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Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) is launching another batch of flats in its Sierra Sea project in the New Territories following two consecutive sold-out weekends in one of Hong Kong’s largest residential projects in more than a quarter century. On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s largest developer will offer 150 flats in the 9,700-unit project in Shap…
May 5, 2025 IPO applications at the Hong Kong stock exchange have surged, with filings in the first four months of the year increasing by 29% compared to the previous year, according to a report from the South China Morning Post. The exchange has seen 112 companies submit applications to list on its main board,…
More than 12,000 Hongkongers and tourists have flocked to Cheung Chau for the island’s annual bun festival, and a parade featuring popular film characters and hot topics such as scams, with businesses expecting sales growth and overseas market expansions. Revellers set out on their journeys early on Monday. Shortly before 9am, the Central pier announced…
Low-budget tours to Hong Kong costing as little as 68 yuan (US$9.35) have been a popular option among mainland visitors over the Labour Day “golden week” holiday, sparking concerns about how such minimal spending by tourists in the city would benefit the local economy. A search by the Post on China’s leading online travel booking…
✕ Standing out from the crowd is all about the company you keep. If your immediate neighbors are generic housing towers, attracting attention is easy in Hong Kong. But when you’re located between Central and Admiralty, with I.M. Pei’s twistingly triangulated Bank of China and Paul Rudolph’s “look-at-me!” Lippo Centre right next door, not to…
Human rights groups have condemned the arrest of relatives of Anna Kwok, an exiled pro-democracy activist who is wanted by the Hong Kong police, in the first example of the city’s national security law being used to target the family members of an activist living overseas. Kwok, 28, is the executive director of the Washington-based…
Respiratory disease patients can now receive integrated Western and Chinese medicine treatments at four Hong Kong public hospitals under a pilot scheme which aims to alleviate symptoms and reduce side effects. The Hospital Authority said the pilot scheme targeting respiratory diseases had started at Haven of Hope Hospital in Tseung Kwan O in April last…
On 11 April 2025, the Hong Kong government published the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2025 (“Bill”) which proposes to amend the Employment Ordinance (“EO”) to change the definition of “continuous contract”. Current framework Currently, under the EO, “continuous contract” is defined as employment by the same employer for 4 or more consecutive weeks, with at least…
(Taipei) – The Hong Kong police arrested the father of a prominent US-based activist, Anna Kwok, on April 30, 2025, and charged him with a national security crime, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrest of Kwok Yin-sang was the first such prosecution of a family member of an exiled activist. Hong Kong authorities should immediately drop…
Some mainland Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday have expressed surprise at improvements in service attitudes but believe the city’s e-payment system could be better. They said waiters and waitresses were no longer rude while serving and spoke better Mandarin after notoriously impolite restaurant staff, shop workers and taxi…