Category: NEWS

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A venture owned partly by China fintech firm Ant Financial launched on Monday a blockchain-powered cash remittance service between Hong Kong and the Philippines, an initiative the territory hopes will improve its fintech reputation. ( read original story ...)

A motorcyclist died in hospital after he became trapped under a truck following a collision in Hong Kong on Monday. The motorbike and the truck collided outside Enterprise Square in Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay soon after 12.30pm, according to police. ( read original story ...)

A 23-year-old pilot was in critical condition on Monday morning after the light aircraft he was flying crashed in northern Hong Kong on Sunday. Calling the incident a “serious” one, the city’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) said it would take about ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong truck driver narrowly escaped injury on Monday when he fled his vehicle on a busy highway after it suddenly began billowing dense smoke. The man was driving along the Tsuen Wan-bound section of the West Kowloon Corridor in Cheung Sha Wan when ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is unlikely to get a fourth runway after its third airstrip is completed by 2024, even as Asian cities race to boost flight capacity to meet surging demand for air travel, the man running one of the world’s busiest airports has said. ( read original story ...)

The man supervising Hong Kong’s first social housing project using prefabricated container homes believes it could ultimately be the solution to solving the city’s housing crisis. Stephen Lai Yuk-fai, the managing director of Rider Levett Bucknall ... ( read original story ...)

A survey of Hong Kong Christians has thrown up at least another 55 sexual harassment cases in churches, half of them allegedly committed by pastors or church leaders. The survey, released on Sunday by the Hong Kong Christian Council, came after pastor Ngai ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will meet China’s vice-premier Han Zheng on Tuesday to discuss Beijing’s plan to transform the city, Macau and nine mainland cities into an economic and innovation powerhouse to rival Silicon Valley. ( read original story ...)

Jin’s plight and thoughts, along with other untold stories of how several “709 wives” escaped China with their young children to seek asylum in the US, are documented in a film produced by two independent Hong Kong journalists to mark the third ... ( read original story ...)

A Coptic Christian couple who say they are fleeing persecution in Egypt have accused Hong Kong immigration authorities of mistreatment, amid a spate of allegations submitted to local lawyers concerning similar cases at the city’s largest centre for ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong prisons are struggling to cope with an ageing population after the number of elderly inmates almost doubled in the past decade, placing tremendous pressure on manpower. Figures obtained by the Post show the number of prisoners aged 60 and above ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong wants to lure new business to the city by turning itself into a production hub for electric vehicle manufacturers – at the expense of its rivals north of the border. A rise in the cost of a production licence on the mainland, which now costs ... ( read original story ...)

News this month of her stepping down as head of the science ... Law said the future of developing innovation and technology in the city depended on finding and retaining talent. “Hong Kong has good scientists. We also have young people devoted to science. ( read original story ...)

In the first half of the year, one Hong Kong policeman was arrested on average per week for a crime of some kind. They also followed news on Friday that a female model complained about a police constable harassing her after taking her mobile number during ... ( read original story ...)