Hong Kong will mark the 29th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Wednesday with an official flag-raising ceremony at Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai, followed by a government reception at the city’s main convention venue. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and senior officials are scheduled to attend both events as the city stages its annual...
China’s Central Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong has carried out a broad restructuring of its internal architecture, renaming and splitting key departments and creating new units in a move analysts say underlines a sharper focus on finance, youth policy and district-level work. The updated organization chart, published on the office’s website, shows the traditional economic, education...
Hong Kong has named 466 individuals in its 2026 Honours List, with a fallen firefighter and a veteran economist among the most prominent recipients. The roll, announced on Wednesday, spans public service, emergency response, finance, healthcare and sport, and includes three Grand Bauhinia Medals, the city’s highest accolade, alongside a posthumous Medal for Bravery (Gold) for Senior Fireman...
Hong Kong Customs arrested seven men after a series of raids on mobile phone repair shops accused of misleading customers by selling counterfeit or generic components as brand-new original screens. The enforcement action, carried out between June 26 and June 29 with assistance from trademark holders, focused on outlets in Mong Kok, Tuen Mun and Yuen Long, according to statements from the...
Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested the operators of Hunter Bookstore, one of the city’s best-known independent bookshops, in a move that underscores rising pressure on small publishers and retailers carrying titles deemed politically sensitive by authorities. Police said they detained a 33‑year‑old woman and a 32‑year‑old man on June 24 on suspicion of “acts with seditious...
Hong Kong home prices notched their strongest half-year performance in eight years, with a widely watched index breaking above the 160 mark and approaching a near three-year high. The latest reading of the Centa-City Leading Index (CCL), which tracks secondary residential prices, climbed 0.52% week-on-week to 160.77, marking a fifth consecutive weekly gain and a cumulative rise of 2.11%...
Taiwanese prosecutors have intensified an investigation into alleged large-scale budget inflation at state-owned CPC Corp.’s third liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, launching a fourth round of coordinated searches targeting construction contractor Royal Chang Construction Co. and related parties. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office ordered investigators from the Agency Against...
Mixue Bingcheng, the Chinese beverage chain that has quietly grown into the world’s largest drink franchise by store count, is discovering the limits of its ultra-low-price model in two of Asia’s most watched consumer markets: Japan and Hong Kong. The company has used cheap ice cream and milk tea to blanket China’s lower-tier cities and sweep across Southeast Asia and other regions,...
