[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The future of law will be faster, smarter and more connected than at any point in history, and Hong Kong Legal Week 2025, held from December 1 to 5, brought that future into view. Across five days, nearly 6,000 executives and legal professionals…
Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki has cancelled her concert in Macau next month amid tense diplomatic relations between Beijing and Tokyo, with the decision following the axing of her December show in Shanghai. The singer-songwriter announced the decision on her Instagram page on Tuesday, saying she apologised to everyone hoping to see her perform in…
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Ancient Egyptians regularly mummified crocodiles in elaborate ceremonies in dedication to their crocodile god Sobek. A study of one of these crocodiles reveals details about the animal’s death and the methods through which Ancient Egyptians captured these fearsome predators. Using x-ray and CT-scanning technologies, archaeozoologists can…
Hong Kong’s initial public offering (IPO) market is expected to raise up to HK$350 billion (US$45 billion) next year, extending the momentum built this year on the back of mainland Chinese public firms and the technology sector. KPMG forecast on Wednesday that between 180 and 200 applications would drive the fundraising, representing a 28.7 per…
Flat owners affected by Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades will each receive HK$100,000 (US$12,850) from authorities, a senior government official has said, while announcing that funds raised for survivors have reached HK$3.4 billion. Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk Wing-hing said on Wednesday that many owners had lost rental income when seven out of the…
Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Russian, Chinese planes entered its air defence zone during the joint exercise. South Korea and Japan separately scrambled fighter jets after Russian and Chinese military aircraft conducted a joint air patrol near both countries. Seven Russian and two Chinese aircraft entered South Korea’s Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) at…
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The future of law will be faster, smarter and more connected than at any point in history, and Hong Kong Legal Week 2025, held from December 1 to 5, brought that future into view. Across five days, nearly 6,000 executives and legal professionals…
Hong Kong authorities will announce new requirements for contractors to sample and certify the city’s scaffolding nets as early as Thursday, under which every batch of materials sampled on site could be required to pass a fire-retardant test at authorised laboratories after the deadly blaze in Tai Po, the Post has learned. Insiders said on…
Robert Ho Hung-ngai, a celebrated Hong Kong journalist, philanthropist and avowed Buddhist, has died at the age of 93. A notice posted on the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation’s website said that Ho died peacefully on November 30 in Vancouver, Canada. A separate obituary in Canadian media reported that a private funeral would be held,…
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Having firmly established itself as a force in research areas previously the exclusive preserve of residential universities, the University of South Africa (UNISA) continues to stake its claim among the world’s best. Recent months have seen UNISA consolidate and improve its world position,…