Category: NEWS

Cambodian domestic helpers may face language problems in Hong Kong and have to be sent home early like the Myanmar workers before them, employment agencies and employer unions fear. These concerns were raised after the government announced on Monday that ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong shares also rose, following euphoria in global equities ... Underlining the tightening regulatory environment, the official Xinhua News Agency said late on Monday that the new draft of China's securities law would tighten rules preventing insider ... ( read original story ...)

The federal government’s announcement yesterday of a move towards a free-trade agreement with Hong Kong marks Australia’s first regional economic initiative since the Donald Trump administration halted the Trans Pacific Partnership. Trade, Tourism and ... ( read original story ...)

The 140-year-old exchange's volumes fell after its owner Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (0388.HK) raised fees, causing some users to shift their business off the exchange, preferring over-the-counter trading. Last year the average daily volume fell ... ( read original story ...)

The quick gelding Sea Jade seemed to run an inexplicably poor race when 12th in a turf sprint at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong on March 15, until a post-race exam determined that the 3-year-old bled. The diagnosis makes the loss easier to comprehend ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has been increasing its scrutiny of Hong Kong bank lending to mainland Chinese companies, fretting that the city's lenders are growing increasingly exposed to worsening credit conditions there. Huishan, one of China ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has issued a bird flu warning, confirming that the condition of a man stricken by the disease in Jilin Province is now critical. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Hong Kong Department of Health stated today (24 April) it was closely ... ( read original story ...)

Tsang, wearing his signature bow-tie, was transferred to court from hospital, where he had been taken from the city's Stanley Prison this month after complaining of breathing problems, RTHK said. The devout Catholic is the most senior city official to ... ( read original story ...)

A judge has called for a mechanism to be set up to stop taxi drivers convicted of sexual offences from getting back behind the wheel. Deputy High Court judge Stanley Chan Kwong-chi made the recommendation as he refused to overturn the conviction of Chan Ka ... ( read original story ...)

But when that building – the former home of Milt’s Sweet Shop and later the Hong Kong Restaurant – was recently reduced to rubble, an eminent part of local history went with it. Milt’s Sweet Shop, also known as Milt’s Place, was a popular hangout ... ( read original story ...)

Jailed former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang Yam-kuen spoke of the “many heartaches” he had suffered, but also how he had not yet lost faith in the city, after a successful bail application won him a break from prison life yesterday. The disgraced ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and Chinese mainland authorities are discussing greater ­mutual assistance on criminal cases, but the gap between the two legal ­systems is a challenge, the city’s Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung said on Sunday. But a leading jus ... ( read original story ...)

More than 300 people took to the streets a month after Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was elected Hong Kong’s next leader, reiterating their call for “genuine universal suffrage” and urging Lam to reopen the now-sealed off government forecourt in a bid ... ( read original story ...)

The frustrations of the food truck operators make you wonder if the scheme is intended to boost tourism, promote street food culture, give local hawkers another business option or is just a little bit of everything in the name of diversifying Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)