Hong Kong customs has arrested two domestic helpers suspected to have been using their employers’ homes to store illicit cigarettes and seized HK$900,000 (US$115, 400) worth of goods. Customs said its officers spotted and intercepted two women, aged 40 and 48, carrying suspicious nylon bags on Sunday at Choi Yuen Estate in Sheung Shui and…
5th May 2025 – (Hong Kong) The sticky-sweet tang of lychee martinis clings to Lan Kwai Fong’s humid air as a kaleidoscopic crowd pulses through its neon-lit arteries. A Shenzhen influencer films a sha zihao dance challenge outside Dragon-i while German engineers debate quantum computing over Tsingtao beers at Peel Street’s curbside barrels. Somewhere above the fray, 75-year-old Allan Zeman—the…
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Ant Group, an affiliate of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group plans to list its overseas arm, Ant International, on the Hong Kong stock exchange, Chinese media reported, citing unnamed sources. Caixin, citing people close to the company, reported that Ant was communicating with regulators about the potential listing. The report did not…
Lars Junker, a German who has lived in Hong Kong for almost two decades, only learned more about who late tycoon Lee Shau-kee was on Sunday during an exhibition. The product designer, in his 40s, was among more than 11,000 visitors who had registered for or attended the five-day commemorative show held by Henderson Land…
Dashcam footage of two young cyclists speeding down a mountain road in Hong Kong and one almost getting hit by a car has sparked calls for greater enforcement of traffic rules to tackle reckless riders and for helmets to be made mandatory. The dashcam video, from a private vehicle heading up a winding road, shows…
Hong Kong Fair April 2025 (Photo courtesy of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council) HONG KONG — Seven concurrent trade events spanning gifts, houseware, fashion, printing and packaging, and IP licensing wrapped up in Hong Kong last week, and despite global economic and trade uncertainty, reported increased buyer numbers, according to the Hong Kong Trade…
Things are getting awkward for the Federal Reserve. With their eye on inflation, officials are inclined to hold rates steady when they meet in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday. But fears of a slowdown are mounting, and President Donald Trump and some of his deputies keep hammering the central bank for an interest-rate cut. Caught…
Hong Kong customs has arrested a 46-year-old man after he was allegedly caught in possession of about HK$14 million (US$1.8 million) worth of the key ingredient for the narcotic “space oil”, concealed inside food packages. Customs on Sunday said officers had intercepted the man, who had been holding a suitcase, during an anti-narcotics operation in…
What is Hong Kong’s answer to Singapore’s Economic Development Board or the mainland’s National Development and Reform Commission? We don’t really have an exact equivalent, perhaps in keeping with our historical stance on the economy, in which the private sector takes the lead and the government role is to facilitate and support. However, in an…
Pharus Diagnostics, a Li Ka-shing-backed developer of diagnostic tests for cancer powered by artificial intelligence (AI), said it would tap into fundraising channels in Hong Kong. The Taiwan-based start-up aims to complete a round of fundraising and a clinical study on lung cancer by the end of the year, said CEO Philip Huang. “Currently, we…