Bloomberg Thailand is nursing a slide in Chinese holidaymakers after cracking down on low-budget tours from the world’s most-populous country, muddying the Southeast Asian nation’s economic growth outlook. Arrivals fell 16 percent in December from a year ago, extending a slide that began after Thailand in September clamped down on operators bringing in large groups from China on cut-price …

  Bloomberg Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying hit out at independence advocates and called for developing city parks to cool housing prices in his fifth and final policy address. The speech represented Leung’s last chance to define his legacy and set the agenda for potential successors after his surprise decision last month not to seek a second term. The …

  Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, known as the “father of the Prius” for his work on the world’s best-selling hybrid car, said fuel-cell vehicles will take longer than gasoline-electric autos to become popular because of the need to build infrastructure. “The hybrid sold much faster than we had anticipated,” Uchiyamada, 70, told Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua at …