Hong Kong’s commerce minister has condemned a court ruling to annul CK Hutchison Holdings’ right to operate two ports in the Panama Canal – after summoning the country’s envoy in the city – warning the decision “seriously undermined” international trade rules. In a meeting with the Panamanian Consul General, Jose Ramon de Jesus Varela Fabrega,…
Hong Kong political heavyweights and former leaders gathered on Friday to pay tribute to the late ex-commerce minister Gregory So Kam-leung, as family and friends honoured his devotion to public service. Among those who attended the memorial service for So, who died on December 13, were former chief executives Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and Leung Chun-ying,…
Hong Kong political heavyweights and former leaders gathered on Friday to pay tribute to late commerce minister Gregory So Kam-leung, as family and friends honoured his devotion to public service. Among those who attended the memorial ceremony for So, who died on December 13, were former city leaders Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and Leung Chun-ying, along…
Hong Kong is set to sign a deal with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on Monday to pave the way for sharing relevant court judgments with the United Nations agency, the city’s finance chief has revealed. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Sunday also highlighted the importance of intellectual property as an emerging high-value…
Hong Kong has long celebrated its status as a “culinary paradise” – a city where East meets West across steaming bamboo baskets and sizzling skillets. Yet behind the Michelin stars and street food fame, the city’s food and drink industry is quietly unravelling. Soaring rents, a deepening labour shortage, fractured supply chains and a vanishing…
Hong Kong has long celebrated its status as a “culinary paradise” – a city where East meets West across steaming bamboo baskets and sizzling skillets. Yet behind the Michelin stars and street food fame, the city’s food and drink industry is quietly unravelling. Soaring rents, a deepening labour shortage, fractured supply chains and a vanishing…
Hong Kong’s alleged transshipment of Western-sanctioned dual-use goods for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine remains a “major concern” for the European Union, the bloc’s top envoy in the city has said. At an event on Friday to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day, Harvey Rouse, the head of the EU office in Hong Kong, said he had…
Hong Kong’s alleged transshipment of Western-sanctioned dual-use goods for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine remains a “major concern” for the European Union, the bloc’s top envoy in the city has said. At an event on Friday to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day, Harvey Rouse, the head of the EU office in Hong Kong, said he had…
Hong Kong customs has launched talks with major cross-border e-commerce firms, including Pinduoduo and Taobao, in a bid to block contraband from being sold to buyers in the city, the head of the disciplined service has revealed. Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat told the Post in an exclusive interview that his agency had…