Hong Kong’s trade and logistics sectors are raring to be the first winners from the cross-border mega bridge when it starts operating this week, as organisers put the finishing touches to the multibil... ( read original story ...)
Indonesian envoy calls on Hong Kong to do more to tackle loan sharks targeting domestic helpers
Indonesia’s top envoy in Hong Kong has called on the city’s government to step up action against loan sharking syndicates that target domestic helpers, who are usually forced to surrender their passpo... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reclamation plan could earn city HK$1.6 trillion claims consultant to group that wanted project to be even bigger
Hong Kong will break-even on a controversial 1,700-hectare reclamation project off Lantau Island within 20 years and could make trillions of dollars from the deal, a member of a government-friendly th... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong man sentenced to 1 year in jail for voyeurism and child pornography offences in Lethbridge
Lap Kwan Yue, 19, will spend one year behind bars. The Hong Kong man pleaded guilty to charges of voyeurism and child pornography Thursday in a Lethbridge court. Court heard that in March of 2018 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong journalist group urges local media chiefs to explain why reports carrying controversial remarks were removed
The Hong Kong Journalists Association has urged three news outlets as well as a group of local media chiefs visiting Beijing to explain the “highly unusual” retraction of multiple reports that include... ( read original story ...)
Don’t let Hong Kong be turned into base for interfering with mainland, Communist Party propaganda head tells media chiefs
Wong Wing-hang, who chairs the Hong Kong News Executives Association, told the Post that officials from Beijing had told the delegation that the meeting was for “internal communication only” and was “ ... ( read original story ...)
Law Society may plug loophole that allows foreign lawyers to work in Hong Kong, prompting fears of an exodus
Hong Kong’s professional body of solicitors is seeking to plug a loophole that allows foreign and mainland Chinese lawyers to work “back door” on local cases, but this has raised concerns it will only ... ( read original story ...)
China propaganda chief warns Hong Kong media over ‘interference’: reports
The reported remarks by Huang Kunming, head of the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda department, were quoted by Siu Sai-wo, CEO of Hong Kong's Sing Tao News Corporation, who spoke to the city's med... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong universities take a hit in latest Times Higher Education law, business and economics rankings
Hong Kong universities suffered drops in the latest Times Higher Education law, and business and economics rankings, with the publisher urging the city’s institutions to improve their teaching environ... ( read original story ...)
Will Tesla lose its cool in Hong Kong? Axa triples insurance premiums
When Jardine Matheson’s former Hong Kong executive Geoffrey Jones was shopping for a new car two years ago, a special package by Axa on Tesla’s four-door sedan caught his eye. The French insurer offer... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong MTR signal fault finally fixed after six hours of commuter chaos
More than six hours after a signalling fault on the train network sent Hong Kong into traffic chaos, the city’s rail operator announced that a temporary fix was in place and its four affected lines ha... ( read original story ...)
Tesla Has a New 50-Stall Charging Station in Hong Kong
Since Hong Kong’s administration scrapped tax incentives for private ... A previous version of the story corrected the charging time in second paragraph.) To contact Bloomberg News staff for this stor... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: thousands protest at plan to build new artificial islands
A protester holds a sign in the shape of a chainsaw with an image of Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam during a land reclamation protest in Hong Kong on Sunday. Photograph: Elaine Yu/AFP/Getty Imag... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s government tightens grip, moves closer to China
Hong Kong officials turn to police force's Security Wing as they ... Serving and retired police officers, lawyers and lawmakers told Reuters news agency of intensifying political operations by the pol... ( read original story ...)