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Hong Kong marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China with a fireworks display in Victoria Harbour on Tuesday evening. A five-minute drone show that was scheduled to precede the pyrotechnics was called off at the last minute because “the occurrence of ionospheric scintillation” over the harbour, according to a […]

Residents and visitors headed out across Hong Kong on Tuesday to make the most of a public holiday for China’s National Day and the associated events and discounts on offer – including free admission to government-managed museums. The Hong Kong Museum of History, home to two new exhibitions – the National Security Exhibition Gallery unveiled […]

Hong Kong marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday with more than 400 events, discounts on public transport and at certain restaurants, and free admission to government-managed museums. Each of the city’s 18 districts also erected patriotic displays to mark the public holiday – known as National […]

President Xi Jinping reiterated his call for China to “reunite” with Taiwan, the self-ruled island China claims as its own, during an address on the eve of national holiday celebrations. Xi also used his speech to thousands of people gathered for a banquet celebrating 75 years of the People’s Republic to call for opposition to […]

A man killed three people and wounded 15 in a knife attack at a supermarket in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, police said Tuesday. The suspected attacker, a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin, was arrested at the supermarket shortly after the incident on Monday night, local police said in a statement. Police said the man went […]

Hong Kong must leverage its own strengths as an international financial hub and seek new areas of growth to contribute to China’s national development amid a “once-in-a-century” global shake-up, Chief Executive John Lee has said. Tuesday marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China. Hong Kong is expected to see a […]

“Meteorological factors” were to blame for the cancellation of a patriotic “mega drone show” on Monday night, the government has said, as it apologised to revellers at West Kowloon Cultural District. A thousand young people from various youth groups went ahead with song and dance performances as part of the “Next Generation Chorus Performance” to […]

A Hong Kong man has been arrested for allegedly damaging decorative lights put up outside the Sheung Shui MTR station to celebrate China’s National Day. The 51-year-old clerk, surnamed Chiu, was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of five counts of criminal damage, police said on Monday. He was suspected of vandalising the celebratory lights five […]

An elderly activist accused of displaying banners without a permit at a Hong Kong landmark has a case to answer, a court has ruled. Chan Ki-kau, 76, appeared before Magistrate Kestrel Lam at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on Monday morning. He is accused of violating the Country Parks and Special Areas Regulations over displaying […]

US President Joe Biden on Sunday approved US$567 million in defense assistance for Taiwan, the White House said, as China ramps up political and military pressure on the self-ruled island. While the United States does not officially recognize Taiwan diplomatically, it is Taipei’s key partner and major provider of weapons — a point of consternation […]

Hong Kong has warned that the air quality in certain parts of the city will reach a “serious” risk level – the most severe category – on Monday. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) said in a statement on Monday afternoon that it had recorded “higher-than-normal air pollution levels in some areas since last Thursday afternoon.” […]

A Hong Kong bus company has called on the Transport Department to follow up after three buses that were parked within the operations area of a bus terminus were given fixed penalty tickets. Hong Kong police issued tickets to three Kowloon Motor Bus Company (KMB) buses while they were parked at Mei Tin Bus Terminus […]

By Luna Lin with Isabel Kua Six of China’s biggest banks said they would tweak interest rates on mortgages for existing home loans following a request to lower them from Beijing’s central bank, state media said Monday, as the country seeks to pull itself out of a housing slump. The measures are the latest in […]

A four-year-old boy in Hong Kong has died after he was given unprescribed herbal pills by his mother, who was arrested over alleged ill-treatment of her son. The boy, surnamed Chou, died around 7.30 pm at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei on Sunday. His 37-year-old mother, surnamed Tang, was arrested on suspicion […]

A foreign top court judge has stepped down from Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal (CFA), declining to extend his tenure for “personal reasons,” the Judiciary has told HKFP. Briton Nicholas Phillips, 86, is the fourth foreign judge to depart the apex court this year. In an emailed response to HKFP on Saturday, a Judiciary spokesperson […]

Hong Kong police have arrested and charged two Yan Chai Hospital staff members on suspicion of child abuse, after a four-year-old girl suffered a cardiac arrest following a procedure to close a wound in the emergency ward. Two women, aged 26 and 62, were apprehended in Kwai Tsing District on Saturday for allegedly committing the […]

If the US national elections on November 5 go smoothly, not long thereafter we will know whether Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican former president Donald Trump will be the nation’s next leader. The result could make the difference between a relatively stable and prosperous future, not just for the United States, and a […]

Siu has hardly slept over the past 14 days. Whenever she closes her eyes, her mind is filled with her son’s face and memories of the day that changed her family forever. On September 15, at her rooftop apartment in North Point, she made dinner for her youngest son and his wife, washed the dishes […]

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Saturday against the expansion of the conflict in Ukraine, which has accused Beijing of assisting Russia in its war. Kyiv has been particularly scornful of Beijing’s calls for talks to resolve the conflict, but Wang reiterated China’s offer to help broker an end to fighting. “The top priority […]

Dozens of police officers were deployed near government headquarters on the 10th anniversary of the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests on Saturday. Police – both uniformed and in plainclothes – were seen around the Harcourt Road area of Admiralty, with barricades erected around the site, a decade after officers fired tear gas at demonstrators. See also: […]

The protest that would become Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, a largely peaceful 79-day pro-democracy civil disobedience campaign, began with class boycotts on September 22, 2014. Thousands of students eschewed school and university to gather outside the government headquarters to protest at a decision reached by China’s top legislative body on political reform in Hong Kong. […]

Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the start of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, which saw protesters occupy major thoroughfares in key districts to call for the right to elect their own leader. The 79-day civil disobedience campaign was launched in response to a ruling from Beijing that would allow Hongkongers to vote for their chief […]

By Xinqi Su Bent over a magenta chiffon fabric, an elderly Hong Kong tailor wearing thick glasses meticulously stitched on embroidered butterflies, working to transform the shimmering material into an elegant, high-collared Chinese dress known as a cheongsam. At 88, Yan Kar-man is one of Hong Kong’s oldest master tailors of the cheongsam — literally […]

Migrant domestic workers’ union organisations have said they are “dismayed” and “disappointed” by the HK$120 increase to domestic workers’ minimum monthly salary. The government on Friday announced a 2.5 per cent rise in the minimum wage paid to migrant domestic workers in the city, raising their monthly salary from HK$4,870 to HK$4,990 for contracts signed […]