Public spending watchdog criticises postal service for not including safeguarding national security clauses in contracts for stamp designs.
Unions and concern groups ask why sewer workers were underground and whether contractors provided protective gear or followed safety rules.
Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, Greenpeace and the Conservancy Association say abandoned fish ponds in area earmarked for tech hub still have ecological value.
Development minister Bernadette Linn says ‘modular integrated construction’ method may help to offset predicted manpower shortfall for building sector.
The Advisory Council on the Environment has unanimously endorsed the environmental impact assessment report on the San Tin Technopole with eight conditions.
Latest suggestion by environment minister Tse Chin-wan is in apparent contrast to what he told legislature four months ago.
Tse Chin-wan says the aim of the ban is to gradually build up a plastic-free culture in society.
But Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong also expresses optimism, pointing to city’s edge in bringing in top people despite current manpower shortage.
Police say preliminary investigation has found the victim did not know three suspects and the cause of attack remains unknown.
Minister for Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan to meet authorities during stops in Hong Kong and Beijing, marking first visit by UK official since domestic national security law passed.
Organisers cancel Kuala Lumpur concert due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’, offering to swap tickets for Singapore stop and compensate travel costs.
Authorities will build 2,700 public flats at site, with historical Man Fat Nunnery to be preserved.
Administration plans to provide 30,000 temporary homes by 2027-28 for families waiting at least three years for public housing.
Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said Kai Tak isolation centre at site of old airport could become ‘cultural and creative industry base’.
Development chief Bernadette Linn Hon-ho reveals plan after city leader pledges to review enforcement priorities for buildings failing to comply with fire safety orders.
Revised estimate of recurrent expenditure for Carrie Lam’s office at Pacific Place in Admiralty was around HK$9.17 million, director of administration says.
Two-month trial scheme will cover around 100 sites with workers receiving points for safety breaches.
Residents of New Lucky House in Yau Ma Tei face blackened and burned flats, debris and exposed electrical wiring.
One-fifth of those buildings are located in Yau Tsim Mong, home to 60-year-old New Lucky House where blaze killed five and injured 43 others.
Man Suet-leung, 34, and his colleagues had just started work at a Yau Ma Tei construction site when they heard screams for help.
Some frustrated at long-standing safety worries, blaming owners’ corporation over inaction despite warnings and official orders.
City leader says government has ‘clear’ position on the scheme amid calls for withdrawal from politicians, including heavyweight Lo Man-tuen.
Lawmakers raise concerns at a panel meeting over the government-funded ‘community nanny’ childcare scheme
Chief Executive John Lee praises visit, the vessel’s first to a Chinese port after completing recent polar expedition.
The CEO of Neom – a US$500 billion futuristic, zero-carbon megacity under construction on the country’s northwest coast – is scheduled to host a half-day event on April 19 inviting investors to back the ambitious development.
Man has become city’s first human case of deadly B virus and remains in a critical condition after being admitted to hospital.
Funeral logistics veteran says his company helped up to 150 families move their relatives’ remains overseas or back to city last year, double annual figure from 2019.
‘We want to be careful and we want to cement real businesses, which are happening at the moment … there are talks already,’ Amira Lobaton from prince’s private office says.
Revised policy follows landmark ruling from Court of Final Appeal last year in favour of two transgender appellants over invasive surgical procedure requirement.
Housing Authority reveals figures as part of audit of 88,000 tenants carried out in October and November last year, with 250,000 ordered to declare assets before end of May.
