Shoppers in Causeway Bay. Photo: dpa

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Job-hopping staff have raised concerns among Hong Kong employers, and there is a need to balance the rights of both parties, but the city would be better off trying to attract additional workers.

The pressures on the city’s fleet of 18,163 cabs are significant, but for residents and visitors alike, attention to improving the quality of service could help soften the blow from having to pay more for the ride.

  • Eldest son called police expressing concern for mother, saying she had left their Tung Chung home crying
  • Police source says woman and her husband had argued earlier
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Tourism chief Kevin Yeung says authorities will not know whether Labour Day fireworks on Wednesday will be ‘affected’ until just hours before 8pm start.

Minister Christine Choi dismisses suggestion parents did not want to send children to local schools because of the increasing emphasis on national education.

Henry Edward Tse first launched legal action in 2017 after authorities blocked an application to change his gender from female to male on his Hong Kong ID card.

Hollywood star Roger Moore and cast and crew of James Bond movie The Man with the Golden stayed at The Peninsula hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui during filming in 1974.

Halt to production of special trash bags for waste disposal scheme sparks call from city’s biggest party for yet another delay to the scheme’s introduction.

Hongkongers under the age of 50 will be able to continue applying for five-year graduate visas, while all other candidates must be no more than 35 years old.

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Joint call for public-private partnership to ease dental service shortage follows city’s auditor push for shake-up of appointment system at government clinics.