Hong Kong’s biggest banks plan to present lai see, gift hampers and tickets to Disneyland as gifts for their staff as they return to the office on the first working day in the Year of the Rabbit.
Hong Kong records 33 hill fires in 2 days, 2 flame trails on mountainside burn for more than 12 hours
Fires reported on Kai Kung Leng mountain, Pat Heung near Kong Po Road and Heung Yuen Wai in Sheung Shui Another dry spell expected by Friday, with humidity to fall under 40 per cent on the weekend ...
Cruises are back in Hong Kong but they’re terrible for the environment – so is it really a good thing?
Cruise ships are terrible for the environment and Silversea Cruises, operator of the first cruise liner to sail from Hong Kong in almost three years, scores particularly badly.
Read the new Hong Kong Free Press Annual Report – an expanded newsroom, but challenges ahead
Hong Kong Free Press. Dear readers and supporters, The HKFP newsroom pressed on in 2022, expanding to a team of eight and investing heavily in video and ...
Is Hong Kong’s Real Estate Market A Total Write-Off?
Will 2023 see Hong Kong regain its shine as a thriving property market it once was? This article was contributed to us by RealVantage. RealVantage is a leading property fintech firm in Southeast Asia ...
Hong Kong police officer opens fire on man while investigating noise complaint on outlying island
A Hong Kong police officer opened fire on a man during an investigation into a noise complaint on the outlying island of Peng Chau on Tuesday night. The officer was said to have fired three shots at ...
Hong Kong H-stocks trade at their smallest discounts to A-shares in 20 months as bets on China rebound boost city’s market
Hong Kong stocks are now trading at an average 34 per cent discount to their yuan-traded counterparts, the smallest difference since April 2021; Global funds have been returning t ...
Hong Kong-flagged ship sinks off Japan
Four crew members have been rescued from a cargo ship that capsized off Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, with search and rescue efforts under way for ...
Worker trying to slaughter pig dies after animal fights back, Hong Kong police say
A 61-year-old man is dead after being knocked down and attacked by a pig in the Hong Kong slaughterhouse where he worked, police told news outlets. Police told local news outlet HK01 that the man, ...
‘We’re trying to connect’: black hip hop artists in Hong Kong reach out to home-grown acts through their events company
As two black men, Wesley Jamison and Christopher Onoja get validation on the Hong Kong hip hop scene but feel ‘impostor syndrome’ as foreigners. They counter that by putting on shows with local acts.
Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong tightens
From press freedom to the judicial system, Beijing is seeking to erode the traditional political rights that once made Hong Kong the only free Chinese city. The big picture: Hong Kong's pro-democracy ...
HSBC names new trade COO, reorganises Asia and Americas leadership
HSBC has implemented a raft of people changes within its global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) business, including the appointment of a chief operating officer (COO) and changes to its Asia and ...
We are reversing brain drain, insists Hong Kong chief
As the chief secretary of Hong Kong wished the city a happy Lunar New Year he revealed another cause for celebration: 5,800 people had applied to the city’s To ...
2 Hong Kong tourists injured in Japan after rental car crashes into tunnel wall
Japanese media say pair in their 20s were taken to hospital, but their conditions were deemed not life threatening.