Hong Kong’s licensed moneylenders will face strict new regulations starting in August, including debt servicing ratio caps for low-income earners and a full ban on using loan referees – a move lawmakers say should reduce harassment by debt collectors. Lawmakers also said on Saturday that the measures outlined by the Financial Services and the Treasury…
The Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom has warned its citizens in the country to beware of scams involving fraudsters posing as staff from Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog. In a statement on Monday, the embassy said criminals had recently posed as staff of the city’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to carry out telecommunications fraud….
Husband of a lawmaker from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ruling Labour Party among those arrested, local media report. Listen to this article | 3 mins info Published On 4 Mar 20264 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo British police have arrested three men suspected of spying for…
Nearly 670 Hongkongers have been granted settlement in the United Kingdom under its bespoke BN(O) visa pathway, although the total number of applicants has fallen short of the British government’s lowest “core” estimate five years after its launch. While tens of thousands of Hongkongers are set to qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain, or settled…
Hong Kong environmental groups have urged the government to focus on accelerating the commercial use of electric vehicles and enhancing green infrastructure, after scrapping a tax concession scheme for private cars that has cost HK$30 billion over the past decade. The scheme offers car owners a higher FRT concession of up to HK$172,500 (US$22,056) when…
Hong Kong’s Correctional Services Department has launched exchange tours to mainland China for former young offenders convicted of crimes related to the 2019 social unrest to boost their understanding of national development and culture. Rounding up the department’s work over the past year, Commissioner for Correctional Services Wong Kwok-hing said on Monday that Project PATH,…
The United States Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, and his imposition of a 15% global tariff in response to the verdict, have concerned the world and its trade order. India and China seem to be among the biggest winners, while the United Kingdom appears to be the biggest loser…
Hong Kong authorities froze HK$261 million (US$33.4 million) in suspected criminal proceeds linked to money laundering and drug trafficking last year, but experts say it may take as long as seven years for any of the funds to reach government coffers. According to data from the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit, run by police and customs,…
Five Europeans counties on Saturday accused Russia of ‘poisoning’ opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison using a ‘rare toxin’, almost two years after his death. Alexei Navalny had rallied hundreds of thousands across Russia in anti-Kremlin protests as he exposed the alleged ill-gotten gains of Putin’s inner circle before he died in 2024. (AFP file…
After 156 days of hearings, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s case finally came to a close with the former media boss sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment. Western media and critics will no doubt say, what a harsh sentence for a “democracy advocate” and “freedom fighter”. However, Lai was not accused of fighting for freedom or demanding…