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Tech addiction exacerbates young people’s mental health problemsHONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 5 September 2023 – AXA Hong Kong and Macau (“AXA”) today released the second phase of the annual AXA Study of Mind

The Asian container port of Hong Kong saw a 21.9% plunge in box volumes in the second quarter of this year. In the second quarter of 2023, total port cargo throughput of Hong Kong decreased by 14.9% compared with the second quarter of 2022 to 44.5 million tonnes, according to the statistics released by the ...

An activist detained in Hong Kong has partially won his appeal seeking recognition for same-sex marriage registered overseas HONG KONG -- An activist detained in Hong Kong partially won his final appeal Tuesday seeking recognition for same-sex marriage ...

In its bid to reclaim its status as a world aviation hub, Hong Kong now pursues a different strategy: becoming the main gateway to China's Greater Bay Area.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's top court partially approved on Tuesday an appeal by LGBTQ activist Jimmy Sham for recognition of overseas same-sex marriages, and called for an alternative legal ...

Hong Kong’s top court has ordered the city’s government to set up a new framework to legally recognize the rights of same-sex couples in a partial victory for LGBTQ activists that stopped short of ...

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 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 experienced its hottest summer on record this year, with the city seeing "record-breaking" temperatures, the government said Monday.

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.

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 ...

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 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,

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 ...