The Hong Kong unit of DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's biggest lender, was fined HK$10 million ($1.28 million) by Hong Kong's banking regulator for violating anti-money laundering (AML) and ...
Hong Kong court hears mitigation pleas from Joshua Wong, other democrats
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong should be considered an active participant in a landmark subversion case involving 47 democrats, his lawyer said on Friday, but urged a court to hand him a ...
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong asks for a lesser sentence in landmark security case
Prominent activist Joshua Wong has asked for a lesser sentence in court after he earlier pleaded guilty in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case.
Fantasy, frills and a pink fox: Playing dress up at Hong Kong Disneyland
There are a lot of princesses at Hong Kong Disneyland, but not the ones you think. Instead of your Cinderellas, Elsas and Annas in their royal best, it’s a fuzzy pink fox that’s inspiring the princess ...
New head of Hong Kong’s social worker body named after controversial revamp to depoliticise sector
A lawyer and long-time adviser to the authorities has been named as the new head of Hong Kong’s revamped social worker regulator, two days after the passage of a bill that paved the way for the body ...
Hong Kong Disneyland’s summer festivities set to enchant visitors from across the region
After announcing a strong fiscal year in 2023 and record-breaking earnings for the January-to-March period this year, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is determined to build on that success with a new line ...
Hong Kong launches first bus route with women drivers only, sets up rest facility for them
HONG KONG: Franchised bus firm KMB has launched Hong Kong's first route with women drivers only and set up a rest facility that prioritises female workers at terminuses as part of its efforts to buck ...
14 patients in Hong Kong hospital’s geriatric ward test positive for Covid
In November last year, Kowloon Hospital reported that 14 patients in a male psychiatric ward contracted coronavirus. Ten patients at a ward in Kwai Chung Hospital also tested positive for the virus in ...
Hong Kong parents vow to be more vigilant after 3-year-old snatched in alleged HK$5.1 million ransom plot
Parents near TKO Plaza in Tseung Kwan O, the kidnap scene, say they’re shocked by news, but that such cases are rare in Hong Kong.
More steps in visa measures to come after non-Chinese mainland permit for Hong Kong permanent residents: John Lee
Hong Kong’s leader has revealed that “more steps” in visa liberalisation measures could be coming after Beijing’s new five-year travel permit for the city’s 270,000 permanent residents holding foreign ...
Hong Kong’s PLA garrison to take part in joint China-Laos military exercise
The People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong will take part in joint military drills between China and Laos this week, the fourth time it has taken part in an international exercise. The drills ...
Tarmo Peltokoski, 24-year-old Finnish conductor, to become Hong Kong Philharmonic music director
Peltokoski grew up in Finland and studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Jorma Panula, a famed 93-year-old conductor, composer and teacher whose students have included Esa-Pekka Salonen, ...
Hong Kong urged to reinvent ‘superconnector’ role to link China to Global South
Panellists at South China Morning Post’s annual China Conference also express confidence in ‘irreplicable’ advantages enjoyed by Hong Kong.
Hong Kong firms ‘cautious’ to deploy AI amid challenges in data acquisition, survey says
Hong Kong enterprises remain "cautious" about building and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) applications, owing to the challenges of acquiring high-quality data and uncertainties in the ...