41 men and 42 women aged between 26 and 72 arrested in connection with money laundering and operation of illegal gambling dens in string of raids.
Hong Kong national security law: top court’s landmark ruling on sentencing creates legal uncertainties, experts say
Court of Final Appeal refused to reduce jail term for student who admitted to inciting secession, refusing leniency often granted in other criminal cases for guilty pleas.
Hong Kong eyeing task force to improve stock market liquidity, strengthen global financial competitiveness, city leader John Lee says
Lee says task force to launch soon to pitch proposals to ‘increase liquidity of our stock market to strengthen our competitiveness as an international financial centre’.
Before they land at Hong Kong’s Palace Museum, here’s a look at China’s Sanxingdui relics, among the biggest finds of the 20th century
New museum in Sichuan boasts 600 artefacts on display for first time from ancient site formerly home to mysterious civilisation.
Goodbye, Hong Kong: Kim Robinson, ‘God-level’ celebrity hairstylist, is ready to close up shop
With his Chater House salon a victim of redevelopment, hairstylist to the rich and famous Kim Robinson has decided the universe is hinting he should quit while he’s ahead. He recalls good and bad ...
Slapping incident: Hong Kong’s chief imam tells religious teachers ‘we can’t punish students for learning the Koran’
Community responds to case of boy who needed surgery after religious teacher allegedly slapped him Chief imam convenes meeting with all religious teachers to emphasise proper conduct of Islamic ...
Hong Kong’s Lee Plans Task Force to Boost Stock Market Liquidity
Hong Kong will set up a task force to look into ways to boost stock market liquidity, according to Chief Executive John Lee.
Hong Kong slams US for ‘demonising’ city’s national security agency after country accuses authorities of harassing wanted activists’ families
Law enforcement actions taken by National Security Department are 'reasonable, legal and necessary', city government says US State Department earlier accused authorities of ongoing harassment of ...
Hong Kong unlikely to extend seafood ban beyond 10 Japanese prefectures, unless other goods pose contamination risk: minister
Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan compares Japan’s waste water discharge plan to ‘neighbour putting liquefied petroleum gas cylinders outside [Hong Kong’s] door’.
US condemns Hong Kong’s ‘harassment’ of pro-democracy activists’ family members
The US State Department said Friday it “strongly condemned” the Hong Kong authorities’ “ongoing harassment” of family members of pro-democracy activists living overseas.
Tattoo artists make their mark at Hong Kong fair
Sousyu Hayashi peers at the intricate pattern of sakura blossoms before him, born from 30 hours of deft prodding by his traditional Japanese tattoo needle -- and he is not even halfway done.Hayashi is ...
Hong Kong Turns to Tycoons to Get Party Scene Back on Track
The government has been in discussions with major property groups to encourage them to roll out measures to boost the nighttime economy, including extending mall operating hours, according to Allan ...
Hong Kong-Canadian sister and brother piano prodigies wow audiences in concerts held across the strait
In late July, the Sung siblings were invited to Taipei and Fuzhou Province to collaborate with symphony orchestras from both sides of the strait for the first time, a new chapter in cross-strait ...
HK$500,000 per grade payments offered to Hong Kong secondary schools to encourage mergers as school rolls fall
A payment of at least HK$500,000 (US$63,745) for each grade is to be offered to Hong Kong secondary schools as an incentive to merge with other institutions as the city faces a double whammy from ...