Hong Kong catering and construction unions have called for a review of the labour import scheme amid high jobless rates in the sectors, with some local employees complaining about being replaced or forced to work fewer days after cheaper staff from outside the city were recruited. Chau Sze-kit, chairman of the Hong Kong Construction Industry…
A senior management member of Hong Kong’s largest vocational training provider with extensive experience in the logistics sector, has been named the new chief executive of the consumer watchdog. Alaina Shum Jiu-fai, appointed by the Consumer Council, will start her new role in August, succeeding Gilly Wong Fung-han, who led the watchdog for 13 years….
Mainland Chinese student Corner Zhang, 18, is searching for a place to stay for his second year at a university in Hong Kong after his application for campus housing was rejected. He had a shared dormitory room for his first year, but publicly funded Baptist University in Kowloon Tong has not assured him of accommodation…
Mainland Chinese student Corner Zhang, 18, is searching for a place to stay for his second year at a university in Hong Kong after his application for campus housing was rejected. He had a shared dormitory room for his first year, but publicly funded Baptist University in Kowloon Tong has not assured him of accommodation…
Hong Kong police have dismantled a cross-border syndicate that allegedly laundered HK$118 million (US$15 million) through stooge bank accounts, arresting 12 people as officials seek tougher sentencing for those renting or selling their personal details. The force said on Saturday that it had arrested nine men and three women aged between 20 and 40 across…
Hong Kong police have dismantled a cross-border syndicate that laundered HK$118 million (US$15 million) through stooge bank accounts, arresting 12 people as officials seek tougher sentencing for those renting or selling their personal bank details. In an operation conducted by the commercial crime bureau, police arrested nine men and three women aged between 20 and…
Hong Kong’s hotels are reporting occupancy rates of more than 90 per cent over Lunar New Year, although the figures are down slightly compared with the same period in 2024, with industry insiders pointing to shorter stays and a continued reluctance by mainland Chinese visitors to spend. A spokeswoman for the Cordis hotel in Mong…
Hong Kong’s hotels are reporting occupancy rates of more than 90 per cent over Lunar New Year, although the figures are down slightly compared with the same period in 2024, with industry insiders pointing to shorter stays and a continued reluctance by mainland Chinese visitors to spend. A spokeswoman for the Cordis hotel in Mong…
MACAO (AP) — When Portugal returned its colony Macao to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in a different world. Since then his sleepy hometown has transformed into a bustling gaming hub lined with glittering casinos. Its once quiet streets are now jammed with tourist buses. But the…
Hong Kong will require an influx of banking talent as the market rebounds and cross-border activity with mainland Chinese companies picks up, according to the Asia-Pacific head of Deutsche Bank. “Hong Kong has always benefited from its proximity to mainland China, and that’s a strength, not a weakness,” Alexander von zur Muehlen said during a…