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Hong Kong authorities say they want a transparent investigation into a deadly building fire. They also have been arresting and detaining people who question why the fire was so deadly.

Insilico Medicine Inc. aims to list in Hong Kong as soon as this month, according to people familiar with the matter, rounding out a more than four-year effort to go public.

HONG KONG: The death toll in Hong Kong's worst fire in decades rose to 160 after an additional body was identified, police said on Tuesday (Dec 9), adding that six people were still listed as missing.

Bars hauled into flats at Wang Cheong House, the first of seven blocks engulfed by fire, while authorities say probe will take two to three weeks.

Chief Executive John Lee said on Monday he would work closely with the new Legislative Council in support of recovery

A get-out-the-vote campaign failed to lift turnout much above historic lows in a Hong Kong election in which the ballot was limited to “patriots” vetted by Beijing.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's legislative election on Sunday (Dec 7) drew the second-lowest turnout rate on record, with voters choosing candidates under Beijing's "patriots only" rules in the aftermath of the city's deadliest fire in decades.

Bolttech, the global insurtech backed by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li Tzar-kai, has acquired Kenyan digital insurance platform mTek, marking a strategic expansion into Africa’s growing protection market.

Hong Kong's legislative election on Sunday (Dec 7) drew the second-lowest turnout rate on record, with voters choosing candidates under Beijing's "patriots only" rules in the aftermath of the city's deadliest fire in decades.

Turnout in the legislative election was 31.9%, surpassing the 30.2% in 2021, though it was still much lower than before electoral changes that all but eliminated the opposition.

Hong Kong's election on Sunday (Dec 7) saw a near-record-low turnout after the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years prompted anger against its China-backed authorities, but voter participation edged higher than in the previous vote four years ago.

A major university has suspended its student union after its forum was used to post messages demanding accountability from the city’s administration ...

The arrest was part of a crackdown on speech that the authorities say is inciting hatred of the government. Critics say officials are silencing calls for accountability.

As a deadly fire raged through a Tai Po housing estate in Hong Kong on Nov 26, firefighters immediately rushed to the front, risking their lives for the benefit of their fellow citizens. Shadow Li speaks with the heroes who faced the city's most ferocious blaze.