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Chinese merchants at one of the world’s largest wholesale markets said on Tuesday they were cautiously confident of weathering a potential trade war triggered by US President Donald Trump. Trump imposed fresh 10 percent tariffs on Chinese goods last week, on top of levies that were already in place against Washington’s biggest economic competitor. The newly […]

Hong Kong Tramways has applied to increase adult fares by 10 per cent, from HK$3 to HK$3.30, citing sluggish ridership and rising operational costs. In a press release on Tuesday, the company said it had submitted a fare adjustment proposal to the Transport Department. It also hopes to hike concessionary fares: a 6.7 per cent […]

Hong Kong recorded more than 94,700 reported crime cases in 2024 – up 5 per cent from the previous year – driven by a surge in scams, the city’s police commissioner has said. Fraud cases, which continued to cause the increase in overall crime last year, rose 11.7 per cent from 2023, Commissioner of Police […]

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was barred from entering Switzerland over a lack of proper travel documents, police said on Tuesday, as the artist described being deported from Zurich airport. In a post on Instagram late on Monday, the artist indicated that he had found himself barred from entering Switzerland upon arrival from London. “I […]

A Hong Kong doctor has died after he was suspected to have contracted a rare E. coli infection, the city’s health authorities have said. Two other doctors working at Princess Margaret Hospital are also suspected to have contracted the illness. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is investigating the suspected Shiga toxin-producing E. coli group […]

Hongkong Post has resumed accepting US-bound parcels, the city’s postal authorities said, following Washington’s confirmation that it would not impose additional tariffs on packages from Hong Kong. In a statement on Monday night, Hongkong Post said that “as the United States Authorities have confirmed that additional duty would not be imposed for postal items containing […]

Four mainland Chinese runners who were disqualified from the 2025 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon did not deliberately swap their bibs, the event’s organisers have said. In a Monday night statement, organisers – the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates (HKAAA) – said the four athletes shared the same manager. “The incident was caused […]

Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park will showcase a “grand” opening ceremony featuring local and mainland Chinese athletes and celebrities on March 1, the city’s acting chief executive Eric Chan said. The HK$30 billion park – the largest sporting infrastructure ever built in Hong Kong – will provide a “new experience” of sports, leisure, and […]

Shares in Chinese automaker BYD jumped on Tuesday after it unveiled plans to unroll advanced self-driving technology on nearly all its cars, including budget models priced below US$10,000. The company also said it would integrate AI startup Deepseek’s software into its cars, following domestic peers such as Geely, Great Wall Motors, and Leapmotor. BYD is […]

Two Hong Kong lawmakers have suggested a pay freeze for the city’s civil servants to tackle the ongoing fiscal deficit, ahead of the annual budget speech, set to be delivered at the end of this month. Lawmakers Michael Tien and Stanley Li on Monday joined a growing list of pro-establishment figures, including former minister Anthony […]

Hong Kong police have taken in two relatives of ex-district councillor Carmen Lau, who is wanted for allegedly breaching the national security law, to aid an investigation. National security police arrived at a residence in Tai Wai at around 7 am on Monday, local media reported, and took away Lau’s 66-year-old uncle and 63-year-old-aunt. They […]

China last year saw a one-fifth decline in marriages, the latest sign of persistent demographic challenges as Beijing works to encourage births despite an uncertain economic outlook for young families. The country saw 6.1 million couples register for marriage in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year, according to data published by the Ministry […]

Three runners from mainland China have been disqualified for wearing the wrong bibs during the 2025 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday. Two of the athletes were He Yingbing and Sun Xiaoyang, who won first and second place respectively in the half-marathon, said the event’s organisers, the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates […]

A 26-year-old woman who was arrested on Saturday by the Hong Kong national security police and charged with perverting the course of justice has been denied bail. The woman, identified as Ng Shuk-wai in a court document, appeared before Magistrate Don So at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Monday morning. Ng – a childcare assistant […]

Two accidents, including a pile-up, at the Sha Tin Racecourse on the same day have left a horse dead and four jockeys injured. The first accident on Sunday occurred when jockey Vincent Ho’s horse, Oldtown, fell while making a final dash to the finish line. While Oldtown was able to stand back on its feet […]

Hong Kong will ban the possession and use of e-cigarette cartridges in public by mid-2026, the city’s top health official said on Sunday as the government pushed ahead with its anti-tobacco agenda. Vaping remains common in Hong Kong even though the Chinese finance hub banned the import, manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco […]

Hong Kong national security police have arrested a man on suspicion of helping four protesters charged with offences linked to the 2019 unrest to flee the city. Police apprehended Yu Hin-lam on Thursday over perverting the course of justice, according to a statement by the police force on Friday. Yu, a 26-year-old taxi driver, was […]

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and a top advisor to US President Donald Trump, said he has no interest in acquiring social media platform TikTok’s operations in the United States, in comments released Saturday. “I’ve not put in a bid for TikTok and I don’t have any plans for what I would do if […]

Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday protested at a site earmarked for Beijing’s controversial new embassy in London over human rights and security concerns. The new embassy — if approved by the UK government — would be the “biggest Chinese embassy in Europe”, one lawmaker said earlier. Protester Iona Boswell, a 40-year-old social worker, told AFP […]

To sociologist Ruby Lai, Hong Kong’s notorious subdivided flats are more nuanced than they are perceived to be.  These partitioned units, with a median floor area of 118.4 square feet (11 square metres), are home to over 200,000 Hongkongers who couldn’t afford larger flats but narrowly missed the salary threshold to apply for public housing, […]

Who knew that Hong Kong grows premium coffee beans? A hike last year up to Lai Chi Wo, a historic Hakka village in the northeastern New Territories, gave me the opportunity to try some. It’s not cheap at HK$78 a cup, and is best served with a sticky rice dumpling with wood-roasted peanut and sesame […]

After working more than 40 years as a professional chef, Chan Fai-ming now finds joy in cooking for free. His “clientele” is a group of homeless people in Hong Kong.  He understands how it feels to live without a home, Chan said, because he was a street sleeper himself. “I never thought I would end […]

The United States will temporarily allow small parcels from China to enter under a duty-free exemption, a White House order said Friday, postponing a rule that sparked fears of trade disruptions. President Donald Trump unveiled fresh tariffs on China last weekend, including an additional 10 percent levy on goods that came into force on Tuesday. […]

The crack of a gunshot and the blonde man flinches behind the lectern, clutching his ear. But instead of horrified gasps, the crowd erupts in laughter and applause. “It’s a bullet! It wants to put me in the grave,” Hong Kong actor Loong Koon-tin sings, in the high-pitched falsetto that is the hallmark of traditional […]