Hong Kong's Aberdeen Harbor was home to thousands of fishing families known as "the floating people." They lived on junk boats or sampans — small, flat-bottomed wood boats about 4.5 to 7 meters in ...
Hong Kong gov’t board sees 98% of public submissions opposed to Fanling golf course housing project, as golf club cites Asian Games wins
More than 98 per cent of the submissions received by Hong Kong authorities were opposed to a controversial plan to build public housing on part of the Fanling golf course, the Town Planning Board (TPB ...
Hong Kong Stocks Sink to New Low for 2023
Hong Kong's stock market has just set an ignoble benchmark. The city's Hang Seng Index fell 2.7% on Tuesday, after a public holiday the day before, to register its lowest close this year. Investors ...
Former Hong Kong policeman jailed for unlawfully borrowing money from juniors and bid to destroy evidence of act
Court sentences ex-station sergeant Wong Chi-ming to nearly two years behind bars for borrowing HK$330,000 from junior colleagues Wong also asked junior colleague to delete all messages between them ...
This Airline Just Restarted Flights to Hong Kong From This Major U.S. City
Hong Kong’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, is resuming regular service to a major U.S. hub — Chicago O’Hare International (ORD).
Golden Week Looks Golden Though Hong Kong & Asia Hit
Asia equities were off on light volumes as Hong Kong underperformed as Mainland China and South Korea were closed for holidays.
Hong Kong leads Asia-Pacific markets lower; Australia’s central bank keeps interest rate unchanged
Hong Kong stocks fell over 3%, leading wider losses in the region ahead of a rate decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Hong Kong woman rescued from car after 15km police chase, 6 suspected triad members arrested over abduction case
Hong Kong police have rescued a woman who was allegedly abducted into a car after a money dispute and arrested six suspected triad members following a 15km chase that ended in a roadblock in the New ...
Veteran professor at Hong Kong University ‘poised to become next medical school head’ after serving as interim dean for over a year
He rejoined HKU in 2010. From 2016 to 2020, Lau served as president of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, the city's specialist training institution. The other candidate is Timothy Billiar, according ...
Stock market today: Asian markets sink, with Hong Kong down 3% on heavy selling of property stocks
Most stocks are falling as the constrictor of higher interest rates tightens its coils around Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower Monday.
Asian Games 2023: Hong Kong’s Vincent Lau wins bronze in men’s road time trial, Leung just short in women’s event
In the women's event, Hong Kong's Chloe Leung Wing-yee was only 14 seconds shy of a podium place, but Lau's bronze nonetheless took Hong Kong to 44 medals in total - just two short of their best Games ...
Stock market minnows are grabbing most of the world’s IPOs
When UK-based chip designer Arm went public earlier this month, raising $65 billion on the Nasdaq in a matter of hours, hopes swirled among investors that the global market for initial public ...
Hong Kong stocks have worst day in three months on worries about rates and real estate
Hong Kong (CNN) — Stocks in Hong Kong suffered their worst day in three months on Tuesday on growing concern about China’s weak housing market and persistently high US interest rates. The Hang Seng Index ended down 2.7% — its biggest drop since early ...
Asian Games 2023: Hong Kong athletes don’t need foreign coaches to succeed, Tiffany Yue says, after winning long jump bronze
I really wanted to prove to everyone that a Hong Kong athlete and a Hong Kong coach can get great results,' Yue says Her city-record leap saw her claim the city's first Asian Games medal in athletics that did not come on the track Hong Kong's Tiffany Yue ...