One HarbourGate East Tower, a premium office building formerly owned by cash-strapped Chinese tycoon Chen Hongtian, has found a new owner after Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) struck a deal with the receivers, according to people familiar with the matter. The university agreed to pay HK$2.6 billion (US$334 million) for the 15-storey building in Hung…
Hong Kong’s Audit Commission has urged Polytechnic University to relax security measures to allow public visits after using HK$230 million (US$29.6 million) to repair damage sustained during the 2019 anti-government protests. In a report released on Wednesday, the commission said access to the university’s campus in Hung Hom had been restricted to students, staff and…
Hong Kong national security police have charged a 57-year-old man over allegedly publishing posts with seditious intentions on social platforms to incite hatred towards local and central authorities. The force said on Wednesday that officers from the National Security Department apprehended the suspect in Hung Hom the previous day. “An investigation revealed that the arrested…
More than 100 foreign leisure boats have arrived in Hong Kong annually for tourism over the past few years, prompting authorities to look into expanding the city’s docking facilities to meet local and visitor demand, according to the development chief. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho highlighted the plans during a radio programme on Thursday,…
Hong Kong police have for the first time smashed a local fraud syndicate that used deepfake technology to swap the faces of the swindlers with those of attractive women in video calls to cheat love-struck men in the region, including Singapore, out of HK$360 million (U$46 million). The force said on Monday it had arrested…
A waterspout was spotted on Saturday in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour for the first time since records began in 1959. The rare sight wowed witnesses, including dozens of parents and children at an outdoor swimming pool in Hung Hom near where the waterspout was believed to have landed. Social media platforms were awash with photos…