HONG KONG, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Customs said Monday it had detected a suspected smuggling case in Hong Kong last month, seizing a large batch of suspected smuggled goods with an estimated ... ( read original story ...)
At least 20 per cent of tenants in Hong Kong’s subdivided flats could be overcharged for utilities, survey shows
meaning the rest may have no idea if they are being overcharged At least 20 per cent of tenants in Hong Kong's subdivided flats are suspected of being overcharged for utilities despite recent ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Insurer Ping An, HSBC’s Top Shareholder, Turns Low-Key Activist
HONG KONG—China’s Ping An Insurance has quietly taken up the role of shareholder activist, putting pressure on HSBC to consider a shake-up that could reshape one of the world’s biggest financial ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC faces pressure to split global banking operations
Off late, HSBC has been criticised for supporting China’s crackdown in Hong Kong, when it froze pro-democracy activists’ accounts. “HSBC is in the least tenable position of any financial institution ... ( read original story ...)
4 remanded in custody in connection with suspected murder of Hong Kong woman in New Territories
A jobless man accused of killing his girlfriend in a New Territories village in Hong Kong has been remanded in custody alongside three others who allegedly aided him in disposing of the quilt-wrapped ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs makes biggest sea smuggling bust of year so far, seizing HK$160 million of contraband bound for mainland China
Nelson Wong, divisional commander of the Customs and Excise Department's ports and maritime command, said customs officers intercepted a river trade vessel in the western waters of Hong Kong bound for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s property sector is waiting for a recovery that never comes
While the big advisers' views on the outlook for the market differ significantly, mainly due to mounting uncertainty over the prospects for Hong Kong and the global economy, the consensus towards the ... ( read original story ...)
Mainland medical supplies against COVID-19 arrive in Hong Kong orderly
HONG KONG, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Anti-pandemic medical supplies from the Chinese mainland have arrived in Hong Kong in good order and have been distributed to people in need through various channels. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong records coldest day in May for more than 100 years
Hong Kong recorded its coldest day in May for more than a century on Monday morning, according to the city’s weather forecaster. The Observatory reported a minimum temperature of 16.4 degrees Celsius ... ( read original story ...)
End of the line: Hong Kong railway fanatics prepare to bid farewell to the last of their beloved electric trains
Many railway enthusiasts in Hong Kong have been nervously counting down over the past few months. One of their treasured electric train models, which has served the city for decades, will soon vanish ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority close to full buyout at To Kwa Wan site after offering host of concessions
Hong Kong’s URA needs land to build subsidised flats faster: chairman “Some property owners do not wish to accept the terms of acquisition due to private reasons and compensation issues,” he said. ( read original story ...)
End of easy money brings a $582b global financial shock
Hong Kong | The global shift away from easy money is poised to accelerate as a pandemic bond-buying blitz by central banks swings into reverse, threatening another shock to the world’s economies and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Detects COVID Traces In Sewage, Tightens Surveillance To Identify Patients
Amidst spiralling coronavirus cases in China, neighbouring Hong Kong has adopted a unique method to detect infected patients. According to local media reports, city authorities have distributed rapid ... ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong’s unattached British servicemen found love between the wars: bar girls, brothels and ‘down ’omers’
From its urban beginnings in 1841 up to the 1997 handover, Hong Kong had a permanent British garrison. Until the last “accompanied” postings ended in late 1994, when most residential quarters were ... ( read original story ...)