Hong Kong’s systems of planning often look dysfunctional. One guess is that as many as one in four properties in the territory have been altered or extended without the right permissions. Canopies on ...
3 arrested over falsifying HK$193 million in deals for 2 Hong Kong listed companies following probe involving anti-corruption agency
Suspects, including executive director, arrested for allegedly using false documents to overstate revenue, assets Authorities detect suspected false transactions during operations against alleged ramp ...
Exclusive: Public submit 50 reports about suspected ‘objectionable content’ at Hong Kong gov’t libraries
Hong Kong’s government libraries are set to review their collections after more than 50 reports were made by the public about suspected “objectionable” content found in library books and other titles.
Hong Kong police arrest 4 men, including 2 ex-district councillors, on suspicion of fraud, lying in résumés
Four men, including two former district councillors, have been arrested on suspicion of fraud and conspiracy to lie on their job applications to a Hong Kong insurance company, the Post has learned.
HKMA, NDRC sign deal to support Chinese firms issuing bonds in Hong Kong, boost cross-border financing
Hong Kong's monetary authority has signed a preliminary agreement with mainland China's top economic planning agency to support Chinese companies issuing bonds in Hong Kong and promote cross-border ...
Hong Kong sticks a fork in disposable plastic products from Earth Day 2024
The city will implement a blanket ban on the sale and provision of various plastic products in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hong Kong’s 3-day electronic dance music festival Shi Fu Miz 2023 on Cheung Chau island to feature more than 60 DJs and musical acts
With a line-up of global and local talent including Octave One, Gigi Testa and Soichi Terada, Shi Fu Miz 2023 is expected to draw 5,000 festivalgoers The festival will also offer non-musical ...
Hong Kong ex-civil servant loses legal bid against forced retirement after failing to sign oath pledging allegiance to city on time
High Court finds move to order Wong Chau-ming to retire is not irrational given his drawn out approach to requirement imposed on civil servants Wong had questioned the need to sign the paper and ...
Hong Kong’s jobless rate stays low at 2.8 percent
Hong Kong's latest unemployment rate stood at 2.8 percent – unchanged from the June-to-August period – and remaining at its lowest level in four years. The underemployment rate also remained unchanged ...
China’s NDRC and Hong Kong Monetary Authority Strengthen Bonds
A new chapter in international finance is being written as China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hong ...
Hong Kong stocks slammed by Country Garden debt fallout, US tech curbs on China and Israel-Gaza war
Hong Kong stocks extended losses as China’s property crisis deepened amid concerns about an imminent debt default by Country Garden Holdings. Tightened US tech curbs on Chinese companies and an ...
Belt and road forum: Hong Kong’s leader plans for trips to Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia to ‘make business opportunities happen’
Chief Executive John Lee also says he briefed Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang on the situation in Hong Kong while on the sidelines of belt and road event in Beijing 'I will definitely continue to ...
Hong Kong policy address 2023: John Lee ‘expected to adjust stamp duty for some home transactions, unveil plans to boost birth rate’
Source says Chief Executive John Lee will announce adjustments to stamp duty for certain home transactions, but stop short of easing all such taxes Measures to boost birth rate and improve city's ...
Hong Kong stocks dip amid worries about China’s property crisis and an intensifying Middle East conflict
Hong Kong stocks erased gains as traders looked past China’s upbeat GDP data amid worries about the festering property crisis in the world’s second largest economy and the intensifying Israeli-Hamas ...