Category: NEWS

Banks, securities firms and hedge funds complete their first trades under the offshore Bond Connect repo mechanism.

Authorities target “shell institutions” and shadow students; Education Bureau warns against unapproved partnerships.

Hong Kong's economy has been reeling from Beijing's crackdown since the pro-democracy protests in 2019 and a harsh zero-Covid policy. Rentals for commercial and retail spaces have fallen, leaving ...

Hong Kong police announced rewards for information leading to the arrest of 19 overseas-based activists for their roles in what they called a subversive organization abroad, accusing them of ...

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison on Thursday in a sedition case that is widely seen as an indicator of media freedom ...

July marks five years of national security law in Hong Kong, and CBS News' Ramy Inocencio speaks with Sebastian Lai, son of pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai, about his father's condition in prison.

Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 as a “special administrative region” and was promised special rights and freedoms until 2047, under the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

Hong Kong authorities have issued letters to local schools to warn them against working with third-party agencies to offer classes for students outside the city without prior approval, as part of a ...

Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O to welcome world-class competition in 2026 and 2027, as coach hails ‘double great news’.

Pest control teams trapped 89,600 rats in 2024, with authorities introducing AI-equipped thermal imaging cameras to track rodent activity.

M’ Mark funding to be made ‘more strategic, effective and precise’, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law says.

Mido Apartments building in North Point received a compulsory inspection order in July 2018 but never complied.

Jimmy Lai’s prosecution exemplifies the wide scope of the National Security Law that Beijing imposed in 2020. What has changed in Hong Kong since then, and what is Lai’s case about?

Non-release of regular starters, poor development, coach shortage among reasons for University of Hong Kong finishing last, they say.