Hong Kong’s finance chief has made a push to lure a Spanish-based global start-up summit to the city on the first leg of his European tour, with an expert saying the event would help the government’s efforts to create an international technology hub. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po led a group of Hong Kong tech…
Hong Kong’s finance chief has vowed to intensify efforts to promote the city and diversify its sources of funding, as the business environment benefited from the lowered US interest rate and improvements in the local stock market. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said on Sunday that Hong Kong’s speed and the extent of its…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory cancelled an amber rainstorm warning on Saturday afternoon, less than an hour after it was issued. The forecaster earlier in the day went from an amber to a red signal,…
Hong Kong is seeking to deepen ties with trading partners in Europe, with the city’s finance chief set to make his second post-pandemic trip to London after heading to Madrid for four days. The Post learned that Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po could also meet British officials, months after the country’s Labour Party took office,…
Hong Kong has made effective crowd management a top priority at a soon-to-open, 50,000-seat mega stadium ahead of Coldplay’s arrival next year, the city’s No 2 official has said, pledging the venue will hold trial runs before its opening. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki said on Saturday that conducting test runs would allow stakeholders to…
A major football competition in Hong Kong has rejected a school’s appeal to accept its late enrolment, despite an emotional plea from the institution’s principal, with the organiser citing a need to keep the contest fair. The principal of Ma On Shan’s Yan Chai Hospital Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School, famous long-time annual contest…
HONG KONG (SCMP): Hong Kong police have made the city’s biggest seizure of Ice on record, confiscating HK$210 million (US$27 million – RM116 million) worth of the drug concealed in furniture and arresting a 26-year-old Malaysian on suspicion of trafficking the substance. Acting Superintendent Cheung Hok-fung of the force’s narcotics bureau said on Saturday that…
A senior American official on Thursday lauded improved cooperation with the Chinese government on export controls meant to prevent the transfer of sensitive technologies to the mainland. Since the end of coronavirus lockdowns in China, mainland authorities have been more helpful in conducting “end-user checks” on companies that buy products sold by US firms, said…
When Tang Wai-kit quit his teaching post to join the Hong Kong Police Force this year, his friends and family voiced worries that he might end up in a job with less pay but bigger safety risks. But the 26-year-old was determined to forge a new path for himself. This week he and 163 others…