Hong Kong police have detained a man and woman on suspicion of perverting the course of justice after their HK$3.7 million (US$550,000) sports car slammed into the side of a flyover. The Lamborghini ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has nothing to fear from surging Shenzhen, officials say, though city must remain proactive, seize opportunities
Finance secretary, former city leader among those urging residents to seek ways to maintain edge in wake of last week’s speech by President Xi Jinping. ( read original story ...)
Front Lines and Hand Signals: Thailand’s Protests Shift Tactics, Influenced by Hong Kong
Demonstrators defied a government ban on large gatherings for the fourth consecutive day to call for the prime minister’s resignation. ( read original story ...)
Salaries of Hong Kong domestic workers top HK$5,000 for first time, but Covid-19 piles on pressure from families back home
The average salary for domestic workers in Hong Kong has exceeded HK$5,000 (US$645) per month for the first time ever, but many are facing financial pressures amid the Covid-19 pandemic and economic ... ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong engineers used lessons from Sars to solve new Covid-19 challenges for hospitals
Veteran engineer Yuen Pak-leung's first-hand experience with two major public health crises has convinced him his profession is really about people, and finding solutions swiftly when challenges arise ... ( read original story ...)
How insuring the poor in Hong Kong and elsewhere is becoming big business
Hong Kong's microinsurance market, in comparison, is nascent but no less ambitious. YAS Digital has created an app store as a marketplace for business-to-business and business-to-consumer insurers. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong wraps preparatory work on ‘health code’ necessary for cross-border travel, as city records four cases on Sunday
Hong Kong has completed preparatory work on a "health code" necessary for cross-border travel with the mainland and Macau, the health minister revealed on Sunday, as the city recorded four new ... ( read original story ...)
The HSBC share price: why I think the stock could be worth buying
The bank risks getting caught between these two superpowers as it relies on its Hong Kong business for the majority of underlying profit. Moreover, without a US presence, HSBC could lose the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cannot afford to say ‘I don’t mind’ to being overtaken by Shenzhen, President Xi’s ‘miracle’ city
"We should build several Hong Kongs on the mainland," the late Deng Xiaoping once said. That was when China's paramount leader and architect of the country's opening up visited Shenzhen, then a ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong health minister cautions over coming fourth wave, as city records four new cases
Hong Kong's health minister on Sunday renewed her warning that a fourth wave of coronavirus infections could hit earlier than expected, as the city recorded four new cases, two of which were locally ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protester ‘Grandma Wong’: I was held in mainland China for 14 months
Sixty-four-year-old vows never to give up fighting, even as she describes forced confessions and detention without trial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs arrests 22, seizes HK$20 million in high-end fruit, frozen meat during raid on barge used as ‘mobile warehouse’
An illegal shipment of high-end fruit and frozen meat worth about HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) bound for mainland China has been seized by Hong Kong's customs authorities in a case marking the first ... ( read original story ...)
Salaries of Hong Kong foreign domestic workers top HK$5,000 for first time, but Covid-19 piles on pressure from families back home
The average salary for foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong has exceeded HK$5,000 (US$645) per month for the first time ever, but many are facing financial pressures in the midst of the Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic, politics lead to closure of storied Hong Kong bar
Nearly 15 years ago, Grace Ma decided to name her bar Club 71, in commemoration of a July 1, 2003 rally where hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers protested a proposed ... ( read original story ...)