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Only around a third of Hongkongers have said they trust the government to lead the fight against the climate crisis, a study has found, as a green group urged greater transparency on the city’s progress towards its target of carbon neutrality by 2050. The findings emerged from a four-stage study commissioned by environmental organisation Greenpeace […]

Thirty-five people were killed and 43 wounded when a car ploughed into people exercising around a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, local police said Tuesday. The ramming was reported on Monday, though at the time police only said that people had been injured, while videos of the incident appeared to have […]

Hong Kong property developers are free to make their own decisions, leader John Lee has said after a top Beijing official called on tycoons to get involved in the government’s infrastructure projects. Ahead of a meeting with the Executive Council on Tuesday, Lee said at a press conference that the business sector should be “active […]

Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) chairperson Selina Cheng has sued her former employer The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), after the newspaper fired her weeks after her election as the leader of the city’s largest press group. Mediation with the WSJ through legal representatives had been “ineffective,” Cheng told reporters on Tuesday when she brought her […]

A Hong Kong activist’s bid to pause a legal challenge launched against a planned tech hub because he had yet to receive legal aid has been rejected. Eddie Tse, who is opposing the controversial San Tin Technopole project over environmental concerns, appeared at the High Court on Monday. His lawyer told the court that Tse applied for […]

A third of Hong Kong residents have said they intend to move overseas, according to a recent survey. The proportion remained largely unchanged from the previous year despite residents rating the city’s liveability higher. The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, under the Chinese University of Hong Kong, released the results of its annual poll on […]

By Olivia Hotham. Senior Russian official Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday told China’s foreign minister Wang Yi their two countries’ most urgent task should be countering “containment” by the United States, as they met for security talks in Beijing. Moscow and Beijing have expanded military and defence ties since Russia ordered troops into Ukraine nearly three […]

The US should not interfere in Hong Kong’s internal affairs, leader John Lee has said after American president-elect Donald Trump said it would be “so easy” to free detained media tycoon Jimmy Lai. “If a country wants to develop trade relations or normal relations with another economy, mutual respect is important. Also, there should be respect, so […]

Seventeen companies have signed a deal to set up or expand operations in Hong Kong amid the government’s push to boost the tech sector, including iFLYTEK, a Chinese artificial intelligence giant which has been under US sanctions since 2019. The Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) held a signing ceremony on Monday afternoon, inking agreements […]

Hong Kong has issued its T1 storm warning as Tropical Cyclone Toraji came within 800 kilometres of the city. The Standby Signal No. 1 was raised at 10.20 pm on Monday, a day after it was cancelled as Tropical Cyclone Yinxing moved away from the coast of southern China. “Under the combined effect of Toraji […]

Social enterprises, which make up 3% of all businesses globally, span nearly all sectors, including arts, healthcare, poverty alleviation and sustainability. By prioritising purpose and impact over profit, these enterprises bridge gaps often left by traditional systems, which can leave vulnerable communities behind. Despite their positive social and economic contributions, social enterprises remain under-resourced—both in […]

A Hong Kong court has ordered a social worker to pay over HK$440,000 to a police officer assaulted during the early days of the 2019 protests and unrest. The District Court on Monday ordered defendant Yau Chi-lok to pay damages of HK$446,130 to Tsang Chi-on, who earlier filed the claim over injuries sustained as a […]

A Swedish businessman has been jailed for seven years after earlier being convicted unanimously by a jury of raping a domestic worker he employed. Patrik Tobias Ekstrom, 36, appeared at the High Court on Monday to hear his sentence. He was found guilty of one count of rape and one count of non-consensual buggery in […]

Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has not done enough to educate the public on anti-discrimination in recent years, an NGO has said after a Paralympic athlete was turned away by a restaurant because of her wheelchair. It was “totally unacceptable” that boccia player Ho Yuen-kei, who bagged two gold medals at the Paris Paralympics, was barred […]

A warden at a care home for the disabled has been charged over the rape and sexual assault of two residents. According to the indictment, Chung Pui-kei, 38, was charged with four counts of raping a woman and one count of gross indecency with a man. Chung was formerly an assistant warden at the Hong […]

Chinese police have cracked down on an internet craze that saw thousands of cyclists throng a highway under cover of night to gorge on dumplings in a nearby city. University students sparked the trend weeks ago when they posted on social media about an evening ride from the central city of Zhengzhou to Kaifeng, around […]

China’s largest online shopping bonanza wraps up on Monday, with analysts and investors watching for signs that consumption is rebounding in the world’s second-largest economy after recent efforts by Beijing to boost activity. “Singles Day” — launched by tech giant Alibaba in 2009 — has ballooned into an annual blockbuster period for retail, with days […]

Hong Kong will raise its T1 storm signal between 8 pm and midnight on Monday night as Tropical Cyclone Toraji is expected to enter within 800 kilometres of the territory. “Under the combined effect of Toraji and the northeast monsoon, winds over the region will gradually strengthen with squally showers,” the Observatory said on Monday, […]

The Hong Kong government has no plans to discuss reforming its jury system, which is written into the city’s mini-constitution, the city’s justice minister Paul Lam has said after some pro-establishment political figures called for it to be reconsidered. Talking to TVB on Sunday, Lam said that while the public can propose ways to revise […]

A worker has died after being crushed by a falling cage lift at a construction site in Tai Wai. It is the third fatal industrial incident Hong Kong has seen in five days. The 41-year-old man was believed to have been grabbing materials out of the cage on Friday when it suddenly fell onto him, […]

Well well. Government spokespersons of various kinds have been commenting defensively on the slow-motion prosecutions which have left two thirds of the people arrested during the 2019 disorders still awaiting trial. I would not dare to attribute this to my nagging on the subject, but it seems there is some unease behind the scenes. As […]

Since the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in neighbouring Shenzhen, the Takedas have not let their son come home alone after classes in Hong Kong. On September 18, a 10-year-old Japanese boy was stabbed while on his way to school in the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen. The boy died the following day. The […]

By Allison Jackson and Amber Wang Taiwan has publicly hailed Donald Trump’s US election victory, but analysts warn it may end up paying a high price for American support to defend itself against China. Washington has long been Taipei’s most important backer and biggest arms supplier — angering Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Indonesian counterpart that Beijing hopes for a “new chapter” in bilateral relations, as the two leaders met on Saturday. Xi held talks with President Prabowo Subianto in Beijing, the first stop of the Indonesian leader’s inaugural foreign tour since he took office in October. China is keen to work […]