paul chan joins me here. paul: good morning.nda: there is so much optimism of hong kong's economy. in terms of momentum, what are you expecting? are we looking at momentum picking up in terms of weeks or quarters? paul: we are very excited and expect this year the hong kong economy will rebound very strongly. with the reopening of borders, we have already seen visitors coming. with that improvement with the mainland, exports will rise. visitors will also rise. haslinda: how quickly will that happen? paul: it takes a little time. the first quarter may be slower, but then it will pick up very fast. haslinda: what would it mean for hong kong assets, in particular the property sector , what kind of numbers are you anticipating now to the city has reopened? paul: last year, residential property price in hong kong came down, by about 40%. we are down about 39% compared to the year before. recently we have seen signs of stabilization and momentum in terms of price or transition volume. transition volume has become very firm. at the sam

, well ahead of boeing but well below initial estimates. >>> and hong kong's financial secretary paul chan says they will rebound saying that china's reopening is boosting sentiment. >> i'm very positive about this year, but, of course, we have to pay attention to the exexternal headwinds, the rising interest rates, the geopolitical situations, and the consequential impact on the volatility of the financial market >>> welcome back to the show, everybody. let's check in on how european markets are faring a lot more positive today than we had yesterday with all of the majors trading nicely up in the green. we had a little bit of news to contend with overnight, mainly world bank downgrading their view for world growth, notable that for europe their outlook is still around the flat line, zero percent for eurozone as a whole. a little higher for negative growth across the full calendar year, so that's something worth pointing out but, of course, attention is going to focus now on the usc pi print coming out tomorrow and whether it will continue, what impact that will have on fed pol policy deci

chan. supervisor matt dorsey. supervisor merna spl melgar. in addition, we have city attorney david chiu and joaquin torres. we also have the fabulous sheriff paul meomoto. we have appointed officials and city commissioners, city librarian michael lambert. police commissioner larry lee. airport commissioner, malcolm young. human rights commissioner, irene e. riley. small business commissioner cynthia hu. and entertainment commissioner al perez. art commissioner ye ying lu. historic preservation commissioner, lydia so. film commissioner claudia who we'll hear from. and ms. california, 2022. kathy. and also representatives of the con sew late general of china, -- the consulate of china. council general of indonesia. and representatives from the con sew late of korea. and japan. [applause] all right. now, it's the moment we've been waiting for, our stamp dedication. to do the honors, i'm pleased to present our dedicating official, the u.s. postal service governor art derrick kahn. [applause] the postal service board of governors is to a board of directors and the board directs the organizations expenditures and policies and governor kahn was appoin

chan. supervisor matt dorsey. supervisor merna spl melgar. in addition, we have city attorney david chiu and joaquin torres. we also have the fabulous sheriff paul meomoto. we have appointed officials and city commissioners, city librarian michael lambert. police commissioner larry lee. airport commissioner, malcolm young. human rights commissioner, irene e. riley. small business commissioner cynthia hu. and entertainment commissioner al perez. art commissioner ye ying lu. historic preservation commissioner, lydia so. film commissioner claudia who we'll hear from. and ms. california, 2022. kathy. and also representatives of the con sew late general of china, -- the consulate of china. council general of indonesia. and representatives from the con sew late of korea. and japan. [applause] all right. now, it's the moment we've been waiting for, our stamp dedication. to do the honors, i'm pleased to present our dedicating official, the u.s. postal service governor art derrick kahn. [applause] the postal service board of governors is to a board of directors and the board directs the organizations expenditures and policies and governor kahn was appoin