Fires reported on Kai Kung Leng mountain, Pat Heung near Kong Po Road and Heung Yuen Wai in Sheung Shui Another dry spell expected by Friday, with humidity to fall under 40 per cent on the weekend ...
Cruises are back in Hong Kong but they’re terrible for the environment – so is it really a good thing?
Cruise ships are terrible for the environment and Silversea Cruises, operator of the first cruise liner to sail from Hong Kong in almost three years, scores particularly badly.
Read the new Hong Kong Free Press Annual Report – an expanded newsroom, but challenges ahead
Hong Kong Free Press. Dear readers and supporters, The HKFP newsroom pressed on in 2022, expanding to a team of eight and investing heavily in video and ...
Hong Kong police officer opens fire on man while investigating noise complaint on outlying island
A Hong Kong police officer opened fire on a man during an investigation into a noise complaint on the outlying island of Peng Chau on Tuesday night. The officer was said to have fired three shots at ...
Hong Kong H-stocks trade at their smallest discounts to A-shares in 20 months as bets on China rebound boost city’s market
Hong Kong stocks are now trading at an average 34 per cent discount to their yuan-traded counterparts, the smallest difference since April 2021; Global funds have been returning t ...
Hong Kong-flagged ship sinks off Japan
Four crew members have been rescued from a cargo ship that capsized off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, with search and rescue efforts under way for ...
Worker trying to slaughter pig dies after animal fights back, Hong Kong police say
A 61-year-old man is dead after being knocked down and attacked by a pig in the Hong Kong slaughterhouse where he worked, police told news outlets. Police told local news outlet HK01 that the man, ...
‘We’re trying to connect’: black hip hop artists in Hong Kong reach out to home-grown acts through their events company
As two black men, Wesley Jamison and Christopher Onoja get validation on the Hong Kong hip hop scene but feel ‘impostor syndrome’ as foreigners. They counter that by putting on shows with local acts.
Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong tightens
From press freedom to the judicial system, Beijing is seeking to erode the traditional political rights that once made Hong Kong the only free Chinese city. The big picture: Hong Kong's pro-democracy ...
We are reversing brain drain, insists Hong Kong chief
As the chief secretary of Hong Kong wished the city a happy Lunar New Year he revealed another cause for celebration: 5,800 people had applied to the city’s To ...
2 Hong Kong tourists injured in Japan after rental car crashes into tunnel wall
Japanese media say pair in their 20s were taken to hospital, but their conditions were deemed not life threatening.
And they’re off! Year of the Rabbit races gallop to HK$2 billion-plus turnover for Hong Kong Jockey Club, biggest result for more than 25 years
Amount falls short of the HK$2.54 billion recorded in June 1997, but Hong Kong Jockey Club chief 'delighted' by result. Crowds flock to Sha Tin and Happy Valley racecourses with more than 84,000 ...
China NFT platforms expand into Hong Kong in face of compliance risks on mainland
NFT platforms in China are expanding into Hong Kong to offset compliance risk for an industry that remains in a legal grey area on the Chinese mainland.
Hong Kong industrial rents register a 3.7% increase for full-year 2022
Warehouse vacancy increased slightly to 3.3%. In H2 2022, warehouse rents in Hong Kong were up 2.0% HOH, which was less significant compared to H1 2022. The severe inflation in Europe and America ...