Hong Kong police have arrested 86 people, including triad members, in a sweeping 15-day crackdown on organised crime, ranging from theft and drug trafficking to illegal gambling and money laundering. The force on Tuesday said the operation, mounted between August 18 and September 1, had led to the arrest of 66 men and 20 women,…
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Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly tricking his date into footing a restaurant bill of more than HK$80,000 (US$10,264) after he went to the bathroom and never returned at Mandarin Oriental Hotel. A police source said the woman met the man, who claimed to be a 26-year-old lawyer, through messaging app Telegram…
Hong Kong police have received a report that a woman was left with a HK$80,000 bill at a Michelin-starred restaurant after her date disappeared in a suspected dine-and-dash. Man Wah, a Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong hotel. File photo: Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, via Wikimedia Commons. Police said on Friday that…
It may not feel like it – temperatures are still hovering above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) most days – but according to the 24 terms in the solar calendar, the “great heat” of the summer ended last week. Here are five things to do in Hong Kong this weekend to mark the start…
NVIDIA CEO believes US tech companies will survive tariffs In an interview with USA TODAY, Jensen Huang, CEO of the world’s most valuable company NVIDIA, discussed President Trump’s tariffs and manufacturing. Nvidia (NVDA) is slated to report its second-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, Aug. 27, roughly two weeks after the company agreed to…
More than 180 years after their first development, the historic cores on Hong Kong Island – Central, Sheung Wan and Wan Chai – and in Kowloon – Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok – face an acute urban crisis. Once-vibrant neighbourhoods have become densely packed relics defined by ageing buildings, congested streets,…
Hong Kong’s restaurant sector is in crisis, with a wave of closures, shrinking margins and residents lured by cheaper options locally and across the border. In the second of a two-part series, the Post looks at how operators are bucking the trend to thrive and survive. Read part one here. Shortly after Italian chef Stefano…
Robust growth at home and abroad nearly tripled Laopu Gold’s earnings in the first half of the year, with managers predicting even stronger momentum in the second half. Net profit soared 290.6 per cent from a year earlier to 2.35 billion yuan (US$327 million) in the six months ended June 30, the Beijing-based company said…
In the second instalment of our two-part series on Hong Kong’s beleaguered property market, analysts explore why this slump is different from past downturns. The first instalment discussed how the resurgence of the city’s stock market as a venue for initial public offerings could boost office uptake and ease developers’ pain. Swiss bank UBS got…