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The government has opened an office to organise summits and conferences overseas and in the Greater Bay Area in support of its efforts to recruit highly skilled workers through the [...]

The city’s legislators, including a former railway chief, have urged the MTR Corporation to speed up the installation of platform screen doors following two suicides within three hours along the [...]

The pilots’ union of Cathay Pacific Airways has warned that the city will require two to four years to reclaim its status as a global aviation hub, citing manpower levels [...]

HK$10 billion in government funds will be set aside to support emerging industries, including advanced manufacturing and biotechnology, and ­subsidise eligible companies ­looking to build production ­facilities in the city. [...]

About 900 technology companies this year chose to establish a foothold in Hong Kong amid efforts to transform it into an innovation hub, with some business leaders urging authorities to [...]

A beekeeper has died two days after being stung while working at his apiary in the city’s second such fatality in five months. The man, who was being treated at [...]

Twenty-seven cyclists were injured yesterday in the first post-Covid Hong Kong Cyclothon, including 13 left bloodied in a single pile-up, prompting the sport’s association head to defend the course layout [...]

The MTR Corporation should review its procedures for No 9 storm warnings, a former head of the city’s weather forecaster has said after thousands of commuters were left stranded when [...]

Hong Kong’s financial services watchdog will boost security measures for the city’s fast ­payment system after bank-­related fraud cases doubled to almost 1,000 in the first nine months of the [...]

More residents are on their way back to Hong Kong from Israel after Palestinian group Hamas launched its surprise attack, but others have decided to stay put. Gianna Hsu Wong [...]

Private bus operator Roy Tsang Kin-wai yesterday said he was tired but happy, a day after mobilising volunteer coach drivers to help hundreds of passengers stranded when some MTR services [...]

Hong Kong authorities have pledged to improve transport arrangements in extreme weather after thousands of rail and air passengers were left stranded on Sunday when some train services were halted [...]

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the No 9 storm warning last night for the second time this year as a stronger-than-expected Typhoon Koinu pummelled the city. But shortly after 11pm [...]

Coronavirus cases may peak over the next few months, a government pandemic adviser has warned, saying that vaccine-induced antibodies providing protection against Covid-19 have declined and that the daily hospitalisation [...]

Thousands of Hongkongers streamed back into the city on the last day of the long weekend after enjoying good deals on food and self-pampering options in neighbouring Shenzhen. A Post [...]

Hongkonger Davina Chang Wan-ching never dreamed she would be serving authentic fare from her hometown such as egg tarts, pineapple buns, barbecue pork puffs and traditional milk tea in Paris. [...]

Hongkonger Cindy Wong Chin-yu has decided to forgo the usual Shenzhen staples such as feasts and spa sessions for the long weekend spanning Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, instead opting [...]

Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers have crossed the border to mainland China for the long weekend that covers the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, with some saying Shenzhen offers more [...]

An expatriate engineer has been released on a HK$100,000 bail pending a police investigation after being charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal industrial accident at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau [...]

The government gave its strongest hint yet that it could soon ease Hong Kong’s property cooling measures with Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po yesterday saying the conditions that prompted authorities [...]

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu yesterday ordered an investigation at full speed into a workplace accident in which two men died in a toxic gas-filled underground tube, while authorities suspended [...]

Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po yesterday raised a glass to business ties with France, pointing to the 14 million bottles of wine imported from the country as part of €9 [...]

Residents of Shek O were yesterday morning cut off from the city for the second time in a week, after heavy rain shut down the only access road for the [...]

A top government adviser has urged the owners of three luxury homes to propose ways to repair a slope they occupied and which was damaged by a landslide during a [...]

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has pledged to ensure authorities inspect a luxury housing estate and take action against occupants responsible for unauthorised building works, while engineering experts have said [...]

Urban farmer Raymond Mak Ka-chun does not grow vegetables at his hi-tech enterprise at the Tseung Kwan O InnoPark. Instead, he helps super­markets and restaurants grow their choice of herbs [...]

A businessman has lost an estimated HK$550,000 after his claw machine store was wrecked by what the government called a “once-in-500 years” rainstorm. Choi Kai-yip said yesterday he was devastated [...]

Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po warned yesterday that lowering stamp duty on securities trading to revitalise Hong Kong’s sluggish stock market could backfire, while revealing he planned to visit the [...]

Hong Kong-born Nicholas Worley had his twin sons on his lap as he flipped through a book compiled by his father, filled with old photographs and memories of family members [...]

Teacher Joanne Ho Kit-ying was full of anticipation as she handed her Form Five Chinese-language students tablet computers equipped with ChatGPT, the controversial yet powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tool. The [...]

Hong Kong will begin accepting applications next week for a labour scheme to import 12,000 construction workers to ease a manpower crunch, with the first batch expected to arrive in [...]

Hong Kong cult icon Wan Kwong was astonished when Cantopop songs supposedly sung by him became hits with listeners recently, thanks to the use of ­artificial intelligence. YouTube content creators [...]

Cathay Pacific Airways has announced a revamp of its ­customer loyalty programme amid soaring global demand for flights, requiring customers to shell out nearly 30 per cent more “miles” for [...]

Retail sales jumped by 18.4 per cent in May over a year ago, which the government attributed to tourists returning and residents splashing out amid better labour market conditions and [...]

More than 120 drivers set off on road trips across the border ­yesterday on the 26th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese rule, even though about 4,400 applied for [...]

The Cathay Pacific Airways pilots and cabin crew of an abruptly aborted flight from Hong Kong International Airport have been removed from flying duties, with the city’s flag carrier stressing [...]

Shoppers in the city have given a lukewarm response to a coming week-long 29 per cent discount on groceries and fish bought through a government app to mark the July [...]

A manpower shortage is expected to hinder a HK$65 billion five-year plan drawn up by Hong Kong’s rail giant to improve the management of its assets, a lawmaker and industry [...]

More than 1,000 food outlets from coffee shops to restaurants across Hong Kong have agreed to join celebrations for the July 1 handover anniversary by dishing out discounts, with operators [...]

Leading pro-establishment figures are breaking ranks with the government over a plan to build public housing on Hong Kong’s oldest golf course, with a former minister saying the proposal risks [...]

A rubber duck about half the size of giant art installations that will return to Victoria Harbour was floated off Sai Kung for only a day before authorities ordered its [...]

Nearly three in four companies have been struggling with a shortage of labour, with a majority saying the problem has lasted for at least a year, a survey by one [...]

The city’s ethnic minority women are vulnerable because of a lack of opportunities to integrate into society, a concern group has warned after three young girls from the community were [...]

The United Nations yesterday said it was alarmed over Hong Kong detentions of people who tried to mark the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the weekend. But [...]

A 29-year-old mother was arrested yesterday on suspicion of killing her three daughters by smothering them with pillows in a Sham Shui Po flat, months after her husband approached a [...]

A man who allegedly stabbed two women to death in a shopping centre has been charged with two counts of murder and will be brought before court today, police have [...]

Police are set to launch a new mobile app by the end of the year that incorporates features of the world’s first tailor-made search and rescue smart solution for hikers [...]

Human rights group Amnesty International has admitted that a Uygur student it reported ­“missing in Hong Kong” was accounted for in the South Korean capital, prompting the city ­government to [...]

About 9,500 drivers signed up for an expanded scheme to drive to the mainland via a mega bridge when registration opened yesterday, nearly seven times the quota set for the [...]