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A Hong Kong nurse who has just returned from war-torn Gaza has warned of a deepening mental health crisis among Palestinians, especially children. Krystal So recounted her experience of returning to the maternity ward in the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza between September and early-November, her second six-week deployment there this year with medical charity […]

Hong Kong has raised its T8 typhoon signal as Tropical Cyclone Toraji neared, bringing squally showers and strong winds to the city. The Gale or Strom Signal, No. 8 was issued at 11.10 pm on Wednesday, with the Hong Kong Observatory saying it would remain in force until at least 10 am on Thursday. “In […]

A Hong Kong judge has criticised the government over its delay in processing a legal aid application relating to a challenge over a planned tech hub. After rejecting activist Eddie Tse’s application to suspend proceedings in a legal challenge against a planned tech hub on Monday, Judge Russell Coleman in a judgement published on Wednesday […]

Hong Kong authorities should file appeals against “lenient penalties” in cases of occupational safety violations, a labour rights group has said after the city saw three fatal industrial incidents in five days. The deaths of three construction workers last week were “very concerning” and Hong Kong must continue to improve its industrial safety laws, the […]

Palau’s president has accused China of flouting the Pacific nation’s maritime borders, raising concerns about research vessels lurking “uninvited” within its waters. “We keep on raising flags and complaining about it, but they keep on sending them,” said President Surangel Whipps Jr, the pro-US leader re-elected this week. “They continually don’t respect our sovereignty and […]

A 57-year-old man has been charged under Hong Kong’s homegrown security law, known as Article 23, over allegedly publishing “seditious” posts on social media platforms. The National Security Department of the police laid a charge of “knowingly publishing publications that had a seditious intention” against the man on Wednesday morning, according to a government statement […]

Hong Kong has issued its T3 typhoon warning for the second time within a week as Tropical Cyclone Toraji approached the territory, bringing occasional strong winds and showers. The Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 was raised at 2.40 pm on Wednesday as Toraji’s outer rainbands began to affect Hong Kong, with the Hong Kong Observatory […]

By Michael Zhang, with Matthew Walsh in Beijing Officials in southern China ramped up security on Wednesday at the site of one of the country’s deadliest mass-casualty events in years, snuffing out makeshift memorials to the 35 people killed when a man drove a car into a crowd at a sports complex. On Monday, the […]

Beijing has condemned the UK for interfering the case of detained pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai after the British foreign minister met Lai’s son in the UK last week. The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong said in a Chinese-language statement on Tuesday evening that UK politicians, including the foreign secretary David Lammy, […]

Only around a third of Hongkongers have said they trust the government to lead the fight against the climate crisis, a study has found, as a green group urged greater transparency on the city’s progress towards its target of carbon neutrality by 2050. The findings emerged from a four-stage study commissioned by environmental organisation Greenpeace […]

Thirty-five people were killed and 43 wounded when a car ploughed into people exercising around a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, local police said Tuesday. The ramming was reported on Monday, though at the time police only said that people had been injured, while videos of the incident appeared to have […]

Hong Kong property developers are free to make their own decisions, leader John Lee has said after a top Beijing official called on tycoons to get involved in the government’s infrastructure projects. Ahead of a meeting with the Executive Council on Tuesday, Lee said at a press conference that the business sector should be “active […]

Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) chairperson Selina Cheng has sued her former employer The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), after the newspaper fired her weeks after her election as the leader of the city’s largest press group. Mediation with the WSJ through legal representatives had been “ineffective,” Cheng told reporters on Tuesday when she brought her […]

A Hong Kong activist’s bid to pause a legal challenge launched against a planned tech hub because he had yet to receive legal aid has been rejected. Eddie Tse, who is opposing the controversial San Tin Technopole project over environmental concerns, appeared at the High Court on Monday. His lawyer told the court that Tse applied for […]

A third of Hong Kong residents have said they intend to move overseas, according to a recent survey. The proportion remained largely unchanged from the previous year despite residents rating the city’s liveability higher. The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, under the Chinese University of Hong Kong, released the results of its annual poll on […]

By Olivia Hotham. Senior Russian official Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday told China’s foreign minister Wang Yi their two countries’ most urgent task should be countering “containment” by the United States, as they met for security talks in Beijing. Moscow and Beijing have expanded military and defence ties since Russia ordered troops into Ukraine nearly three […]

The US should not interfere in Hong Kong’s internal affairs, leader John Lee has said after American president-elect Donald Trump said it would be “so easy” to free detained media tycoon Jimmy Lai. “If a country wants to develop trade relations or normal relations with another economy, mutual respect is important. Also, there should be respect, so […]

Seventeen companies have signed a deal to set up or expand operations in Hong Kong amid the government’s push to boost the tech sector, including iFLYTEK, a Chinese artificial intelligence giant which has been under US sanctions since 2019. The Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) held a signing ceremony on Monday afternoon, inking agreements […]

Hong Kong has issued its T1 storm warning as Tropical Cyclone Toraji came within 800 kilometres of the city. The Standby Signal No. 1 was raised at 10.20 pm on Monday, a day after it was cancelled as Tropical Cyclone Yinxing moved away from the coast of southern China. “Under the combined effect of Toraji […]

Social enterprises, which make up 3% of all businesses globally, span nearly all sectors, including arts, healthcare, poverty alleviation and sustainability. By prioritising purpose and impact over profit, these enterprises bridge gaps often left by traditional systems, which can leave vulnerable communities behind. Despite their positive social and economic contributions, social enterprises remain under-resourced—both in […]

A Hong Kong court has ordered a social worker to pay over HK$440,000 to a police officer assaulted during the early days of the 2019 protests and unrest. The District Court on Monday ordered defendant Yau Chi-lok to pay damages of HK$446,130 to Tsang Chi-on, who earlier filed the claim over injuries sustained as a […]

A Swedish businessman has been jailed for seven years after earlier being convicted unanimously by a jury of raping a domestic worker he employed. Patrik Tobias Ekstrom, 36, appeared at the High Court on Monday to hear his sentence. He was found guilty of one count of rape and one count of non-consensual buggery in […]

Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has not done enough to educate the public on anti-discrimination in recent years, an NGO has said after a Paralympic athlete was turned away by a restaurant because of her wheelchair. It was “totally unacceptable” that boccia player Ho Yuen-kei, who bagged two gold medals at the Paris Paralympics, was barred […]

A warden at a care home for the disabled has been charged over the rape and sexual assault of two residents. According to the indictment, Chung Pui-kei, 38, was charged with four counts of raping a woman and one count of gross indecency with a man. Chung was formerly an assistant warden at the Hong […]