Buyers of modern cars expect to enjoy a wide range of sophisticated features that use the latest technology to revolutionise the driving experience. Electric vehicles are at the forefront of such developments. But Hong Kong’s laws restricting the functions permitted in cars are lagging behind. No information other than that related to driving is allowed…
Hong Kong’s labour shortage is expected to worsen and reach 180,000 workers by 2028, driven by a rapidly ageing elderly population projected to account for almost a third of the city’s residents. The Labour and Welfare Bureau on Thursday also predicted skilled technical staff, such as escalator mechanics and construction workers, would make up more…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly collecting HK$554,000 (US$71,235) from three elderly residents as part of a phone scam in which victims were told they needed to pay bail money to have their sons released. The force said on Saturday that the teen was apprehended a day earlier on suspicion of…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly collecting more than HK$550,000 (US$70,700) from three elderly residents as part of a phone scam that claimed the victims needed to pay bail money to have their sons released. The force said on Saturday that the boy was apprehended a day earlier on suspicion of…
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The mother of late Cantopop diva Anita Mui Yim-fong is facing the prospect of being declared bankrupt for a second time after Hong Kong’s justice minister applied to a court to have the centenarian’s assets liquidated. Tam Mei-kam, who turned 100 earlier this year, was named the debtor in a High Court bankruptcy petition listed…
The mother of late Cantopop diva Anita Mui Yim-fong is facing the prospect of being declared bankrupt for a second time after Hong Kong’s justice minister applied to a court to have the centenarian’s assets liquidated. Tam Mei-kam, who turned 100 earlier this year, was named the debtor in a High Court bankruptcy petition listed…
Retired officers can rejoin Hong Kong police on a part-time basis to carry out street patrols and certain other jobs under a new initiative to tackle frontline staff shortages, the force’s chief has said. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee revealed the new scheme on Tuesday as the chairman of the junior officers’ association said…
Former Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has been urged to relocate her publicly funded office with an annual rent of HK$5.67 million (US$730,000) to government premises or a cheaper site when the lease expires in mid-2025. The hefty rent came under fire earlier this year when the government revealed that her office…
Former Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has been urged to relocate her publicly funded office with an annual rent of HK$5.67 million (US$730,000) to government premises or a cheaper site when the lease expires in mid-2025. The hefty rent came under fire earlier this year when the government revealed that her office…