A 62-year-old worker has died after falling from a six-metre-high (20-foot) platform while repairing an aeroplane at the Hong Kong International Airport. Police received a report at 8.35am on Monday that a worker had been injured at a site operated by the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (Haeco). “Preliminary investigations have shown that when the…
Some air passengers remained stranded at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday following Typhoon Noul’s departure from the city, with authorities expecting normal operations to resume by the morning. According to the airport website, as of 12.45pm, 12 departing flights initially scheduled for Sunday had been rescheduled to Monday, including three that were due to…
The University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) president and vice-chancellor Xiang Zhang has announced that he will be stepping down in 2028 after completing a second five-year term, according to an email seen by the South China Morning Post. In the email, sent to the university community in the early hours of Monday, Zhang described the…
When Zhou Yuxiang, founder and CEO of Shanghai-headquartered Black Lake Technologies, wanted to sell his artificial intelligence (AI) automation solutions to millions of family-run factories across China, he came up with an unconventional strategy: hiring food delivery workers to make sales. His entire sales team, hired from various industrial cities, survived a gruelling five-day boot…
The long-awaited earthquake in Hong Kong’s taxi and ride-hailing scene is almost upon us and the questions are how big the initial shock will be, and how many aftershocks we can expect. The important thing in the coming months will be to keep the focus on protecting the interests of the travelling public. More than…
Hong Kong restaurant operators have hit out at a scheme requiring them to have permits to run dog-friendly venues, saying they had already been allowing pets in their outdoor seating areas but were now barred from doing so without the new licence. Businesses said they had been forced to turn away dog owners who were…
When Hongkonger Tara Fung brought her eight-month-old Munchkin cat, Yuen Yuen, to a clinic to get spayed in March 2025, she was told two hours later that her pet had died from an allergic reaction to a sedative. “Who would have thought she would go in and never come out … I never got to…
An international journal has said it is looking into concerns raised over a map featured in a paper by an Education University of Hong Kong (EdU) researcher, in which Victoria Harbour was omitted and Kowloon Peninsula was merged with Hong Kong Island. A spokesman for the Humanities and Social Sciences Communications journal said on Wednesday…
Hong Kong businesses can leverage Xinjiang’s connectivity with Central Asia to expand into new markets while the city’s financial, trade and professional services can help businesses in the region enter Southeast Asia, according to political analysts. But an economist and a textile industry veteran have warned of potential risks for Hong Kong businesses building ties…
A social media user has been arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat, which included threats of violence, in comments posted on the South China Morning Post’s Instagram account. The 20-year-old suspect, surnamed Hui, posted two comments under an SCMP Instagram post titled “Hong Kong Disneyland rolls out afternoon tickets, extra cooling to beat…