Public spending on a HK$2 (26 US cents) concessionary fare scheme for elderly and disabled residents in Hong Kong has risen for three years while almost 10,000 cases of passenger misuse were found in the past 17 months, the welfare chief has revealed. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han also said on Wednesday…
Hong Kong’s leader has brushed aside a former minister’s suggestion that encouraging protests can help the city’s image abroad, calling the argument that demonstrations prove political inclusivity “narrow-minded”. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu made the remarks on Sunday, two weeks after former housing and transport minister Anthony Cheung Bing-leung told a newspaper that encouraging groups…
A former Hong Kong transport minister has poured cold water on the government’s hype over the “panda economy”, arguing it should focus on contributing to the country’s high-end development rather than “aiming at the low end”. Anthony Cheung Bing-leung also said on Saturday that Hong Kong was struggling to appeal to investors because it had…