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 ...
Mercury to drop to around 10°C in Hong Kong on Jan 25
It will be cold in the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year on Wednesday with temperatures dropping to around 10°C in the urban areas, the Hong Kong Observatory said on Tuesday (Jan 24).
‘Heavenly banking’: religious racketeers dupe Hong Kong woman to deposit US$25,000 into ‘account on the other side’
A brainwashing Hong Kong religious racket has lured a woman from the city into “depositing” US$25,000 into a “bank in Heaven”.
Flower sales bloom as Hong Kong celebrates Chinese New Year with most COVID-19 restrictions dropped
After years of muted celebrations caused by COVID-19 restrictions, Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is blooming again. Flower sales are up, with farms and florists ...
Legislation to block overseas lawyers from Hong Kong national security trials could be in force within 6 months, justice secretary says
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam pledges to listen to 'constructive opinions' from legal profession and public before amendments made Lam speaks out just days after Bar Association warns against blanket ...
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon: at 39 years young, record holder Gi has eyes on Asian Games prize
Gi Ka-man will run in the city’s prestigious event next month for the first time in 13 years as he looks to cement his place at the Asian Games in September.
Hong Kong braces for start-up influx as open border, SFC’s new virtual asset rules aim to turn city into a hub
China’s reopening has given ‘new optimism and impetus’ to deal-making, and new rules on virtual assets and listings will strengthen Hong Kong as a start-up hub in the Year of the Rabbit, observers say ...
Hong Kong’s retail market faces ‘slow recovery’ as Covid-19 cases surge
Luxury retail shops may see sales remaining at a low level as the three years of lockdown has changed the shopping behaviour of mainlanders ...
Hong Kong welcomes joyful, bustling Spring Festival
With the adjustment of the COVID-19 pandemic prevention policy, the streets and lanes of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) during this year's Spring Festival, which falls on ...
With Hong Kong running out of space for its trash, residents are doing more to reduce food waste
Food waste makes up 30 per cent of Hong Kong’s total municipal solid waste and cannot break down well in landfills.
‘At the bottom of priority list’: asylum seekers in Hong Kong wait up to 20 years for host countries to take them, despite clearing local checks
Those who succeed in refugee claims face uncertainty as they are not a priority for resettlement Only 269 out of 22,696 asylum seekers have proved their claims for refugee status since 2014 Almost a ...
As mainlanders return to Hong Kong, let’s learn to respect one another
Readers discuss how an international city has no place for intolerance, and the importance of kindness to animals Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views ...
Hong Kong’s economy could face ‘some difficulties’ in first quarter, but recovery in sight, finance chief says
I think as we enter the second quarter, the strength of recovery should be much more obvious,’ Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.