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A view of Myanmar’s Myawaddy, along the border with Thailand. The area is home to some of the notorious scam centres. Photo: AFP

Law and Crime

Thailand assures Hongkongers over safety amid forced labour scams

Thai consulate in Hong Kong says country is working with neighbouring countries to clamp down on scam farms.

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Hong Kong’s Octopus to hand out HK$68.8 million in lai see, deals

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Trump tariffs would be bad news for Hong Kong’s biggest exports to US: experts

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Society

Hong Kong bakery receives warning after staff clean shelf with floor mop

Food hygiene authorities issue verbal warning to bakery in Tsz Wan Shan Shopping Centre after images of incident go viral online.

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has said it has received five complaints over the incident. Photo: Handout
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has said it has received five complaints over the incident. Photo: Handout

Law and Crime

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai admits to urging US to revoke visas of officials’ children

Prosecutors question Lai about his overseas political connections on 31st day of media owner’s verbal testimony in marathon trial.

Health & Environment

Hong Kong needs total ban on flavoured cigarettes, anti-smoking group says

Survey finds nearly 90 per cent of young female smokers opt for flavoured cigarettes, which can lead to higher levels of addiction.

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Society

Hong Kong’s ombudsman urges more legal action over public housing abuse

Watchdog finds Housing Authority had prosecution rate of 4.2 per cent last year for cases of public flats being misused.

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The government earlier proposed amending the Housing Ordinance to tackle certain cases of abuse of public flats. Photo: Jelly Tse
The government earlier proposed amending the Housing Ordinance to tackle certain cases of abuse of public flats. Photo: Jelly Tse

Transport

What’s next for Hong Kong vehicle licence plates after ‘ZZ’ series end?

Under current system, registration marks are allocated to vehicles using prefixes spanning ‘AA’ to ‘ZZ’ in ascending order.

Law and Crime

Hong Kong bus technician remanded over seditious posts, photos on social media

Li Chun-kit faces count of ‘knowingly publishing publications that had seditious intention’ under Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.

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Education

Hong Kong public secondary schools can offer foreign languages to younger pupils

Government offering HK$250,000 in funding for each school to launch foreign language courses for Form One to Three from next academic year.

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Students return to school on the first day of the academic year at Po Leung Kuk Ma Kam Ming College in Fanling in 2023. Photo: Edmond So

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong’s banks gird for lean times as 9-month profit growth slows

Net interest margin narrowed to 1.5 per cent in the first nine months last year from 1.67 per cent in 2023, according to HKMA data.

ATM machines in Central on 4 August 2024. Photo: Eugene Lee
ATM machines in Central on 4 August 2024. Photo: Eugene Lee

Society

Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park to host biggest stress test yet on Friday

About 63,000 people are expected to take part in drill aimed to assess the sports park’s capacity.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Paul Chan vows to bridge climate financing gap after Trump pull-out

City’s finance chief also met United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for foreign trade to discuss bilateral cooperation.

Hong Kong economy

Panama audit of Hong Kong’s Hutchison aims to counter US canal narrative

‘The [Panama government] needs concrete data to counter this China is controlling the canal narrative,’ insider says.

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Flags of CK Hutchison Holdings outside Cheung Kong Centre in Central. Photo: Nora Tam

Transport

Hong Kong minister demands report from Greater Bay Airlines over axed flights

Carrier earlier admitted to ‘negligence’ in scheduling process, having already cancelled 128 flights in next two months.

Greater Bay Airlines earlier said flights during the coming Lunar New Year holiday would be unaffected. Photo: May Tse
Greater Bay Airlines earlier said flights during the coming Lunar New Year holiday would be unaffected. Photo: May Tse

Society

Hong Kong helper battles cancer and heartless bosses who allegedly kicked her out

Breast cancer patient Noelyn Patricio Arzaga was allegedly fired by her employers after they found out about her chemotherapy treatment.

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Law and Crime

Hong Kong police summon fugitive Chung Kim-wah’s siblings for questioning

A leading pollster and the wife and son of Chung Kim-wah, who moved to the UK in 2022, were also asked to help with an investigation earlier this month.

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Health & Environment

Hong Kong tightens airport health checks amid Congo mystery disease outbreak

The unknown disease has left 79 dead and more than 300 infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since late October.

The Democratic Republic of Congo on a map. Photo: Shutterstock
The Democratic Republic of Congo on a map. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong sticks with names An An and Ke Ke for Beijing-gifted pandas

Unchanged names revealed at ceremony before the pair meet the public for the first time on Sunday.

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Politics

Hong Kong’s John Lee sacks tourism and transport ministers in unexpected move

Rosanna Law to replace Kevin Yeung, while Mable Chan will succeed Lam Sai-hung.

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Hong Kong economy

Why some Hong Kong shoppers are ditching bargains in mainland China

Quality assurance, political values, human ties and ‘stubbornness’ among reasons they stay home to shop.

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OPINION
Edwin Lau

Opinion | How Hong Kong can cut wasteful spending and boost revenue

Edwin Lau
Rosanna Law Shuk-pui

Opinion | Hong Kong is embracing change to revitalise its tourism sector

Rosanna Law Shuk-pui
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Zhou Xin

My Take | The US$3.2 trillion question: how much of China’s forex reserves for Hong Kong?

Zhou Xin
Ronald Chan

Opinion | Hong Kong’s dollar peg is an important bulwark against volatility

Ronald Chan
Nicholas Spiro

The View | Hong Kong property market gloom has become self-fulfilling prophecy

Nicholas Spiro
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Alice Wu

Opinion | Hong Kong should not be rewarding people who snitch on neighbours

Alice Wu
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MULTIMEDIA
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What are Hong Kong’s baby panda twins up to?

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Outgoing Hong Kong Bar Association chief urges public to have faith in Hong Kong's judiciary

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Hong Kong woman accused of luring victims to work at overseas scam centres

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