A Hong Kong online jewellery shop sued by The Walt Disney Company for trademark infringement has withdrawn its entire Mickey Mouse-themed collection, despite denying any brand violation. Sateur, operated by Red Earth Group Limited, removed the products after legal advice warned of the potential for a lengthy multimillion-dollar court battle. The company said that, while…
The unprecedented five black rainstorms in Hong Kong this year have exposed major weaknesses in the city’s climate defence strategy, with authorities underestimating risks and eroding public confidence, a top climate scientist has warned, as he called for a review of workplace guidelines to better protect workers in extreme weather. The warning on Friday by…
The unprecedented five black rainstorms in Hong Kong this year have exposed major weaknesses in the city’s climate defence strategy, with authorities underestimating risks and eroding public confidence, a top climate scientist has warned, as he called for a review of workplace guidelines to better protect workers in extreme weather. The warning on Friday by…
Hong Kong is ramping up efforts to develop driverless vehicle services by launching a trial at Cyberport and expanding an initiative at the West Kowloon arts hub following road tests in other areas. The Transport Department said on Thursday that mainland Chinese tech giant Baidu was also interested in applying to test autonomous vehicles in…
Hong Kong confirmed three new cases of chikungunya fever on Wednesday, comprising a woman returning from Guangdong province’s Foshan and a father and son who had travelled to Bangladesh. The Centre for Health Protection on Wednesday said that it was investigating the three imported cases. Health authorities said the woman, 79, lived in Southern district…
Hong Kong’s Pok Fu Lam neighbourhood was hit by heavy downpours in the early hours of Tuesday, with rainwater flooding a major thoroughfare and a public hospital, once forcing it to divert patients to other institutions. The Hospital Authority said on Tuesday the severe flooding on some roads within the Queen Mary Hospital compound had…
President Donald Trump has made good on his pledge to sue over The Wall Street Journal’s Thursday report that Trump wrote a “bawdy” letter to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday. Trump on Friday filed suit against Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones, the CEO of News Corp, Robert Thomson, and Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo, both…
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) plans to reduce the size of a development project by 15 per cent following a public backlash, leaving most of a Pok Fu Lam green belt untouched, the Post has learned. A source said on Monday that the university was considering building on a residential plot nearby. The revised…
A consortium of developers, led by New World Development (NWD), raked in HK$1.3 billion (US$166 million) from the sale of 24 luxury units in Hong Kong’s Southern district, as wealthy buyers take advantage of a market downturn to acquire prized assets. On Friday, a 1,706 sq ft, four-bedroom unit in Deep Water Pavilia, a 447-unit…
Autonomous driving still has more doubters than backers in Hong Kong, but the city is now taking steps that could get more people on board with the technology. Trial runs set for the next five months are worth supporting to develop driverless services. After allowing passenger trials on routes within the airport island, the government…