CK has been working to lease up the Cheung Kong Center II in Hong Kong Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset Holdings posted HK$6.3 billion ($806 million) in attributable profit for the first six months of 2025, a 26.2 percent drop from a year earlier, as declining property values undermined the developer’s balance sheet. The owner of…
One in three eczema patients in Hong Kong experienced workplace hostility, including exclusion or mockery by colleagues due to their condition, a survey by the Medical and Health Advancement Federation has found. The survey released on Sunday aimed to raise awareness of the physical and mental challenges faced by eczema patients, who accounted for 20…
Hong Kong police have arrested two more suspects linked to a criminal syndicate that allegedly recruited mainland Chinese drivers to operate illegal ride-hailing services in the city, bringing the total number of people detained in related cases to eight within a week. A spokesman from the force said on Sunday that a 46-year-old local woman…
Lawmakers have called for a comprehensive review of the authorities’ procurement process following allegations that a company supplied infringing mainland Chinese-branded bottled water to government offices, prompting a police investigation. The Post also found that the directors of the company involved, Xin Ding Xin Trade, were linked to unpaid loans of HK$8 million (US$1.1 million)…
【明報專訊】政府昨日公布明年元旦起擴大社區牙科支援計劃範圍，除現有補牙及拔牙服務，將新增洗牙、杜牙根及鑲配活動假牙，同時接替關愛基金「長者牙科服務資助項目」，並擴至資助無家者。計劃提供的鑲配假牙服務將有別以往關愛基金於指定條件下免費提供，改為共付模式，不符減免費用者每上顎及下顎收取1000元共付費，亦設次數等限制。當局表示需確保妥善運用有限資源，以達更大成本效益，同時希望可令市民保存牙齒，並轉為預防牙患。 Source link
【明報專訊】警方一周內破兩個涉及網約車平台「高德地圖」的黑工司機集團，繼早前有乘客在荃灣拍下操普通話的高德司承認無身分證，引發警方拉人並查悉涉集團操控，警方近期亦接獲同類報案，同涉高德平台有懷疑內地司機載客取酬，調查後揭發牽涉另一詐騙集團，涉及至少18架混能車，拘捕3名本地骨幹成員及2名內地司機，據悉集團會安排內地人免試換香港車牌，接單後車酬五五分帳。有立法會議員認為不法分子看準本港網約車未合法化，趁機鑽漏洞，籲高德認真思考這段時間是否繼續參與經營網約車生意，而政府審批內地人免試互認駕駛執照要更嚴謹。 Source link
The Hong Kong government has received more than 6,900 suggestions and opinions during public consultations for the city leader’s coming policy address, an increase of 10 per cent from last year. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Sunday that his fourth annual policy blueprint, which will be delivered next month, would include measures aimed…
The risk of importing the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus into Hong Kong is expected to rise, according to a senior health official, who has identified the increasing global prevalence of the disease caused by climate change and residents’ frequent summer travel as factors. But Ronald Lam Man-kin, director of the Department of Health, sought on Sunday…
A Hong Kong start-up has sought to overcome taxi drivers’ long-standing reluctance to embrace digital payments by launching an e-payment system offering various fare settlement options alongside a ride-hailing app. Jason Ma Siu-cheong, 37, founded the start-up Dash in 2021. It is the latest company aiming to persuade Hong Kong’s taxi drivers to abandon their…
Hong Kong authorities have lambasted the “harbouring of criminals by countries” as Australia and the United Kingdom granted asylum and residency status respectively to a pair of opposition activists wanted for national security offences. Fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung, who lives in Adelaide, and activist Tony Chung Hon-lam, based in London, announced separately on…