Restaurant industry leaders have defended Hong Kong’s labour importation scheme as a crucial “lifeline” for their struggling sector, arguing that it injects much-needed new blood and improves service standards rather than taking jobs from local workers. They also dismissed accusations that operators were using the scheme to hire cheap labour, insisting the total cost of…
The UK government prepared a secret contingency plan dubbed “the Armageddon scenario” in the lead-up to the 1997 handover for the evacuation of millions of Hong Kong residents who might have wanted to flee the city, according to newly unsealed documents. The British national archive documents date back to 1989 in the period immediately preceding…
Shenzhen Bay Bridge, which connects the city to Hong Kong (Nohead Lam/Dreamstime) The government of Hong Kong has picked a joint venture of Aecom and AtkinsRéalis to build the Hong Kong section of the Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Rail Link. The JV will design and build a 7.3km section on the railway, linking Hong Kong’s Hung…
Ronnie O’Sullivan has returned to Hong Kong to attend the opening of a snooker club he co-funded in the city, in his first such move since being granted residency under a migrant scheme. And the seven-time world champion suggested at Wednesday’s ceremony that when he retires from snooker, he could set his sights on becoming…
There are currently 10 such projects offered by various developers, providing nearly 3,000 beds at the end of last year. The Hong Kong government has loosened up a zoning policy this month, speeding up hotel conversions to student hostels. Centaline Investment bought over a mid-tier hotel last September for conversion into a hostel that will…
A week-long football mega-event set to kick off on Thursday will bring four of the world’s most renowned clubs – Liverpool, AC Milan, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur – to Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium. Besides the highly anticipated matches, fans will be allowed to attend open training sessions and engage in various related activities during…
Saturday Night Live’s Marcello Hernández, who went viral in 2024 for his sketch persona Domingo, recently made his red carpet debut with his girlfriend, Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral. Hernández, who previously sparked romance rumours with celebrities like Sabrina Carpenter and Kaia Gerber, attended the New York premiere of the upcoming Adam Sandler-led film Happy Gilmore…
The Wall Street Journal has denied violating Hong Kong labour laws for its dismissal of an employee after she was elected the head of the city’s largest journalist union last year. Counsel for Dow Jones Publishing Co (Asia), a branch of the company that runs the United States-based newspaper, said in a letter to Eastern…
Raw oysters, frozen poultry and fresh eggs sold on mainland Chinese e-commerce platforms can still be delivered to Hong Kong, the Post has found, despite a joint warning issued by consumer watchdogs in the city, Macau and Guangdong province. According to checks by the Post on Wednesday, five pounds of fresh raw shucked oysters from…
Hong Kong police have found the body of a teenager who went missing for a week in Lion Rock Country Park. The force said Daisy Kwok Oi-kwan, 18, who went missing on July 14, was found dead at the park on Wednesday. Kwok was last seen in a shopping centre on Junction Road in Lok…