Category: NEWS

In Hong Kong’s latest high-profile residential burglary, thieves evaded surveillance cameras and two guard dogs as they broke into a three-storey house and prised open and emptied a safe before daybreak on Monday. A domestic helper, 34, was unhurt during ... ( read original story ...)

According to Japanese news agency Kyodo, both sides affirmed their collaboration in preventing North Korea from evading the sanctions. This was in response to incident in which a Hong Kong-registered tanker was found to have secretly transferred oil to a ... ( read original story ...)

Manila has recalled the labour attaché of its consulate in Hong Kong, Jalilo Dela Torre – one of the most important positions in a city where there are more than 190,000 Filipino domestic workers – a year before he completes his term, in a move that ... ( read original story ...)

Tuberculosis in Hong Kong has dropped to its lowest level since 1947, with 40 fewer cases reported last year than the year before, but the health authority urged the public to stay vigilant due to the city’s risk factors and ageing population. ( read original story ...)

Worker News grew out of the dock worker strike in 2013, one of the biggest labour movements in Hong Kong in the past decade. At the time, dock workers at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal went on strike for 40 days over work conditions and wages against ... ( read original story ...)

The foreword to Hong Kong’s national anthem bill will “mention the promotion of patriotic spirit”, similar to what is in the mainland law, the city’s constitutional and mainland affairs chief said on Friday. Patrick Nip Tak-kuen said this to ... ( read original story ...)

The South China Morning Post has been recognised for excellence in news and business writing and page design by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, winning top prizes in those categories in the 2017 Hong Kong News Awards. Senior reporter Phila Siu bagged ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's top court has appointed former Supreme Court chief justice Beverley McLachlin to sit as a non-permanent common-law judge on the Court of Final Appeal. McLachlin, who recently retired from Canada's Supreme Court, will take up her new role once ... ( read original story ...)

In what is being seen as a move to highlight the importance of the national constitution for Hong Kong and Macau, bureaucrat Shen Chunyao ... as head of both the Basic Law committees of the two cities, state news agency Xinhua reported. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has launched an action plan to step up the fight against human trafficking and protection for 370,000 foreign domestic helpers in the city, the No 2 official announced on Wednesday, amid repeated criticism by the United States and human rights ... ( read original story ...)

As pop superstars Bruno Mars and Katy Perry will no doubt show during their springtime concerts in Hong Kong, one thing counts above all others when you’re up on stage. That’s to have a great time and make sure the audience does too. Achieving that ... ( read original story ...)

In an interview with Bloomberg News in June, the HKEX chief said additional trading links, including those for ETFs, derivatives and commodities, would see Hong Kong become a “global deployment center’’ for Chinese wealth. He added that the IPO link ... ( read original story ...)

Concerns over further political vetting in Hong Kong elections mounted on Tuesday as a mainland official said city residents who call for an end to “one-party dictatorship” in China might be disqualified from running for local office. Chen Sixi ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has witnessed the launch of a news aggregator app called ‘Hong Kong Headline’. The mobile app has sparked chatter that it could pose a threat to traditional media, particularly the free newspaper Headline Daily. The new ‘Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)