From Happy Cake Shop to Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a number of classic food outlets have buckled under pressure amid the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s last sawmill faces closure amid development plan
Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong’s last operating sawmill, has been processing timber in the city for 75 years. Soon the family-run factory near the territory's border with mainland China might be ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Happy Cake Shop may be gone, but bakeries are everywhere around it in Wan Chai, on Queen’s Road East and side streets
While Happy Cake Shop in Wan Chai has closed, nearby on Queen's Road East and side streets can be found more bakeries than you can shake a French stick at Eric Kayser has two French bakeries, then ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s homeless numbers surge to 10-year high as pandemic travel restrictions, job losses take their toll
Official count shows 1,581 sleeping rough, with a big jump in the number of homeless women Housing issues such as the lack of subsidised rental flats need addressing, concern groups say Hongkonger To ... ( read original story ...)
How a Tiny Hong Kong Firm Grew Bigger Than Goldman, Then Began to Plunge
AMTD Digital’s eye-popping stock gains have left people from Hong Kong to New York baffled. Before this week, you probably had never heard of AMTD Digital Inc., the firm that got so big that its ... ( read original story ...)
Another little-known Chinese stock is soaring with a one-day price gain of more than 5,000% in its IPO debut
Magic Empire's market valuation topped $4.7 billion at its peak on Friday even though the the company only generated $2.1 million in revenue in 2021. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lead gains in Asia; Alibaba rises more than 4% ahead of earnings
Asia-Pacific shares traded higher on Thursday as investors move on from the tensions over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit to Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest 13 linked to syndicate behind laundering of HK$1.4 billion in suspected crime proceeds
Hong Kong police have arrested 13 alleged members of a local syndicate behind the laundering of HK$1.4 billion (US$178.3 million) in suspected crime proceeds through shell companies’ bank accounts. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Boy Band Mirror Cancels Overseas Debut as Investigation Into LED Screen Incident Continues
Hong Kong boy band Mirror has pulled out of Japan’s Summer Sonic festival, organizers confirmed, while investigations continue into last week’s horrific incident that severely injured two dancers on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lawmaker takes out newspaper ad to disown pro-democracy father-in-law accused of subversion
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Eunice Yung has taken out a newspaper advertisement to announce that she is severing ties with her pro-democracy father-in-law. Her declaration came two days after the Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Conditions in Hong Kong subdivided flats still bad despite regulations created to better protect tenants
Measures designed to improve life in subdivided flats have failed to make an impact, campaigners say Tenants still suffer poor conditions, with cockroaches, rats and combined toilets and kitchens ... ( read original story ...)
2 inbound travelers with malaria die in Hong Kong as city faces rare spike in mosquito-borne infectious disease
Two inbound travelers with malaria have died in Hong Kong as the city faces a rare spike in the mosquito-borne infectious disease. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Announce Hotel Quarantine Cut as Soon as Monday
Hong Kong may announce a reduction in the amount of time international travelers need to spend in mandatory hotel quarantine as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong prepares for more malaria cases after cluster of imported cases, 1 dead
Health authorities held an emergency meeting on Thursday after determining a 52-year-old man who died during hotel quarantine in Hong Kong was among 30 cases of malaria recently imported from Africa. ( read original story ...)