The way poverty is measured in city is to change, with a more sophisticated formula to replace median household income drawn up before year-end.
Hong Kong’s economy needs reinvention to become more than just China’s superconnector after a lost half decade
Hong Kong’s superconnector status has not enabled its economy to outperform other rival Asian hubs such as Singapore.
A pregnant ex-prisoner of war’s anxious life in a Hong Kong camp after Japan’s World War II surrender
An excerpt from Searching for Billie sheds light on the life of a World War II internee at Hong Kong’s Stanley camp – the author’s mother – in the chaotic days following the Japanese surrender.
Is Hong Kong airport facing even stronger headwinds as rivals Shenzhen and Guangzhou eye air supremacy in Greater Bay Area?
Some experts have warned that Hong Kong could lose out in the battle for business as Shenzhen and Guangzhou airports eye aggressive expansion.
Hong Kong, mainland China authorities in talks to allow more visitors from tier 2 and 3 cities, top official says
Chief Secretary Eric Chan says he hopes for tourism boost from more mainland visitors ‘as soon as possible’, although he stopped short of giving timeline.
Hong Kong’s ‘Chubby Heart’ display skips a beat as high wind speeds force event to take ‘short break’
Hong Kong Design Centre says display at Statue Square Gardens in Central to take a pause as winds speed exceed tolerable limit for 12-metre heart-shaped installation.
Lost Hong Kong paraglider, 67, rescued after making emergency landing in heavy fog and spending night in woods
Hong Kong firefighters have rescued a 67-year-old paraglider who was forced to make an emergency landing in heavy fog and spent the night lost in woods. The man, surnamed Chung, had planned to fly ...
Hong Kong Metropolitan University ‘expected to become city’s first university of applied sciences by next month at earliest’
Authorities also expected to set aside HK$50 million for promotion of alliance of university of applied sciences, second source says.
Hong Kong eyes Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern business ties in next chapter of belt and road plan
Head of global trade scheme’s Hong Kong wing says city to concentrate efforts on countries in the two regions to ensure intermediate results.
Hong Kong customs arrest 7 in $1.8 billion money laundering case linked to India
Hong Kong customs officials have arrested seven people in connection with the territory's largest-ever money laundering case, involving approximately $1.8 billion.
Hong Kong customs arrests 7 in a $1.8 billion money laundering case linked to transnational crime
Hong Kong customs officials have arrested seven people linked to the territory's largest ever money laundering case, involving about 14 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.8 billion) some of it linked to a ...
Exclusive-HSBC to improve ties with Hong Kong unit Hang Seng to mitigate risk, say sources
By Sumeet Chatterjee, Engen Tham and Selena Li HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - HSBC plans to tighten risk management at Hong Kong unit Hang Seng Bank due to worries about a potential rise in bad loans ...
Can Hong Kong Film’s Recovery Continue?
During Berlin, Hong Kong authorities will reveal a further tranche of funding for co-productions, an expansion targeted to bring in European partners.
Hong Kong arrests 7 in $1.8B money laundering case
HONG KONG >> Hong Kong customs officials have arrested seven people linked to the territory’s largest ever money laundering case, involving about 14 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.8 billion) some of it ...