Following the initial launch in Mong Kok and Tai Kok Tsui, the Company expects KeeTa to complete full coverage of the Hong Kong market by the end of this year. The KeeTa app is now available for ...
Hong Kong’s John Lee ‘to lead high-level delegation’ to Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia in July to forge closer ties with Asean members
City leader will be flanked by top officials and representatives from finance, technology and professional services on one-week trip, sources say Ties with Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...
Is Hong Kong’s wild boar policy working? Authorities killed 1 every day this year, experts warn of ‘cruel and ineffective’ measures
Insignificant decrease in nuisance reports and sightings of animal shows current policy fails to control wild boar population, experts say Authorities euthanised 135 wild boars between January 5 and ...
Letters | Turning golf course into housing will undermine Hong Kong’s recovery as a global city
The debate in Hong Kong on the government considering taking back part of the Old Course at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling would appear to fit into this perspective. The Financial Times article ...
Hong Kong Launches Digital Currency Pilot with 16 Major Firms
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launches the e-HKD Pilot Programme, involving 16 selected firms from the financial, payment, and technology sectors.
As Hong Kong’s public libraries are stripped of books once deemed inoffensive, simple certainties offer solace
With freedom of speech and free access to the books of one’s choice in Hong Kong narrowing, a writer finds solace in one of life’s most basic certainties.
The Making of Hong Kong by Vaudine England review — how women got ahead
Hong Kong “was never just another Chinese city”, Vaudine England writes in her wonderful story of the many peoples and religions that made up the “glorious mosaic” of a flourishing, cosmopolitan trade ...
Hong Kong officials can use overseas trips to tell city’s story, combat online lies, John Lee says
Chief Executive John Lee also urges teachers to deepen students’ understanding of diplomacy and national development.
Hong Kong makes more than 130 job offers to doctors in Britain as part of recruitment drive to combat public hospitals’ high turnover
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has sent out job offers to more than 130 doctors from Britain in a recent recruitment drive, its chairman has said amid a bid to tackle the high turnover of experienced ...
Hong Kong Police force now fails to attract new recruits
The Hong Kong Police Service, which was once considered to be the finest in Asia, has taken a nosedive since the crackdown on mass anti-government protests in 2019.
Radio host jailed for sedition in Hong Kong finds a home and freedom in Canada
VANCOUVER — Edmund Wan, recently released from a Hong Kong prison, says he feels at ease in Vancouver. Enjoy the latest local, national and international news. Enjoy the latest local, national and ...
Greater Bay Area economy is almost as big as Italy’s, boosting Hong Kong’s growth, says Financial Secretary Paul Chan
The combined GDP of the 11 cities in the Greater Bay Area was close to US$2 trillion in 2022, up 25 per cent from US$1.65 trillion in 2019, Hong Kong’s finance chief says.
Hong Kong’s education chief declines to meet parents calling for local school to keep Primary One classes
Secretary for Education Christine Choi opted not to meet group of parents and pupils asking her not to axe Primary One classes for local school.
Is green the new black? Hong Kong developers rush to make offices energy efficient to shrink carbon footprint, fight for tenants amid glut
Green certified buildings are giving developers and landlords a competitive edge as occupiers demand sustainability features, essential to meet a host of business and environmental goals.