City’s fencing championships slated as one of the test events the city has vowed to stage six to 12 months before it co-hosts the Games.
Hong Kong stocks snap 10-day winning streak as traders cash in on technical bull run
Hong Kong stocks retreated from an eight-month high as traders cashed in on the technical bull run. Robust tourism data for the Labour Day holiday period and easier property measures in mainland China ...
Hong Kong’s ‘golden week’ fireworks flop prompts industry veteran to urge authorities to manage tourists’ expectations better
Hong Kong Tourism Association's Timothy Chui says some mainland Chinese visitors felt let down by event marking Labour Day 'golden week' break City welcomed more than 180,000 travellers from across ...
Beijing to help Hong Kong rake in talent from mainland China and overseas, nation’s labour chief says
Beijing will work in tandem with Hong Kong authorities to make the city more attractive to talent from mainland China and the rest of the world, the country’s top official overseeing labour policies ...
Hong Kong police catch 5 suspected robbers as group storms into jewellery store
An initial investigation revealed the gang was carrying a knife and what appeared to be a handgun at the time,’ insider says.
Koran teacher pleads guilty to assaulting boy, 13, during lesson at Hong Kong Islamic learning centre
Pakistani defendant Shahzad Khan admitted to hitting, slapping and punching boy after failing to recite Koran verse.
Hong Kong police arrest 3 over abduction of woman in busy shopping district
with trio to be taken to their homes to conduct searches Hong Kong police arrested three suspects on Tuesday over the abduction of a woman in a busy Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district a day earlier, the ...
Woman abducted in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district found unhurt after citywide police search
A woman was bundled into a car by two men at a Hong Kong road junction in broad daylight in the bustling Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district on Monday, triggering a citywide police search. “The woman ...
Hong Kong records some 766,000 mainland visitor arrivals during 5-day Labor Day holiday
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong has recorded about 766,000 visitor arrivals from the Chinese mainland through the air, sea and land control points during the Labor Day Golden Week of the mainland (May 1 to 5), ...
Hong Kong singer Tommy Yuen, earlier jailed for sedition and money laundering offences, reveals he is now living in UK
Yuen said in Facebook post he made decision to leave city after being contacted by national security police on a weekly basis after early release from jail in September.
Global crypto firms turn to Hong Kong for refuge — and opportunity
One such destination is Hong Kong, which, seeking to restore its status as a financial hub, is banking on favorable crypto regulations to draw a fresh raft of entrepreneurs, technologists and ...
Hong Kong renews push to become hub for insurance-linked securities as World Bank lists its cat bonds in the city
Hong Kong looks to help economies mitigate risks from natural disasters and has partnered with the World Bank in further developing the market for insurance-linked securities.
Tunnels, treehouses and tensegrity towers: landmarks in protest architecture, from UCLA to Hong Kong
How did UK activists outfox 700 police? Why was Hong Kong traffic stopped by ‘mini Stonehenges’? And could an octagonal treehouse and a crow’s nest really have saved a German forest? Our writer enjoys ...
Hong Kong fire service reports potential leak of personal data of 5,000 staff, members of public
Incident occurred on Friday when an outsourced contractor handled a data migration procedure, Fire Services Department says ...