Eateries specialising in what were once known as “poor man’s meals” and which typically operated in Hong Kong’s lower-income neighbourhoods are now bucking the local trend of closing restaurants, with many chains now expanding across the city. One expansive player is Kuen Fat Kitchen, which recently came under the spotlight for spending HK$180,000 (US$22,900) a…
Two of Hong Kong’s largest fast-food chains, Cafe de Coral and Fairwood, both suffered a near 30 per cent drop in profits last year, with experts attributing their struggles during the economic downturn to ageing diners and intense competition from delivery platforms. The two companies were considered resilient players during previous downturns caused by global…
Anti-litter and public hygiene campaigns have had a mixed history in Hong Kong. In recent times that is not through want of drive from the top. For example, in the wake of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) epidemic in 2003, then chief executive Tung Chee-hwa appointed his chief secretary and eventual successor Donald Tsang…
The arguments for allowing legal betting on basketball are much the same as those for legalising football betting in 2003. Then, expansion of legal gambling beyond horse racing and Mark Six was justified to combat thriving illegal operations, which is now the case with rogue betting on basketball. The latter now turns over up to…
Hong Kong authorities and industry leaders have voiced optimism foreign investors will be lured by recent relaxations to a cross-border trade deal allowing the city’s business to adopt local laws and arbitration services for their mainland China operations. Maggie Wong Siu-chu, the permanent secretary for commerce and economic development, said on Wednesday that the amendment…
Homemaker Emily Cablas Anane and her two sons have been playing Chinese drums as a family activity and will be among about 16,000 people expected to join the Hong Kong Drum Festival at the West Kowloon Cultural District on Sunday. Anane, 39, who has been living in the city for a decade, said she and…
A leading US disease ecologist says he has faced death threats and harassment because of his work with Chinese scientists on virus research before the Covid-19 pandemic – an experience he describes as a “medieval” witch hunt. Peter Daszak, president of scientific research organisation EcoHealth Alliance (EHA), said he and the non-profit had endured four…