Long-serving officers have left and generous incentives are not enough to fill vacancies in what is today seen as a brutish arm of the Chinese state ...
Hong Kong home prices ‘likely back in a downtrend’ as slump resumes after ‘short-lived’ first-quarter recovery: Citi
A first-quarter rally in Hong Kong’s home market turned out to be remarkably “short-lived”, as sales have now slumped and sellers are slashing prices to get deals done amid a “downward trend” that ...
Nine books that have been taken off library shelves in Hong Kong
Ahead of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen, authorities in Hong Kong are removing books that China deems sensitive from library shelves.
What are Hong Kong’s window cleaning rules for domestic helpers? A look at the 2017 safety clause and its impact
The clause, which took effect in January 2017, states that employers must ensure that windows have grilles and that these are locked if they ask domestic helpers to clean the exterior of ones that are ...
Tiananmen Square books removed from Hong Kong libraries in run-up to anniversary
Publications targeted include those about protest and subjects Beijing deems politically sensitive ...
Jimmy Lai: editors demand release of Hong Kong media boss
A group of 116 leading media figures from around the world are calling for the immediate release of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy ad ...
Hong Kong political cartoon axed after government pressure, cartoonist says
A Hong Kong newspaper on Thursday scrapped a satirical cartoon after a decades-long run following a series of complaints by authorities, the cartoonist said, in what was seen as the latest blow to ...
Hong Kong leader says public libraries must ensure books don’t violate laws
Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don't violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown have now ...
Jimmy Lai: editors from around the world call for release of Hong Kong media mogul
Leading global media figures among signatories backing publisher, hit with wave of ‘lawfare’ including legislation to stop him hiring UK barrister ...
‘Happy Hong Kong’: 12,000 Ocean Park tickets to be given to 3,000 families who submit clips thanking their domestic helpers
Up to 12,000 theme park tickets will be given to some 3,000 families as part of the “Happy Hong Kong” drive for households to show gratitude to their domestic helpers by submitting a clip thanking ...
Hong Kong Public Libraries Purge Books on Tiananmen Crackdown
Hong Kong libraries have purged books about the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, marking the latest step in the city’s campaign against free speech.
Hong Kong national security: mainland China’s life sentence on US-based city resident for spying a reminder of lurking risks in society, John Lee warns
Chief executive stops short of providing details of detainee in mainland China and whether administration had offered help under reciprocal notification mechanism He sounds alarm on 'black violence', ...
Why are Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific pilots unhappy? Grievances include uncertainty over slashed pay, family lives upended, union claims
Union chief says morale is low, with recent slow plane taxiing incident at airport stemming from pilot frustration To cope with pandemic, carrier had overhauled salary system based on an hourly ...
Human skeleton found in Hong Kong flat a day after separate incident in which bodies of woman, elderly father discovered in their home
Monday’s case marked the city’s second family tragedy this month. On May 1, a 30-year-old woman and her five-year-old son fell to their deaths from the Cullinan West residential block in Cheung Sha ...