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2 suspected cocaine hauls worth HK$27 million found on Hong Kong beaches in 6...
Hong Kong police have seized two batches of suspected cocaine found on the city’s beaches in less than a week, with a total estimated market value of around HK$27 million. Lido Beach in Ting Kau. File...
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Firefighters battle blaze at Hong Kong construction site for more than 24 hours
A fire that broke out on Tuesday at a Tin Shui Wai construction site has raged on for more than 24 hours, as firefighters continued battling the blaze on Wednesday evening. Heat map imagery of the...
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Hong Kong activist tells national security trial he never spoke to or met...
A Hong Kong activist allegedly instructed by media mogul Jimmy Lai to call for international sanctions against the city and China has testified that he never spoke to or met the mogul. Hong Kong...
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Reporters Without Borders rep. denied entry to Hong Kong, NGO says, after...
A representative for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been denied entry to Hong Kong, the French free expression NGO has said, after she was detained, searched and questioned for six hours at the...
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Hong Kong accountant jailed for 2 years and 9 months over 2019 Yuen Long mob...
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to two years and nine months in jail for rioting in a case relating to the Yuen Long attack in 2019, marking the first sentence for someone not involved in the...
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Hongkonger accused of insulting Chinese anthem at volleyball match sang ‘Do...
A Hong Kong man charged with insulting the Chinese national anthem at a volleyball match sang the pro-democracy song Do You Hear the People Sing while the anthem was being played, a court has heard....
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Portuguese national sentenced to 5 years in Hong Kong prison under security...
A Portuguese national has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to incite secession under the Beijing-imposed national security law, after a judge ruled that he had “demonised China”...
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Hong Kong teacher challenges dismissal over 2019 Facebook posts about police,...
A Hong Kong teacher who lost her job at a government school over online comments about police during the 2019 protests has challenged the firing in court, arguing that it undermined her right to free...
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China’s consumer price rise slows in March, as policymakers struggle to...
China’s inflation rate slowed in March, official data showed Thursday, as policymakers struggle to jumpstart persistently low spending in the world’s second-largest economy. People buy vegetables at a...
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Jimmy Lai trial hears Hong Kong activist believed national security law was...
A detained activist has told the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai that he believed a national security law imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing four years ago was designed to persecute its “political...
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24-year-old arrested after HK$71 million worth of ketamine seized at Hong...
A man has been arrested after 129 kilograms of suspected ketamine with an estimated market value of around HK$71 million were intercepted at Hong Kong’s airport. Some of the about 129 kilograms of...
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Hong Kong’s equality watchdog suspends push for law protecting mainland...
Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has suspended plans for a legal amendment to protect mainland Chinese from discrimination in the city, saying the situation had improved in recent months. Linda Lam, the...
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RTHK’s AI presenters ‘enhance productivity’ and relieve staff shortages, Hong...
Hong Kong’s government-backed broadcaster RTHK has begun to use Artificial Intelligence-generated (AI) voices in place of some human presenters, saying that generative AI was increasingly pervasive...
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Over 40% of Hong Kong civil service dismissals for misconduct in past 5 years...
More than 40 per cent of Hong Kong civil servants dismissed over the past five years were sacked over not complying with the city’s vaccination requirements when Covid-19 rules were in place. Covid-19...
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Hong Kong to host 8 sporting events at 2025 National Games
Hong Kong is to host eight competitions at the 2025 National Games, alongside events in Macau and Guangdong. It is the first time the city has co-hosted the Chinese sporting contest, which will see...
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Hong Kong must remain vigilant against ‘soft resistance,’ city’s no.2...
The Hong Kong government will step up national security education through activities organised by disciplinary forces, schools and community groups, Chief Secretary Eric Chan has said, as he warned...
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90% of Hong Kong protest, national security cases have been through court, as...
Hong Kong’s judiciary has handled around 90 per cent of cases on national security and the 2019 protests. As of February, the Judiciary had handled 93 per cent of more than 2,320 cases relating to...
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Beijing slams US-Japan-Philippines summit, saying South China Sea actions...
Beijing on Friday criticised the United States, Japan and the Philippines and defended its actions in the South China Sea as “lawful” after US President Joe Biden hosted a trilateral meeting in...
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai provided HK$1.5 million loan to activists...
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was willing to provide “all kinds of help,” including a HK$1.5 million loan, to activists launching a global advertising campaign in June 2019, the mogul’s national...
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Interview: One artist, many instruments and a ‘melting pot’ of genres – FKJ...
By Martina Igini After an electrifying performance at last year’s Clockenflap, multi-instrumentalist FKJ is returning to Hong Kong this May for a more intimate performance – the first of its kind for...
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