Hong Kong police arrested multiple people and seized books during a raid on two independent bookshops on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source told the SCMP that national security police searched Have a Nice Stay bookshop in Prince Edward and Greenfield Book Store in Mong Kok. Officers seized books and made…
When Hong Kong launched its latest Connect programme on July 7, most of the attention focused on gold. That misses the bigger story. Delivery Connect, part of the city’s new gold clearing and settlement system, is not simply another financial initiative but the latest evidence that Beijing has settled on a distinctive model for opening…
Hong Kong’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways, will expand its network by including four new destinations in Latin America via Madrid through code-share flights with Spanish airline Iberia. Passengers from Hong Kong will be able to travel to Fortaleza and Recife in Brazil, Buenos Aires in Argentina, and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic under…
Hong Kong’s airport has reported a 16.8 per cent decline in net profit to HK$2 billion (US$255.16 million) for the 2025-26 financial year, with the management citing a significant rise in expenses driven by the third runway’s operating costs and last year’s aircraft salvage operation. In its annual report released on Wednesday, the operator of…
A Hong Kong court found two prisoners guilty of helping a correctional officer attack a fellow inmate who was left severely wounded after a stick was repeatedly thrust into his rectum. The District Court on Wednesday convicted Bosco Lee, 21, and Brian Lam Shing-wai, 22, of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm for…
The comments come as regulators scrutinise market standards amid a surge in IPOs in Hong Kong. Credit: create jobs 51/Shutterstock.com. Hong Kong’s accounting regulator may tighten supervision of audit practices with poor track records, while also encouraging less active companies to take on more listed-company work, Bloomberg reported. The Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC)…
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Hong Kong authorities have pledged to fast-track renovation, equipment installation and testing at an upgraded border checkpoint as the legislature prepares to approve the Huanggang Port bill this week, pending an opening date. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill, which provides the legal basis for implementing…
Hundreds of eager visitors queued up overnight for the opening of the Hong Kong Book Fair on Wednesday, but some slammed organisers for chaotic crowd control. The primary draw for many in the overnight queue outside the Convention and Exhibition Centre was an autograph session with popular local Cantopop girl group Collar, but the queue…
More than half of the reading glasses tested by Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog failed to label pupillary distance, a key measurement for aligning lenses to ensure clear vision and reduced risk of eye strain. The Consumer Council tested 17 models of ready-to-wear reading glasses between January and May this year, with the claimed degree of…