The outpouring of support as the city mourns the immense loss and witnesses the urgent needs of the displaced reflects the compassion of its people. This list serves as a dual guide, detailing a few ways you can contribute to the long-term relief and rebuilding efforts for the victims, while also providing activities for families…
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] On a Tuesday afternoon at the AIRSIDE shopping centre in Kai Tak, a mother held up her phone as her daughter twirled inside a mirrored tunnel that turned every movement into a miniature avatar. Nearby, a pair of teenage girls compared their “virtual…
This festive season, Landmark Atrium has been transformed into “Noëlia”, a dreamy French chateau-inspired winter village and the luxury mall’s largest-ever holiday installation. Soaring 11 metres high and spanning 30 metres across, the sprawling fixture also hosts Hong Kong’s biggest (and probably only) interactive wishing lake, Lake Lumière. The interactive Lake Lumière at Noëlia at…
Mostafa Asal said he was missing the “unique challenge” posed by retired rival Ali Farag, after the world No 1 dismantled Victor Crouin on Thursday to coast into the Milwaukee Hong Kong Squash Open semi-finals. Frenchman Crouin inflicted defending champion Asal’s most recent defeat, in California in October, but he could not live with the…
HSBC is set to occupy more than 40,000 sq ft of space in Capitol Centre in Causeway Bay, as Hong Kong’s largest bank joins a growing list of finance and banking firms snapping up commercial space in the city. The London-headquartered lender signed a five-year lease, which starts May 18, 2026, for five levels –…
Students on the way to school on the first day of the new academic year in North Point, Hong Kong, Sept 1, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY) The application period for secondary one discretionary places in government, aided and caput secondary schools as well as direct subsidy scheme secondary schools in the 2026 cycle…
Sixteen Hong Kong students from a secondary school opposite the scene of the deadly blaze in Tai Po have received financial support, new textbooks and uniforms after losing their homes to the fire, their principal has said. Cheng Sze-wang, head of Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, also said on Thursday that the students were temporarily…
A Hong Kong lawyer has been jailed for three years and seven months for having sex twice with a 12-year-old girl and taking more than 200 photographs and videos of the illegal acts. The District Court on Thursday rejected the claim by Kelvin Luk Kin-ting, 40, that he was in a serious and genuinely loving…
Nearly 300 pets have been rescued from the deadly inferno that engulfed a Hong Kong housing estate last week, including fish, parrots and turtles, with a charity leader saying the recovery efforts have “strengthened her belief in humanity”. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said in a social media post that…
Firefighters have described the gruelling conditions they faced in their search for survivors of Hong Kong’s worst fire in more than seven decades, with rescuers climbing dozens of flights of stairs as they conserved oxygen to look for anyone alive on the higher floors. For some firefighters, the operation has left them with feelings of…