The eMPF, a digital version of the territory’s Mandatory Provident Fund retirement scheme launched in June 2024 after years of development, with all of Hong Kong’s 24 retirement saving schemes ...
Hong Kong proposes axing 10-year storage limit for frozen eggs and embryos amid declining fertility in city
Hong Kong authorities have proposed scrapping a law that limits the storage duration for frozen eggs, sperm, and embryos to 10 years amid the city’s declining birth rate. The Council on Human ...
Hong Kong airport workers protest over unpaid wages
Workers demonstrated and blocked cars at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) last week citing lack of payment on a project run by Gammon Construction, a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty and Jardine ...
‘Which side are you on?’: Beijing’s top Hong Kong office shares scathing piece on Hutchison over Panama deal
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s company CK Hutchison Holdings, which recently sold its Panama Canal ports, should think twice about which side it wants to stand with, according to a scathing newspaper ...
Hong Kong’s taxi drivers are told to smile more
Hong Kong’s cabbies are famously rude, and getting ruder. In 2023 there were 11,500 complaints about them as a group, an increase of 53% on 2022. Requests—for a different route, an open window or a ...
Hong Kong police arrest 74 people, seize HK$1.6 million of drugs including ‘space oil’
The force confiscated 36 space oil capsules, 327 grams of crack cocaine, 40 grams of cocaine and 2.3kg of Marijuana during the anti-triad operation ...
Hong Kong’s ombudsman calls for tougher action against illegal parking in estates
Investigation reveals “unsatisfactory” situation in which vehicles were found obstructing emergency access routes in public housing estates.
Hong Kong boosts Muslim-friendly tourism with halal certifications and new initiatives
The Hong Kong tourism trade is gearing up to attract more Muslim travellers by enhancing tourism-support facilities. Since the beginning of 2024, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has adopted a ...
6 courses offered by 2 universities in Hong Kong among top 10 in global ranking
University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong offer stand-out programmes in dentistry, education, nursing, geography, linguistics.
Son of Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says he could die in jail, calls for release
The son of prominent Hong Kong former publisher Jimmy Lai, who is facing possible life imprisonment in the Chinese city, has called for his father’s release in a high-profile national security case ...
Son of Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says 77-year-old could die in jail and calls for his release
The son of prominent Hong Kong former publisher Jimmy Lai, who is facing possible life imprisonment in the Chinese city, has called for his father’s release in a high-profile national security case ...
Advocates for Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai to meet Trump officials
Hopes for the release of detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai are higher following U.S. President Donald Trump's return to office, Lai's son said on Tuesday in Washington, where he and advocates ...
Former Hong Kong opposition lawmakers jailed for causing council meeting ruckus
Two former Hong Kong opposition lawmakers have been jailed for up to 16 days for their roles in causing a ruckus during a Legislative Council meeting on a contentious extradition bill which the ...
A social worker who tried to mediate during the 2019 protests in Hong Kong is convicted of rioting
A social worker who tried to mediate during the peak of Hong Kong's mass anti-government protests in 2019 has been convicted of rioting at a retrial.