Daily).

　　Hong Kong

　　1. In a move to restrict the scale of developments by capping the amount of floor area that can be given to green features such as balconies, the government said last week that from April green features should not exceed 10 per cent of the total gross floor area of a development. (South China Morning Post)