Hong Kong’s tourism and transport ministers have set the record for briefest stints at the top before being fired, with their sackings coming less than 2½ years since taking office. The firings take to eight the number of ministers who have been sacked from their roles over the course of five administrations since the city’s…
Patients living in Shenzhen and Macau will be able to enjoy direct ambulance transfers to Hong Kong public hospitals from Saturday under a pilot scheme, with healthcare professionals on both sides conducting a joint assessment to avoid abuse of the service. Health authorities said on Friday that the pilot scheme, which will run for a…
Hong Kong’s main opposition party has managed to organise a low-key 30th anniversary dinner, albeit with a short interruption by police, after having to make several last-minute cancellations over the past two years. The Democratic Party, one of the few remaining opposition parties, held the anniversary dinner at two separate venues on Saturday evening. Other…
Hong Kong’s main opposition party has managed to organise a low-key 30th anniversary dinner, albeit with a short interruption by police, after having to make several last-minute cancellations over the past two years. The Democratic Party, one of the few remaining opposition parties, held the anniversary dinner at two separate venues on Saturday evening. Other…
A Hong Kong couple whose five-year-old daughter “Yu-yan” died in 2022 from a rare liver condition have been put through another emotional ordeal, revealing that their newborn son was found to have a serious heart problem. The father shared the experience on the couple’s public Facebook page “Yu-yan Recovery” on Sunday, a month after the…
Subdivided flats and cage homes are Hong Kong’s shame. With our financial discipline, land sale premiums, tax revenue and sound investments, the government has built up substantial fiscal reserves over the years and invested in expensive infrastructure. Given all that spending, though, we have somehow failed to eliminate some 110,000 subdivided units to help our…
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…