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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Grants First Batch of Stablecoin Licenses
The Asian city's central bank has awarded its first licenses to HSBC and a Standard Chartered-backed joint venture.
Hong Kong sees ‘sharp rise’ in illegal fuel trading
Customs authorities seized nearly 19,500 litres of illicit fuel in March. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HSBC, StanChart Get First Hong Kong Stablecoin Issuer Licenses
Hong Kong has granted its inaugural stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC Holdings Plc and a joint venture of Standard Chartered Plc, allowing the two lenders to be the first companies to issue ...
HSBC and Standard Chartered-led group land Hong Kong’s first stablecoin licenses
The approvals by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the territory's central bank, mark the first batch under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which took effect in August 2025.
151 Hong Kong civil servants dismissed for misconduct, convictions in past 3 years
Police force accounted for the highest number of cases, but overall civil servant dismissals declined steadily between 2022 and 2025.
Hong Kong authorities spend US$4.3mil on Tai Po fire recovery works
Hong Kong housing authorities have spent HK$34 million (US$4.3 million) on recovery efforts following the devastating fire at Wang Fuk Court, including removing damaged scaffolding, conducting structu ...
Hong Kong offers diesel subsidy, toll waivers to lower fuel cost pain
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG, April 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong took steps to help its transport sector with rising fuel costs on Thursday with a HK$3 per litre subsidy on diesel used by commercial vehicles ...
Hong Kong receives 90 reports of people stuck in lifts after voltage dip
The Fire Services Department said it received about 90 reports of lift entrapments on Hong Kong Island between 9.23am and 9.53am, across various districts. HK Electric said a fault in the ...
Japanese band One OK Rock cancels Hong Kong concerts in May, no specific reason given
Axing of shows on May 2 and 3 due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’ follows cancellation of May 9 concert in Shanghai.
Hong Kong and other Asian markets retreat on concerns of fragile Middle East ceasefire
Oil rose again to above $97 a barrel and Asian stocks were trading lower Thursday on skepticism over a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
Chinese Mainland’s Largest Conference on Chest Pain Centres Goes Global in Hong Kong
Together with two other high-profile and hugely successful medical congresses – the 41st Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress in February and the 17th Asian Congress of Oral & Maxillofacial ...
80% of Hong Kong fishing vessels grounded before moratorium due to high fuel prices
Moratorium planned for May 1 but going out to sea already untenable for most fishermen as sector leader warns fish supply likely to fall.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Koo Sze-yiu dies at 80
Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu, who is known for decades-long pro-democracy advocacy and street protests, died of cancer on April 8, aged 80, a local advocacy group said.