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Hong Kong’s government has revealed that it spent HK$9.17 million on rent, salaries and other expenses to fund former leader Carrie Lam’s office last year, a figure 32 per cent higher than the previous year. Authorities set up an office for Lam after she finished her term as chief executive in 2022, as is standard […]

A Hong Kong student has been jailed for eight weeks over impersonating a TVB actor and withdrawing him from the city’s organ donation registry last May. Wong Tsz-ching, 20, appeared at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday. Earlier this month, he pleaded guilty to criminal damage linked to a withdrawal application he made on the […]

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee’s popularity has sunk to a record low since assuming office after running unopposed for the leadership role, a poll has found. According to the findings of a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI) released on Tuesday, Lee’s popularity rating stood at 47.4 per cent. […]

Sentences of nearly seven years handed down over 2019 action that was pivotal moment in uprising against Chinese ruleA Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to jail terms of up to seven years over the storming of the city’s legislature in 2019 at the height of pro-democracy protests that challenged the Beijing-backed government.It was the most violent episode in the initial stage of...

Hong Kong will push forward with a plan to create artificial islands off Lantau Island despite a lagging timetable, finance chief Paul Chan has said. Chan told reporters on Wednesday afternoon – after delivering his budget address for the 2024-25 fiscal year – that reclamation for the Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands project, which was […]

Hong Kong began the process of enacting a domestic security law on January 30, when Chief Executive John Lee launched a four-week public consultation period for the controversial legislation required under Article 23 of the city’s mini-constitution. HKFP rounds up everything you need to know about Article 23, how authorities’ attempts to pass it failed […]