Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has met European Union representatives to discuss opportunities for cooperation, with the chief executive saying both sides highlighted a shared belief in multilateralism amid increasing tensions and market turmoil. Ambassador Harvey Rouse, head of the EU Office in Hong Kong, called for both sides to work together, describing the…
Hong Kong’s former commerce minister Gregory So Kam-leung has died at the age of 67. It was understood that So, a lawyer by trade who served as the city’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development between 2011 and 2017, had been in hospital for some time before he died on Saturday morning. He oversaw a…
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….