Financial Secretary Paul Chan says business confidence hurt amid changed spending habits, pledges to provide more help for small and medium-sized firms More than 450,000 residents left city on ...
Hong Kong courts urged to better protect witnesses in sex offence cases, after judge orders woman to face alleged attacker
Lawyers and those helping victims express concern that woman was stopped from testifying behind a screen in recent trial.
Hong Kong’s men avenge Fogo Japan loss to take title at Lacrosse Open, but women undone by stronger opponents
Hong Kong’s men made it third time lucky in the city’s Lacrosse Open on Sunday, finally beating arch-rivals Fogo Japan, having lost the them in the 2023 and 2019 finals. Lam Wui-hei struck twice in an ...
Hong Kong restaurants lament drop in business over Easter holiday, hit hard by residents heading to mainland China and high rent
One restaurant chain operator says business declined 30 per cent in first three days of Easter break compared with last year, while another decides to give staff day off Some Hongkongers say they've ...
Hang Seng Bank: Mixed Prospects
Lower interest rates are expected to have a mixed impact on Hang Seng Bank's 2024 financial performance. Read more on HSNGF stock here.
Tech talent moving to Hong Kong more worried about living costs than Article 23 domestic national security law, Science Park executives say
Technology professionals moving to Hong Kong are more concerned about living costs than the new domestic national security law, top executives at a government-backed innovation hub have said amid a ...
Hong Kong property: Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset lists another 110 flats at Blue Coast after 8,000 buyers jump at first 138
Second price list for Wong Chuk Hang project includes two- and three-bedroom flats priced from HK$9.05 million (US$1.16 million) to HK$24.7 million.
Hong Kong court orders care home and ex-warden to pay HK$1.19 million to woman resident sexually assaulted a decade ago
Court orders warden Cheung Kin-wah to pay 70% of the money after judge finds him responsible for causing the victim pain and sufferingVictim, then aged 21, has a mental disability and was unable to gi ...
Former Hong Kong government international law specialist to take over as head of Equal Opportunities Commission
Linda Lam, who worked in the Department of Justice for almost 30 years, will take over as chairwoman next monthShe replaces Ricky Chu, who will step down on April 11 after five years in the job ...
Hong Kong welcomed over 11 million visitors in first quarter, finance chief Paul Chan says, more than double last year’s figures
Hong Kong welcomed over 11 million visitors in the first quarter, more than double the amount in the same period last year, the finance chief has said. But Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on ...
Article 23 reaction: US and Britain criticise ‘incredibly vague’ new Hong Kong national security law
Washington and London stop short of declaring immediate countermeasures to ordinance covering 39 offences and using terms like ‘external interference’Bill had been shelved for more than two decades be ...
Hong Kong set to fall one spot to 10th place in rankings of world’s busiest container ports, logistics minister says
Secretary for Logistics Lam Sai-hung says it is crucial for city to consolidate and develop advantages of its port rather than to focus on declining trend.
Prudential sees windfall from Hong Kong’s cash-for-residency scheme, Greater Bay Area opportunities, CEO says
Hong Kong’s revamped investment-migration scheme is paying off for insurers such as Prudential Hong Kong, which is planning to expand its product line to appeal to wealthy would-be Hongkongers.
No due diligence done on little-known Dubai prince before he met Hong Kong’s John Lee and spoke at wealth summit
Government official says no such protocol for routine courtesy meetings unless Chief Executive’s Office raised questions.