{"id":117430,"date":"2020-06-29T20:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/top-hong-kong-property-brokerage-says-governments-coronavirus-relief-package-has-helped-save-900-jobs\/"},"modified":"2020-06-29T21:03:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:03:28","slug":"top-hong-kong-property-brokerage-says-governments-coronavirus-relief-package-has-helped-save-900-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/top-hong-kong-property-brokerage-says-governments-coronavirus-relief-package-has-helped-save-900-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Hong Kong property brokerage says government\u2019s coronavirus relief package has helped save 900 jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong\u2019s top property agencies are among the latest batch of more than 33,000 employers claiming subsidy under the coronavirus relief package, as the city\u2019s bustling property market takes a beating from the pandemic-induced slowdown.Midland Holdings, the parent of the city\u2019s biggest property brokerage Midland Realty, together with its eight subsidiaries and affiliate companies had applied for nearly HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) under the Employment Support Scheme, according to the second\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3091081\/top-hong-kong-property-brokerage-says-governments-coronavirus-relief\" target=\"_blank\">Top Hong Kong property brokerage says government\u2019s coronavirus relief package has helped save 900 jobs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong\u2019s top property agencies are among the latest batch of more than 33,000 employers&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-uy2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115712,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/singapores-stingy-nanny-abates-and-outshines-hong-kong-with-rental-relief-to-ease-retail-pain-during-coronavirus-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":117430,"position":0},"title":"Singapore\u2019s \u2018stingy nanny\u2019 abates and outshines Hong Kong with rental relief to ease retail pain during coronavirus pandemic","date":"April 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Singapore was called a \u201cstingy nanny\u201d city state a decade ago, for a low welfare budget relative to its wealth as the world\u2019s third-richest country. 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