BY LORRAINE LUK
TAIPEI—Facebook Inc., the company that runs the popular social networking site facebook.com, said Wednesday it has opened an office in Hong Kong, its second sales office in Asia after it opened an office in Singapore last year.
The U.S.-based company's latest investment in the region comes as it aims to raise its profile in the increasingly lucrative Asian market, where Internet traffic is rising and the use of technology and social-networking platforms is gaining speed.
Facebook spokeswoman Kumiko Hidaka said the company's new office in the territory's Quarry Bay district will support advertisers and marketers in Hong Kong and Taiwan, ...
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