Tung Chee-hwa, who served as Hong Kong’s first chief executive and oversaw the 1997 return of the city to Chinese rule, has died. The former vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), died on Tuesday at the age of 89, according to a statement from his office issued…
Hong Kong’s first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, will deliver a live lecture from space to students and teachers at her alma mater on Wednesday morning, with the session also to be broadcast to pupils across the city and neighbouring Macau. According to an Education Bureau notice sent to all primary and secondary schools on Tuesday, Lai…
Hong Kong authorities have reserved the right to seek compensation from contractors over faulty lift installation work that has delayed operations at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block, the development minister has said. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho said on Tuesday that the main contractor, a Paul Y-Able joint venture, and lift subcontractor Anlev Elex…
Hong Kong customs has smashed an international drug trafficking network over the summer, seizing 6.1 tonnes of suspected narcotics worth more than HK$1.4 billion (US$178.5 million) and arresting 150 people as syndicates actively recruited students during the holiday period. Acting head of the Customs and Excise Department’s drug investigation bureau Wong Ngar-lun said on Tuesday…
Hong Kong secondary school students’ performance has fallen in an international assessment focused on three core subjects, with their science score dropping out of the global top 10 for the first time in the study’s history. Experts said on Tuesday that the decline in Hong Kong scores in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa)…
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cambodian education authorities to expand a computational training programme to cover early childhood learning in the Southeast Asian nation. The MOU, which builds on an agreement signed last year to roll out the club’s CoolThink@JC programme in the country’s primary…
Chin Ka-lok, president of the Hong Kong Stuntman Association, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Hong Kong on Aug 17, 2026. (PHOTO/XINHUA) HONG KONG – Suspended from an exhibition ceiling at Tai Kwun in Hong Kong, a prop helicopter brings visitors face to face with the behind-the-scenes secret of Hong Kong action cinema –…
A cluster comprising Hong Kong and two mainland Chinese cities has been ranked the world’s top innovation hub for the second consecutive year by a United Nations body. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster retained its crown in the 2026 Global Innovation Index (GII) released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Tuesday. Tokyo-Yokohama, San Jose-San…
Ride-hailing platform Uber will submit its operator’s licence application in Hong Kong by the end of October, its local general manager has revealed, as the city government moves to regulate the service. The platform also said on Tuesday that Hong Kong residents accounted for the largest share of its users in Macau, months after it…
Hong Kong’s City University has disciplined students over an orientation event with a disco theme in which a half-naked man was seen carrying a woman wearing only a bra and shorts, two days after the institution said it had “zero tolerance” for improper conduct. The institution said on Friday that all students involved in the…