One-off cash incentive to be distributed in late February if the Legislative Council gives the green light to the funding proposal on Friday.
KCON Expands to Hong Kong in 2024
Pop and K-culture festival, including its first ever stop in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong date will kick off the festival series, taking place at AsiaWorld-Expo on March 30 and 31. The 10,000-capacity ...
Hong Kong’s family office push, investment scheme and US rate cuts to spur demand for yuan assets: Standard Chartered
The anticipated US interest-rate cuts, the Hong Kong government’s measures to attract family offices and the coming investment migration scheme will attract investors to yuan-denominated assets this ...
Nicole Leung comes all the way from Hong Kong to put The Woodward School girls’ basketball back on the map
When Alex Magay first met Nicole Leung from Hong Kong via Zoom, and then in person last January, he had a hunch she could help revamp the basketball program at The Woodward School.As soon as the head ...
Hong Kong could bump up tobacco tax again in bid to further cut smoking rate, health chief reveals
But Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau stops short of confirming whether tobacco tax increase will be included in next month’s budget.
Hong Kong Asset Managers Exploring Crypto ETFs: Is Asia Moving Faster On Digital Assets Than The US?
Livio Weng reveals 10 Hong Kong fund companies preparing virtual asset spot ETFs, with several in advanced stages. Hong Kong's move to authorize virtual asset spot ...
A Hong Kong man is jailed 3 months for sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to three months in prison on sedition charges for wearing a T-shirt with a slogan printed on it. Chu Kai-pong, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts of sedition for the slogan ...
Sunak Condemns Hong Kong’s Trial of Free Speech ‘Champion’
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemned Hong Kong’s trial of Jimmy Lai as “politically motivated,” making him the only world leader so far to weigh in on the hearing that could see the former media ...
Hong Kong can tackle surging cases of Covid-19 and flu infections given city’s higher vaccination rates, health minister says
The city’s flu vaccination rate improved this year with more than 1.7 million doses given out since September, Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau says.
Pro-democracy activist, 24, won’t be ‘silent’ after Hong Kong offers $1 million bounty for arrest
Nothing is going to change because of this bounty,” pro-democracy activist Frances Hui told The Post. “I am not going to comply and be silent.” ...
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to set up task force over extensive flight cancellations, as airline apologises and says worst passed for latest cuts
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will set up a task force to “identify and resolve the underlying issues” behind recent extensive flight cancellations, as the airline apologises and tells ...
Education University of Hong Kong establishes first academic centre dedicated to national security
Chairman of university’s council says the centre would be dedicated to ‘imbuing the correct concept of the nation in students’.
Hong Kong universities urged to invest in research for curiosity’s sake, create culture where people feel able to take risks
Nancy Ip, president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, says people doing passion-driven research have to be supported.
Hong Kong health chief considering increased charges for minor problems at hospital A&E departments to cut abuse of health service
Health minister Lo Chung-mau says he wants to move to an ‘increase and reduction’ model, with lower charges for those seriously ill or injured.