Hong Kong developer New World Development is selling 28 new flats amid a slumping Hang Seng Index, testing market sentiment. The project has already sold 42 residences through a tender.

Hong Kong developer New World Development (NWD) is making 28 units of its Pavilia Rosa project in Kowloon Tong available to buyers on Friday, a test of sentiment and demand in the city’s residential property market amid a slumping Hang Seng Index. NWD said the flats would be sold via a regular price list on a “first come, first served” basis as the developer announced that the project had so far sold 42 residences worth about HK$2.4 billion (US$306 million) via a tender. The launch on Friday...