Hong Kong’s Central trails Singapore, Tokyo – and now Seoul’s Gangnam – as it slips down EY index of global business districts

Hong Kong has slipped two notches to 13th in a list of the 21 most attractive global business districts compiled by auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) and the Urban Land Institute, a think tank.The city’s main financial district, Central, trailed Asian rivals including Singapore’s downtown area and Marunouchi in Tokyo in the second edition of the index, which bases its findings on factors like ability to attract talent, quality of urban environment and access to markets.Central, which still…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3085326/hong-kongs-central-trails-singapore-tokyo-and-now-seouls-gangnam-it-slips