Cathay Pacific extends Dubai, Riyadh flight suspensions through January 2027
Cathay Pacific flights to Dubai and Riyadh will remain suspended until January amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the airline has announced. A Cathay Pacific plane takes off from Hong Kong...
View ArticleMinimum wage review for Hong Kong foreign domestic workers coming ‘shortly’
The Hong Kong government has said it will announce “shortly” the outcomes of a regular review of the minimum wage and food allowance for the more than 380,000 foreign domestic workers in the city....
View ArticleWorld News Day: Why independent journalism is a lifeline for Hong Kong
HKFP is joining 1,000 news organisations across more than 100 countries to highlight World News Day on September 28. Coinciding with the UN International Day for Universal Access to Information, it...
View ArticleMan arrested over hidden pinhole cameras in Sha Tin gym changing room
Police have arrested a Hong Kong man on suspicion of installing hidden pinhole cameras in a commercial gym’s changing room. Police officers at a 24/7 Fitness Shatin Photo: Threads. A pinhole camera...
View ArticleTai Po fire: District councillor involved in Wang Fuk Court renovation...
A pro-establishment local councillor embroiled in a controversy over proxy votes for renovations at the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court has resigned, official statements show. Former Tai Po district...
View ArticleHong Kong’s changing climate in 7 charts: from quadrupled ‘very hot days’ to...
Hongkongers have long complained of the city’s summers getting hotter and longer – and the numbers show they’re not wrong. Hong Kong saw a record-breaking heatwave in summer 2026. File photo: Kyle...
View ArticleHong Kong workers see real salary growth slow to 1.1% in post-pandemic low
Workers in Hong Kong have seen their salaries increase 1.1 per cent so far this year, after adjusting for inflation – the lowest pay rise the city has logged since 2021, when its economy was still...
View ArticleHKFP Monitor Sept 27, 2026: Tourism recovery lags, decolonising Victoria Park...
Hello members, welcome back to HKFP Monitor. This week, we look at how the tourism industry is looking up in Hong Kong – though measures aimed at attracting the Middle Eastern market have yet to see...
View ArticleMigrant domestic workers demand 21% wage hike to HK$6,172, reject calls for...
Domestic workers called for an increase in their Minimum Allowable Wage from HK$5,100 to HK$6,172 at a rally outside the Labour Department on Friday. Domestic workers demand an increase to the Minimum...
View ArticleGov’t refutes animal activist’s claims over stray dog culling following fatal...
Hong Kong authorities have dismissed an animal rights activist’s claims that captured stray dogs will be subject to “convenience culling,” as eight unattended canines from Yuen Long were caught in a...
View ArticleGov’t seeks heavier sentences for 4 people – including prison guard –...
Government prosecutors have lodged an appeal for heavier sentences for four people involved in an attack on a prisoner, including a guard who wounded the inmate by thrusting a stick into his rectum....
View ArticleQuestioning Hong Kong’s lack of a banned book list is ‘soft resistance’–...
Questioning why the government will not release a list of books banned in Hong Kong or specify where the red lines lie for seditious content is a form of “soft resistance,” the outgoing head of the...
View ArticleHong Kong 47: Ex-district councillor says he has ‘no regrets’ after release...
A former pro-democracy district councillor has become the latest among those jailed in the landmark “Hong Kong 47” national security case to be released from prison, after spending five years and...
View ArticleSai Kung’s Po Pin Chau trail fully booked ahead of upcoming holidays, as Hong...
Sai Kung’s popular Po Pin Chau trail has been fully booked for part of the upcoming National Day holiday, when Hong Kong expects to see some 1.3 million arrivals from mainland China over the weeklong...
View ArticlePrison authorities accuse ‘anti-China’ figures of ‘fabricating lies’ after US...
The Correctional Services Department (CSD) has said it does not discuss prison security or “specific arrangements” for persons in custody, after a US-based advocacy group said prison guards had...
View ArticleHong Kong gov’t says it will not appeal court ruling overturning Fanling Golf...
The Hong Kong government has said it will not appeal a court ruling that overturned approval for building 12,000 public rental flats on part of the historic Fanling Golf Course. The Fanling Golf...
View ArticleGov’t considers 12 hours’ annual family care leave for civil servants to...
Hong Kong civil servants could receive up to 12 hours of family care leave annually from next year, the city’s civil service minister has announced, as part of a raft of new measures to boost...
View ArticleNo contaminants found in ‘Scream’ drinks after school sports day tampering...
No foreign substances have been found in sports drinks that sparked a tampering scare at a secondary school’s athletics meet, police have said, after videos of liquid squirting out of the sides of the...
View ArticleHong Kong slams EU report claiming ‘deterioration of fundamental freedoms’ in...
Hong Kong authorities have hit back against a European Union (EU) report that described what it called “continuous erosions” in the city’s political freedoms and autonomy. The annual report on Hong...
View ArticleHong Kong child sexual abuse cases surge 60% as NGO urges evidence-based...
Hong Kong has seen a 60 per cent increase in child sexual abuse cases over the past six years amid a broader upward trend in the maltreatment of minors, a local group has said, calling for...
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