Guangdong province has ample land and offshore areas for the development of wind farms and nuclear power stations, experts said during SCMP’s inaugural Climate Change Hong Kong Summit. ( read original story ...)
US pressures Iran by targeting Hong Kong and UAE firms
Penalties over petrochemical exports were also imposed on Chinese citizen Jinfeng Gao and Indian national Mohammed Shaheed Ruknooddin Bhore. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong prepares for handover 25th anniversary
Hong Kong held an advance celebration of the 25th anniversary of its return to China on Thursday, featuring current leader Carrie Lam, and next leader John Lee, as well as officials from mainland ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bars and patrons find ways around new Covid-19 test rule
It was quieter than normal in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong - the nightlife hub in the heart of the city's Central district - on the first day of a new Covid-19 rule that requires bar, pub and club ... ( read original story ...)
A Murder Erased movie review: Hong Kong detective mystery so abysmally conceived it has to be seen to be believed
B-movie veteran Dennis Law’s films are so consistently dire as to be entertaining in an ironic way. A Murder Erased, about a cold-case killing, fits the pattern and reminds us what an incompetent ... ( read original story ...)
Going for a night out? What you need to know about Hong Kong’s new Covid rapid-test rule for bars and clubs
Hong Kong bar-goers will have to show photos of a negative rapid antigen test (RAT) result taken in the previous 24 hours before entry to licensed premises from Thursday. But industry representatives ... ( read original story ...)
Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee relies mostly on incumbent officials to fill ranks of his governing team
Hong Kong’s incoming leader John Lee Ka-chiu is one step closer to finalising his cabinet line-up, opting for continuity by retaining at least nine incumbent officials while bringing on board six ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Filmmakers Build New Homes, Festivals Overseas
To Hong Kong documentary filmmaker Ngan Chi-sing, seeking asylum in the U.K. is going to be one of his priorities in the coming year. That’s because he has made a film about the 2019 protests that he ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Israel, BIS, Hong Kong cenbank to test retail CBDC feasibility
Israel's central bank said on Thursday it was teaming up with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of International Settlements' (BIS) Innovation Lab to test the feasibility of a central bank ... ( read original story ...)
In These New Textbooks, Hong Kong Was Never a British Colony
The books are part of China’s effort to instill a particular historical narrative and to stress patriotic education in a city where a pro-democracy movement was crushed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong braces for capital outflow after 75-basis point base rate increase in lockstep with US Federal Reserve
Hong Kong's financial secretary and de facto central banker both said the city's banking system has enough liquidity even if they brace for capital outflows The city's commercial banks are keeping ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bids farewell to Jumbo Kingdom, the world’s largest floating restaurant
Measuring about 260 feet long, the colossal three-story Jumbo Floating Restaurant was famous for its gigantic green and red neon sign reading "foon ying gwong lam," Chinese for welcome. ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong school textbooks say city was not a British colony
New textbooks sent to Hong Kong secondary schools teach that the city was not a British colony, but an occupied territory — a recasting of history that is part of Beijing’s id ... ( read original story ...)
China rewrites textbooks to insist Hong Kong was never a colony
Hong Kong was never a British colony, new textbooks insist, as the Chinese government overhauls a subject blamed for inspiring recent pro-democracy protests. Students taking liberal studies lessons ... ( read original story ...)