As Hong Kong's hospitality sector braces for the new year, a perfect storm of challenges threatens to sour the city's tourist appeal.
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai ‘guarded’ in interviews after national security law passed
But he says call for sanctions could not have been hidden, even as law would prompt public to ‘conceal’ their thinking in their actions.
Hong Kong proposes in-car cameras, GPS, dashcams, electronic payments for all taxis by 2026
The Hong Kong government has laid out a proposal to require all cabbies to install in-car surveillance cameras, GPS, dashcams and electronic payment systems in a bid to raise the service quality and ...
Hong Kong to require taxis to install GPS, e-payment and camera systems over next 2 years
Transport and Logistics Bureau says it aims for all cabs to have e-payment options by end of 2025, and surveillance systems a year later.
Hong Kong Streetathon organiser expresses regret after complaints participants ran extra 9km
RunOurCity Foundation CEO Andes Leung says more could have been done to prevent half-marathon participants from running additional 9km.
Hong Kong is counting on innovative investment
Hong Kong's investment vehicle has had a busy time in its relatively brief two years of existence. Armed with a HK$62 billion (US$8 billion) war chest, the Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) was ...
Student withdrawals from Hong Kong’s elite schools fall as emigration wave subsides
Early departures from Hong Kong’s elite secondary schools have significantly decreased, with withdrawal rates falling to pre-emigration wave levels. The SCMP reviewed the annual reports of 14 top ...
Photographer’s images of post-war Hong Kong get overdue exposure in exhibition
Mak Fung, a self-taught photographer who shot scenes of Hong Kong and city life, has been underrated until now, exhibition curator says Pioneering Hong Kong photographer Mak Fung was a master of his ...
ANZ taps HSBC leader as new chief executive
ANZ has appointed a new chief executive following the resignation of boss Shayne Elliott. The incoming chief executive is Portuguese-born, Nuno Matos, 57, who will relocate from Hong Kong after ...
‘Too early’ to consider slashing civil servants’ pay to cut costs, finance chief says as HK$100 billion deficit looms
It is “too early” to consider pay cuts and salary freezes for civil servants as a cost-cutting measure, Hong Kong’s finance minister has said after an economist made the suggestion as the government ...
OCBC opens new office in Hong Kong as lender plans to hire up to 15% more staff
We conducted a survey and found that 70 per cent of our staff prefer to work in the office instead of working from home,' bank says Singaporean lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), the ...
Minister reshuffle shows Hong Kong’s leader knows time is of the essence
The move should not be a surprise given the hints dropped and the clear need for the pace of change to accelerate Politics can be rough. As we saw with the surprise government reshuffle last week, ...
Hong Kong women’s coach aiming for more robust team in cricket World Cup qualifying bid
Young stand-in captain Maryam Bibi praised for fighting spirit, as head coach Najeeb Amar begins carving out T20 World Cup qualifying plans.
G1 Hong Kong Cup: What the jockeys said
Here's what the jockeys said after Romantic Warrior and James McDonald made history in the G1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m), fending off the challenge from the Japanese to make it a hat-trick in the ...