Hong Kong’s taxi trade and ride-hailing services can coexist and survive together, the transport chief has said, pledging to prioritise the public’s travel needs in the coming regulation of online platforms. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan made the reassurance on Saturday, a day after more than 30 disgruntled taxi drivers demonstrated outside government…
For mainland Chinese entrepreneur Wang Chaoyou, joining a Hong Kong delegation to the Middle East has fast-tracked his entry into the emerging market of Kuwait after an earlier attempt to gain a foothold fizzled out. “We were in discussions on a deal but couldn’t reach a consensus on the shareholding ratio – they asked for…
Hongkongers can take photos of six premises belonging to Beijing’s national security office deemed “prohibited places” but disobeying law enforcement officers’ orders to stop will risk running afoul of the newly gazetted subsidiary legislation, senior officials have said. In another move to fast track scrutiny of the newly enacted subsidiary legislation to the city’s domestic…
The thing about every ridiculous or outrageous public statement coming from US President Donald Trump and his cronies is how the world responds with a token bit of collective pearl-clutching and then moves on like nothing has happened until the next shocker. That’s why it’s important to keep reminding everyone what kind of people are…
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong and Macau affairs has urged business leaders from both cities to defend national interests, a move seen by analysts as a “wake-up call” for firms such as tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison group, currently embroiled in the Panama ports saga, to choose a side. Xia Baolong, director of the…
Hong Kong’s new subsidiary legislation of its domestic security law came into force on Tuesday, just a day after the government proposed it with a spokesman saying the new measures had to be enacted as soon as possible because of “potential unforeseen circumstances amid escalating geopolitical tensions”. The legislation was gazetted and signed by Acting…
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has said the city will proceed with filing a complaint about the US’ punitive tariffs to the World Trade Organization (WTO) despite the truce between Washington and Beijing. The city’s business sector is also gearing up to take advantage of the 90-day tariff suspension window to front-load their shipments…
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings has said it would be impossible for the controversial Panama ports sale to proceed under any illegal or non-compliant circumstances after mainland China’s market regulator asked the parties involved not to circumvent an ongoing antitrust probe into the deal last month. Monday’s statement, the first directly issued by Li Ka-shing’s…
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings has said it would be impossible for the controversial Panama ports sale to proceed under any illegal or non-compliant circumstances after mainland China’s market regulator asked the parties involved not to circumvent an ongoing antitrust probe into the deal last month. Monday’s statement, the first directly issued by Li Ka-shing’s…
Hong Kong and the EU have pledged to strengthen ties in areas such as decarbonisation, even as the bloc’s top representative to the city said they would continue to critique the financial hub in a “constructive manner”. Delivering a pair of opening remarks at an event on Friday to mark Europe Day, both Harvey Rouse,…