Hong Kong's monetary authority has signed a preliminary agreement with mainland China's top economic planning agency to support Chinese companies issuing bonds in Hong Kong and promote cross-border ...
Hong Kong’s 3-day electronic dance music festival Shi Fu Miz 2023 on Cheung Chau island to feature more than 60 DJs and musical acts
With a line-up of global and local talent including Octave One, Gigi Testa and Soichi Terada, Shi Fu Miz 2023 is expected to draw 5,000 festivalgoers The festival will also offer non-musical ...
Hong Kong ex-civil servant loses legal bid against forced retirement after failing to sign oath pledging allegiance to city on time
High Court finds move to order Wong Chau-ming to retire is not irrational given his drawn out approach to requirement imposed on civil servants Wong had questioned the need to sign the paper and ...
Hong Kong’s jobless rate stays low at 2.8 percent
Hong Kong's latest unemployment rate stood at 2.8 percent – unchanged from the June-to-August period – and remaining at its lowest level in four years. The underemployment rate also remained unchanged ...
Belt and road forum: Hong Kong’s leader plans for trips to Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia to ‘make business opportunities happen’
Chief Executive John Lee also says he briefed Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang on the situation in Hong Kong while on the sidelines of belt and road event in Beijing 'I will definitely continue to ...
Hong Kong policy address 2023: John Lee ‘expected to adjust stamp duty for some home transactions, unveil plans to boost birth rate’
Source says Chief Executive John Lee will announce adjustments to stamp duty for certain home transactions, but stop short of easing all such taxes Measures to boost birth rate and improve city's ...
Hong Kong Grade A office rents drop 2.3% in Q3
The Central/Admiralty submarket was the main driver of this decline. According to a recent Colliers report, Hong Kong’s Grade A office rental market has observed a drop in rents of 2.3% QOQ to HKD54.1 per sq.
Hong Kong mobilised over 500 civil servants for flooding clean-up, in first test of ‘extreme conditions’ drill
Over 500 civil servants were deployed to assist the post-rainstorm clean-up in September, when the government made its first-ever “extreme conditions” announcement amid widespread flooding and landslides brought on by torrential rain,
Nepal to face Hong Kong in triangular T20 cricket series today
Nepal is set to face Hong Kong in the triangular T20 cricket series today. The match is scheduled to kick off at 11 AM at the Mulpani Cricket Ground in Kathmandu.
Hong Kong stocks open lower on Gaza concerns
Hong Kong stocks fell more than one percent at the open on Thursday on growing worries of a wider conflict being sparked by the Israel-Hamas crisis.
Hong Kong police investigate after man arrested over false claims to apply for early withdrawal of HK$75,000 MPF pension
Arrest of 36-year-old in Tsing Yi comes a week after city's graft-buster revealed it had caught 20 people, including insurance agent, for similar offences Police say he was offered assistance for his ...
Hong Kong policy address 2023: what will John Lee propose to bring bounce back to the economy? City needs to shake off sense of pessimism, analysts say
Sluggish economy, youth apathy, geopolitics weigh on city leader as he prepares for annual address Struggling business sector wants more help, while many urge Lee to scrap property cooling measures ...
Hong Kong contractor Aggressive Construction Engineering loses licence over safety concerns after fatal accident
Aggressive Construction Engineering, a subsidiary of Great Harvest Group, will be removed from government’s registered list of contractors on November 16.
2 Hong Kong women jailed for ‘abominable’ forgery of Covid-19 jab certificates and exemption documents
Nguyen Thi Duyen and Wong Man-ki admit a total of five charges, sentenced to up to three years behind bars Judge brands conduct 'extremely selfish' and detracted from government's efforts to contain the pandemic A Hong Kong court has jailed two women for up to three years for the forgery of medical certificates for 30 ...