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More than 120 imported construction workers have complained that agents have been cheating them out of wages or imposing extra charges, while some have allegedly been fired for complaining, a Hong Kong labour union has said. Some of the non-local workers were scared and desperate, according to members of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees […]

The Wall Street Journal editorial board has said the “benighted leaders of Hong Kong deserve the world’s scorn – and sanctions,” after two journalists were convicted of sedition last week, prompting the security chief to slam the editorial as “fact-twisting.” Last week, authorities hailed the conviction of ex-Stand News editors Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam […]

Hong Kong’s appeals court has overturned a 2020 warning by the city’s media watchdog that a satirical RTHK show had “insulted” police. Three Court of Appeal judges unanimously dismissed the appeal lodged by the Communications Authority (CA) on Wednesday. The government body had said that a February 2020 episode of satirical RTHK programme Headliner denigrated […]

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the Strong Wing Signal No.3 at 6.40 pm on Wednesday, as Typhoon Yagi tracked westwards and intensified. Yagi, which developed into a typhoon earlier on Wednesday, was estimated to be about 470 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong at 4 pm on Wednesday. According to the Observatory, it is forecast to […]

Hong Kong has launched a song to promote patriotic education, with a karaoke version for primary and secondary schools. The song is the latest effort to promote patriotic education amid a push to strengthen Hongkongers’ national identity and patriotic awareness, including new exhibitions, new school subjects, and a new festival. The song, titled Our Home, […]

A student from the University of Hong Kong has been jailed for eight weeks after he was found guilty last month of committing two counts of indecent assault in a dormitory in 2021. Poon Kai-yiu, 21, was sentenced at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday for touching a female schoolmate with his genitals and exposing […]

A Hong Kong prisoners’ rights advocacy group has suspended sales of mooncakes, pastries traditionally given as gifts during Mid-Autumn Festival, after repeated inspections from government departments. Waiting Bird, which was founded after the 2019 protests and unrest, wrote in a Facebook post last week that a warehouse it had partnered with had also been visited […]

China’s state security agency on Wednesday warned students with access to sensitive information against falling for “handsome men” or “beautiful women” that might entice them to spy for foreign powers. Beijing’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has promoted claims that foreign spies are working to lure loyal Chinese to betray their country — often in […]

By Dene-Hern Chen and Holmes Chan Cathay Pacific said it will resume full operations by Saturday after replacing defective engine fuel lines on its Airbus A350 planes, a problem that had forced it to cancel dozens of flights this week. Hong Kong-based Cathay, one of the largest operators worldwide of the A350 jetliner, grounded 48 […]

A new immigration system to bar “undesirables” from boarding flights to Hong Kong has come into effect, three years after related changes to the city’s immigration laws sparked fears of entry and exit bans. Hong Kong’s Immigration Department announced that the Advance Passenger Information (API) system had been implemented on Tuesday, enabling the department to […]

A group of gender advocates have sought to raise awareness of image-based sexual violence in Hong Kong, calling on the city’s art community to improve ethical practices during a three-day campaign at a local book fair. Around 20 members of the group moved silently around the 6th BOOKED art book fair held from Friday to […]

Hong Kong’s largest LGBTQ event Pink Dot will celebrate its 10th anniversary later this month, a decade after it was first brought to the city from Singapore. The September 22 event at West Kowloon will bring Pink Ambassadors Lana Wong, Pong Nan, and Yan Ting to the Pink Dot stage. Also featured at the event […]

Veteran Hong Kong journalist Allan Au has been marked as “on leave” from his teaching position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), five days after four op-eds he wrote for shuttered independent media outlet Stand News were ruled “seditious” in a landmark trial. Local media reported on Tuesday morning the website of CUHK’s […]

New Zealand’s spy service branded China a “complex intelligence concern” Tuesday and warned the Pacific nation was vulnerable to foreign interference. In an annual threat report, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service said several countries were undertaking “malicious activity” on its shores, but called out China’s attempts as “complex and deceptive”. In particular, Beijing was […]

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the Standby Signal No.1 at 5.40 pm on Tuesday, as Tropical Cyclone Yagi neared the city. “With Yagi edging closer to the coast of southern China gradually, winds will strengthen over the region later this week,” the Observatory said on Tuesday, adding that the likelihood of the Strong Wind Signal […]

A Hong Kong court has heard the last mitigation pleas in the city’s largest national security case to date, with judges calling one defendant’s request for community service “impossible” given the severity of the offence. Social worker Hendrick Lui and businessman Mike Lam appeared before a panel of three national security judges at the West […]

Hong Kong has won two gold and two silver medals in boccia and badminton events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The city’s boccia team were on a winning streak on Monday, with player John Loung clinching the city’s first gold medal of the Paris Games in the Men’s Individual BC1 final. He knocked out […]

A Hong Kong customs officer died after his car plunged off the Shenzhen Bay Bridge while he was driving to work at a border checkpoint on Monday night. Police said they believed the 46-year-old had hit a road sign at around 9.20 pm on Monday, and that his car had bounced over the bridge barriers […]

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific has temporarily grounded its fleet of A350 aircraft for inspections after a “first of its type” engine component failure forced a flight to Zurich to turn back on Monday. Cathay is conducting fleet-wide inspection of its 48 Airbus A350 aircraft and “a number of aircraft will be out of service […]

Boutique Hong Kong music and arts festival Shi Fu Miz will return in November, with a new concept that sees it bring its eclectic and forward-thinking line-up to locations on Hong Kong and Cheung Chau Islands. Tickets are available now, HKFP is a media sponsor. The seventh edition of Shi Fu Miz will land on […]

Hong Kong’s retail sector woes may last into next year, an industry representative has said, as sales fell 11.8 per cent in July compared to the same period last year. Chairperson of the Hong Kong Retail Management Association Annie Tse made the forecast on Monday, adding that inbound tourism only had a minimal effect in […]

Hong Kong’s opposition Democratic Party has urged the government to listen to diverse public opinions ahead of the annual Policy Address set to be delivered in October. The pro-democracy political party is one of few remaining opposition groups in Hong Kong. Most have disbanded since Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 under which […]

Hong Kong journalist-turned-activist Gwyneth Ho did not submit a mitigation statement in the city’s largest national security trial, a move that could see her handed a longer jail term for an offence with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Former Stand News journalist Ho appeared at the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Tuesday alongside […]

Beijing insisted on Monday it was defending its “rights” in the South China Sea, after the Philippines released footage appearing to show a Chinese coast guard vessel ramming one of its ships during an at-sea confrontation. Both countries accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in […]