A number plate bearing only the letter “D” has sold for HK$20.2 million (US$2.6 million) in Hong Kong, the third-highest price paid for a vehicle registration in the city. The plate was one of 49 up ...
Hong Kong public hospitals urged to retain refund scheme for ‘non-urgent’ patients who drop out of A&E queue
Concern groups and doctors want Hong Kong public hospitals to retain a temporary arrangement allowing non-urgent patients at accident and emergency (A&E) departments to receive a refund if they give ...
Hong Kong’s population reaches 7.5 million after post-covid growth
In a noteworthy development Hong Kong population reached 750 million in 2023 marking a 04 percent increase from the previous year according to government data ...
‘A new view of the city’: US artist Sarah Morris’ film of Hong Kong, star of M+ facade, offers an outsider’s depiction
American visual artist Sarah Morris’ new film ‘ETC’ – which is being screened on the facade of M+ until March 17 – displays her unique artistic language in offering an outsider’s depiction of Hong ...
More Hong Kong retirees are homing in on Greater Bay Area but healthcare issues prove hard to handle for some
Upping sticks after 30 years in Hong Kong was a simple choice for 91-year-old Lu, who decided to move into a residential care home across the border in Guangdong province. The sprightly Guangzhou-born ...
Stand-up paddle boarder drifts from Shenzhen waters to Hong Kong’s Sai Kung overnight
A stand-up paddle boarder has reportedly drifted from Shenzhen waters to Hong Kong’s Sai Kung overnight after getting lost at sea. The 59-year-old man called Hong Kong police on Sunday at 11.52am ...
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs urges government to bolster community facilities to ease conditions for those in subdivided flats
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, calls for focus on underprivileged after visiting 'community living room' in Sham Shui Po In afternoon, he will meet Law Society, Bar ...
Hong Kong’s public spending has grown 3 times faster than its revenue. Now experts are calling for authorities to rethink where the money goes
As total expenditure balloons to HK$760 billion, government urged to take a more targeted approach to spending and stop dishing out universal sweeteners Lawmaker Ronick Chan calls for more control on ...
BOC Hong Kong (BHKLY) Price Target Increased by 9.17% to 53.31
The average one-year price target for BOC Hong Kong (OTCPK:BHKLY) has been revised to 53.31 / share. This is an increase of 9.17% from the prior estimate of 48.84 dated January 18, 2024. The price ...
Hong Kong top court rejects government bid to appeal unauthorized assembly acquittals of pro-democracy activists
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) refused to grant leave to the government on Friday to appeal the acquittals of seven pro-democracy activists. The lower court overturned the activists’ ...
Hong Kong police arrest ‘serial offender’ who allegedly splashed warm, unknown liquid on at least 10 women in street over month
Man, 56, caught in a police operation in Causeway Bay after allegedly splashing unknown liquid onto the buttocks of 17-year-old girl.
Hong Kong’s domestic national security law risks ‘irrevocable damage’ to press freedom with broadly defined offences: journalism group
Hong Kong Journalists Association calls for incorporation of public interest defence into home-grown national security legislation.
Hong Kong employer sued for $74,000 over mistreatment of late Filipino helper
Rita Choy Chiu-yee, a Hong Kong employer, faces a lawsuit demanding HK$580,000 (US$74,155) in damages for starving and then dismissing her Filipino domestic helper following the helper's cancer ...
Xia Baolong, Beijing’s top official on Hong Kong affairs, will ‘meet leaders of foreign business chambers on Monday’
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMA), set to meet foreign business groups on Monday, including American Chamber of Commerce Analysts say meeting underscores Xia's ...