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\nAbout half of the city\u2019s brokerage firms today are in Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and farther-flung districts \u2013 a big change from the pre-handover days when rents were lower and electronic trading did not exist.
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Broker exodus: high rents and electronic trading have seen more than half of Hong Kong\u2019s brokerages leave Central since 1997<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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