The use of Cantonese and English in secondary schools poses the biggest challenge academically for children of mainland Chinese talent who have settled in Hong Kong, education authorities have said. The Education Bureau also said it was willing to look into building hostels at some semi-private schools, after a lawmaker asked whether the government could…
Hong Kong’s newest border checkpoint at Heung Yuen Wai can cope with crowds, the city’s security chief has assured lawmakers after some raised concerns that daily passenger trips were more than double its design capacity of 30,000. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung told lawmakers on Wednesday that the Heung Yuen Wai crossing had handled…
A series of aggressive recruitment drives by the government has enriched Hong Kong’s talent pool in recent years. The latest to take up residency is seven-time snooker world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan. But while the city continues to appeal to celebrities and their like, many more who have arrived are struggling to secure jobs. In addition…
Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan has obtained Hong Kong residency under a talent scheme known as the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, citing the city’s tax system, food and the popularity of snooker as attractions, the Immigration Department has announced. Talking to immigration director Benson Kwok in a video released on Thursday, O’Sullivan said he had spent…
More than 517,000 Hongkongers travelled to mainland China on the first day of the long weekend on Friday, prompting the city’s rail operator to take stopgap measures to ease overcrowding at two border crossings in a move criticised by a lawmaker. Dominic Lee Tsz-king, deputy chairman of the Legislative Council’s transport panel, on Friday accused…
Hong Kong authorities have detained 19 people in four operations targeting illegal workers. Officers from an Immigration Department task force raided 12 locations, including premises and flats under renovation, in one operation from Monday to Wednesday. Two men and four women, aged 22 to 42, and their alleged male employer, 42, were arrested. A woman…
Another 29,000 Hong Kong permanent residents with foreign passports have applied in the past two months for an Immigration Department document needed to get a new five-year travel permit to enter mainland China. The department said on Sunday that it had received more than 61,000 applications from permanent residents who wanted a five-year multi-entry travel…
Three Hongkongers have been evacuated from Lebanon with the help of the Chinese embassy, authorities have disclosed. Hong Kong’s Immigration Department said on Wednesday that the evacuation was coordinated with the foreign ministry’s office in the city and the Chinese embassy in Beirut. They were safely transported by vessel and a flight was arranged, a…
A French photojournalist working for the Associated Press in Hong Kong was denied entry to the city earlier this month, the Post has learned. A source said Louise Delmotte was questioned by authorities when she arrived at the city’s airport as a tourist on September 14. She was then turned away and repatriated to France….