Hong Kong food – while commonly tucked under the wider umbrella of Cantonese cuisine – has its own distinct identity, with unique local takes on dishes and drinks, from Hong Kong French toast (a peanut butter fried sandwich) to milk tea (with evaporated and/or condensed milk) and char siu (sticky-glazed roast pork). Putting Hong Kong…
The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health report a locally acquired case of chikungunya fever (CF). The case involves a 55-year-old woman who lives on Li Tak Street in Tai Kok Tsui. Preliminary investigation revealed that she developed a fever, headache, and pain in her fingers and wrists joints…
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 September 2026 – Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee announced the First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) (2026-2030) and his fifth Policy Address on September 16, rolling out measures to further sharpen Hong Kong’s edge amid…
About 10 students reportedly fell ill after drinking free beverages that were found with suspicious pinhole marks near a sports ground in Hong Kong, prompting a police investigation. Students reportedly posted messages on social media claiming that free bottles of a sports drink had been handed out during lunch on Wing Ting Road, a short…
Foreign investors continue to pile into Hong Kong’s commercial real estate, with a unit of online retail giant Amazon and Singapore-headquartered Shorea Capital among the latest to snap up assets, according to agents. Shorea won the tender for The Pemberton, a mixed office and retail property in Sheung Wan, for an undisclosed amount, Colliers said,…
A former acting chief editor of the now-defunct Stand News was fulfilling his duty to publish articles and had no intent to undermine national security in Hong Kong, his lawyer has said while appealing his conviction for sedition. A panel of High Court justices pointed out on Tuesday that the presiding trial judge had ruled…
Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services Limited (Hacis) has launched a road operation to Vietnam to expand the catchment area of its Hong Kong operation. The Hactl-owned logistics firm said the expansion of its SuperLink China Direct will bring additional cargo flows to Hong Kong International Airport and offer Vietnamese enterprises and overseas shippers a…
Hong Kong is becoming an increasingly important gateway for international startups seeking to enter the Chinese market while maintaining access to global markets. As part of the Kazakhstan-China & Hong Kong Innovation Bridge, organized by Khan Tengri Innovation Hub, we spoke with Anita Chau, Director of Ecosystem Development at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology…
Zhonghua Yao works on both terrestrial and giant planetary space sciences, especially on comparative investigations between the two communities. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG) Zhonghua Yao, director of the University of Hong Kong’s Laboratory for Space Research (LSR), has been elected to the 11th Council of the Chinese Society of Space Research…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders sent condolences from Beijing as Hong Kong bade farewell to the city’s first postcolonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, at a sombre yet poignant state funeral on Sunday. A report by the official Xinhua News Agency praised Tung, who died on September 8 at the age of 89, as…