Hong Kong’s environment minister has cautioned against using mandatory measures to advance green policies given challenges the city faces arising from geopolitical tensions and economic transition, as he unveiled plans for the next phase of the ban on single-use plastics. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said on Saturday the government would carry out…
Patriotic groups in Hong Kong will hold a government-backed carnival for the third consecutive year during the period running through the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, with the event set to return to the site where the annual candlelight vigils commemorating the tragedy used to be held. The five-day “Hometown Market”, featuring some…
CK Hutchison Holdings needs a war chest to maintain its fiscal health in the face of escalating geopolitical tensions, its chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi has said, with senior managers assuring the US$23 billion deal involving two Panama ports will comply with regulations. At the conglomerate’s annual general meeting on Thursday, Li said that many uncertainties…
China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, will visit Hong Kong next Friday to attend a ceremony linked to a mediation organisation established in the city with Beijing’s backing. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday that Wang would attend the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organisation…
The 90-day pause on Sino-US tariffs has caused “daily challenges” for Hong Kong manufacturers, industry veterans have said, revealing they have been receiving unlawful demands from American importers seeking to circumvent levies. Several told the Post that Beijing and Washington’s suspension of tariffs for 90 days from May 14 had given Hong Kong exporters some…
The 90-day pause on Sino-US tariffs has caused “daily challenges” for Hong Kong manufacturers, industry veterans have said, revealing they have been receiving unlawful demands from American importers seeking to circumvent levies. Several told the Post that Beijing and Washington’s suspension of tariffs for 90 days from May 14 had given Hong Kong exporters some…
Hong Kong can achieve “high-quality development” by leveraging its unique advantages and remaining open, the city’s finance chief has said, as he revealed that the local stock market has outperformed other major indexes so far this year. Writing on his weekly blog, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said that despite worries about the impact…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled proposals to cut net immigration to the country, sparking concerns among Hongkongers about how it will affect the bespoke pathway – British National (Overseas) visa – launched in 2021. While the British government did not reveal whether the proposed measures would cover the BN(O) pathway, it said back…
The Hong Kong government has hit out at US senators who have introduced a bill that could lead to sanctions on judges and prosecutors from the city, calling any attempt to interfere with the judicial system “reprehensible”. Authorities voiced their criticism on Saturday as Beijing’s top envoy in the city also said the rise of…
The rise of unilateralism and protectionism poses “a certain amount of challenges” to Hong Kong’s development, Beijing’s top envoy in the city has said, while urging youngsters to embrace patriotism. Cui Jianchun, the commissioner of the Chinese foreign ministry’s office in Hong Kong, said on Saturday that some “large countries” were obsessed with putting themselves…