UK Labour party veteran Peter Mandelson faulted the former Conservative government for failing to sustain “proper channels of communication” with China and not living up to Britain’s responsibilities in Hong Kong. “It was in danger of operating a boycott of Hong Kong and the necessary communication that Britain needs to maintain with China,” the former…
The Hong Kong government is preparing to issue its maiden policy statement on the use of artificial intelligence in finance, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that could catalyze the use of the technology in areas from trading to investment banking and cryptocurrencies. The city’s Financial Services and Treasury Bureau plans…
A psychiatric outpatient hacked to death his elderly neighbour at a Hong Kong public housing estate three years ago as a punishment for allegedly making “irritating noise”, a court has heard. Ho Sai-yu on Tuesday admitted killing Wong Hang-lam, 84, at Heng On Estate in Ma On Shan on September 27, 2021, despite holding no…
Hong Kong is zeroing in on rich Middle Eastern investors as it looks for new pools of capital to boost its status as a wealth-management hub. Interest groups in the city have invited more and more guests from the Gulf’s ultra-wealthy clans and family-linked entities over the past two years at a pace unseen before…
Big crowds gathered to watch a traditional festival in Hong Kong Monday night, commemorating the fire dragon, a memory of a past plague. The dragon is made out of meters of straw, with incense sticks packed into it, and it’s carried by dozens of people who live in the Tai Hang district of Hong Kong…
The newly crowned Miss Hong Kong has expressed her wish to use her status to promote women’s rights, calling for them to be given more support and for society to adopt a broader vision of beauty. Ellyn Ngai Lok-lam, dubbed the “Michele Reis of CityU” by her former classmates at City University, laid out her…
The Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner and Hong Kong has prepared a raft of fun-filled activities for residents and visitors to enjoy. While many of the annual traditional festivities, such as lantern carnivals, are set to return this year, the city will also host new events for the first time. New features are…
Chu Kai-pong faces a sentence of up to 10 years in jail after becoming the first convict under the strict new laws. A Hong Kong man faces a potential sentence of up to 10 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt featuring a protest slogan. In court on Monday,…
Hong Kong police opened fire on an armed man after he allegedly ignored repeated warnings following an attack on his wife and mother in North Point on Sunday, with the suspect later dying in hospital. Officers rushed to a flat on Kam Ping Street at around 9.19pm after a woman called police to report that…
Trade unions have urged Hong Kong authorities to halt or review a scheme to bring in transport, retail and aviation workers from outside the city, following the suspension of such arrangements for the construction industry amid claims of exploitation of migrant labourers. Calls from the unions to either withdraw the scheme or bring forward a…