On a recent weekday morning, the Repulse Bay post office, in one of Hong Kong’s most affluent coastal neighbourhoods, stood almost empty. In an hour, only five customers walked through the door, with two staff members serving them. One of them was Dicky Lo, who had sent a parcel to Europe, citing the service’s reasonable…
Hong Kong drivers will be able to renew their vehicle licences within one day by year-end, down from the current processing time of up to 10 working days, under new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives aimed at streamlining transport services and traffic management. The “Easy Licence Application Approval” system, announced by the Transport Department on Thursday,…
More than 153,000 students and staff from four tertiary institutions in Hong Kong have been affected by a data breach on the online learning management platform Canvas, an investigation by the city’s privacy watchdog has found. Nearly four months after the data breach was discovered, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD)…
A man has been barred from leaving Hong Kong pending trial over allegations that he failed to properly control his dog, which mauled two smaller pets to death and injured a third. Yuen Long resident Ng Shui-ting, 52, appeared at Tuen Mun Court on Thursday to face two charges brought by the Agriculture, Fisheries and…
Cathay Pacific Airways will launch direct passenger flights between Hong Kong and Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, in January, making it the airline’s first Central Asian destination and establishing the only non-stop service between the two. The three-times-weekly service will begin on January 9 next year. Flights will operate every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, subject to…
Claude AI Hong Kong access restricted for OKX employees. Photo by BeInCrypto Goldman Sachs and OKX have both cut Hong Kong staff off from Anthropic’s Claude AI model. The two restrictions happened months apart, but both trace back to the same geographic access rules. Anthropic restricts Claude access in Hong Kong and mainland China. OKX…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two staff members from local branches of the skincare chain Opatra London over alleged coercive sales tactics. Customs and Excise Department. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The Customs and Excise Department said in a media briefing on Wednesday that they arrested a 25-year-old woman, Opatra London Hong Kong’s administrative manager, and…
This undated photo shows signage for AIA Group Ltd at the Hong Kong Observation Wheel and atop the AIA Central building in Hong Kong. (PHOTO/BLOOMBERG) AIA Group Ltd reported 13 percent growth in new business value in the first half of this year, led by strong sales in key markets including the Hong Kong Special…
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Thursday it was seeking more than $1.5 billion in damages from Panama after the country seized two canal ports caught in the crosshairs of U.S.-China tensions. CK Hutchison said in the statement that it had begun new arbitration proceedings against Panama and alleged that the…
AIG taps Lisa Sun to lead mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau in expanded role August 20 2026 by Joana Nguyen Global insurer AIG has appointed Lisa Sun as president of mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, and CEO of AIG Hong Kong, subject to regulatory approval, Scott Leney, regional president for APAC, said … To…