Hong Kong recorded a 20 per cent increase in online investment scams in the first 10 months of the year, with victims losing HK$3.08 billion (US$395.9 million), according to police. Theodora Lee Wai-see, a superintendent with the force’s Anti-Deception Coordination Centre, also revealed that 83 per cent of all fraudulent messages were disseminated through Meta-owned…
A Hong Kong district officer has apologised for the clothing she wore at the funeral of the firefighter Ho Wai-ho, who died battling the Tai Po blaze, after her choice of attire drew criticism from many online. In a social media post, the Home Affairs Department said that following Hong Kong’s worst fire in decades…
Two Tai Po-based preachers offering emotional support to survivors of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in seven decades have said their work has forced them to confront their own traumas from the tragedy. Jessie Fu Kam-wah and Ron Cheng King-on, both members of the Chinese Rhenish Church in Tai Po, said they had met elderly people…
At a packed and tiny storefront in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po, Yau Yiu-wai busily explains the best way to open and shut umbrellas to an endless stream of interested buyers. But the 73-year-old shop owner only received a bump in customers after announcing earlier this week that he would be closing down the 183-year-old…
Manulife (International), one of the biggest life insurers and pension providers in Hong Kong and Macau, has finished moving its domicile to Hong Kong from Bermuda, making it the first insurer to successfully complete the process under a new regime, according to a statement on Friday. The insurer said the redomiciling was a “strategic milestone”…
With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. “A firefighter holding a cat he saved from the Hong Kong fire,” reads the superimposed…
Hong Kong’s Housing Department has dispelled rumours that survivors of the deadly Tai Po blaze are staying in interim housing with unfinished floors, after a social media user claimed residents were moving into flats in poor condition. A department spokesman said on Wednesday that no residents from the Wang Fuk Court fire were staying in…
A lower turn-out was seen just seven months after the May local elections Owen Ferron (centre, blue jacket) is the new Reform UK councillor for the Long Eaton North division(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Reform UK have narrowly retained a seat on Derbyshire County Council following a snap by-election caused by the sudden resignation of…
With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. A 16-second clip was shared on Facebook on Thursday and has amassed more than 200,000…
By the mid-2000s, Hong Kong director Johnnie To Kei-fung was in full command of the style, form and content of the gangster genre. These three films demonstrate a master of technique at the height of his powers. Exiled (2006) To’s 1990s crime films played out like neat French policiers. But Exiled is more Italian in…