Hong Kong's top court will decide Tuesday whether to recognise same-sex marriages, rendering a verdict in one of the most consequential cases on the subject in the city's history.
Hong Kong media guide
Hong Kong has one of the world's largest film industries and is a major centre for broadcasting and publishing. Although press freedom is enshrined in the city's Basic Law, there has been pressure on ...
Hong Kong Saw Hottest Summer On Record In 2023: Government
Hong Kong experienced its hottest summer on record this year, with the city seeing "record-breaking" temperatures, the government said Monday.
Hong Kong saw hottest summer on record in 2023
The city recorded a monthly mean temperature of 29.7 degrees Celsius (85 degrees Fahrenheit) last month, the hottest August on record, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. This year also saw the third-hottest July and fourth-hottest June since records began in 1884.
L’Occitane halts trading in Hong Kong
Trading in French beauty brand L'Occitane was in Hong Kong on Monday after reports emerged that its controlling shareholder may take the company private.Bloomberg News reported in July that chairman ...
Hong Kong property stocks surge as China takes action to revive property sector
Stocks were also helped by Country Garden Holdings reportedly winning approval to extend repayment on an onshore private bond to 2026.
Hong Kong’s Stock Market Liquidity Task Force to Meet This Week
Hong Kong’s stock-market liquidity task force will hold its first meeting this week to study methods to expand capital sources and flows, attract more high-quality listings and boost efficiency and competitiveness,
Trees fall, scaffolding collapses as Typhoon Saola hits Hong Kong
Schools closed and flights were canceled as Hong Kong hoisted its third highest storm warning early Friday morning in anticipation of Typhoon Saola, which is expected to brush the city later in the ...
Hong Kong Reopens With Flights Resuming as Typhoon Saola Departs
Hong Kong started gradually reopening Saturday after a typhoon forecast to be the strongest to hit the territory in about five years departed, leaving minimal reported damage.
Typhoon Saola leaves uprooted trees in Hong Kong
STORY: The strong winds also blew off business signs in the bustling streets of the Asian financial hub.As of 6 a.m. local time (2200 GMT Friday) Saturday, 76 fallen trees were reported, and 12 cases ...
Hong Kong closes schools and cancels hundreds of flights as Typhoon Saola arrives
Schools and businesses closed while hundreds of flights were canceled in Hong Kong and other parts of southern China on Friday as Typhoon Saola swept close to the coast, bringing strong winds and ...
See the scene in Hong Kong after powerful storm sweeps close to the coast
Schools and businesses closed while hundreds of flights were canceled in Hong Kong and other parts of southern China as Typhoon Saola swept close to the coast, bringing strong winds and heavy rain in what could be the region's strongest storm in five years.
The Book Banners of Hong Kong
The Communist-leaning Ming Pao newspaper tracked 468 works with political themes and reported in May that some 40% of them had disappeared from public library shelves. Among those gone are histories of the Tiananmen Square massacre and books by Hong Kong’s pro-democracy leaders.
Green groups urge Hong Kong authorities to be more aggressive in setting air quality targets as two-month public consultation starts
Government proposes to tighten five air quality objectives and introduce three new parameters based on World Health Organization benchmarks.