How a tax on companies like Amazon, Google has stalled trade talks with Canada President Trump has decided to stop trade negotiations with Canada, citing a digital service tax affecting American companies as the reason. Updated: 5:28 PM CDT Jun 27, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ White House Correspondent President Donald Trump announced the suspension of…
An undergraduate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has been suspended for forging sick notes to apply for an absence from an exam and a death certificate to secure an exemption from scholarship renewal requirements. The university on Sunday cited privacy concerns in declining to provide further details on the case, which came to…
Hong Kong should step up measures to protect mainland Chinese students against scams, such as arranging a quiz before their visas are issued, lawmakers have urged, after two local universities reported at least HK$75 million (US$9.6 million) were lost to fraudsters. The growing number of mainland students falling victim to scams while studying in the…
A tutoring school in Hong Kong has offered an apology and suspended an instructor from teaching duties after a viral video that purportedly captured pupils being verbally disciplined in an aggressive manner sparked criticism online. The A-Kids Garden Education Centre in Tai Po told the Post on Friday the tutor had spoken loudly to “maintain…
A taxi driver in Hong Kong has been slapped with the highest demerit points possible for overcharging in the first week of a new penalty system aimed at keeping cabbies on their best behaviour. A Transport Department spokesman told the Post on Saturday that since the demerit point system’s launch on Sunday, one taxi driver…
Trade unions have urged Hong Kong authorities to halt or review a scheme to bring in transport, retail and aviation workers from outside the city, following the suspension of such arrangements for the construction industry amid claims of exploitation of migrant labourers. Calls from the unions to either withdraw the scheme or bring forward a…