Hong Kong’s second-largest public housing provider plans to send out a fresh round of tenancy agreements in September that will require well-off residents to pay extra rent, with those who refuse expected to move out in four months, the group’s chairman has said. Ling Kar-kan, Hong Kong Housing Society chairman, also said on Saturday the…
A passenger aboard a flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong has been charged with violating the Aviation Security Ordinance after more than HK$10,000 (US$1,286) in cash was allegedly stolen from an overhead compartment, with the Post learning the carrier involved was Thai Airways. The force said on Monday it received a report from an airline…
Buskers are part of the urban fabric of many big cities around the world. Hong Kong has sought to weave the street performers into its own rich cultural tapestry but with limited success. Inroads were made to encouraging the practice in the 2010s, but they were subsequently undercut by restrictions on gatherings during the social…
Ticket touts may well be cheering their improved prospects for cashing in on the “concert economy” that Hong Kong hopes can help boost its post-pandemic recovery. Authorities, meanwhile, have drawn jeers from lawmakers after it emerged there have been no convictions for scalping in years, despite a decades-old law against it. Lawmakers accused the government…