16-year wait for Hong Kong public housing? Singles under 60 bemoan ‘negligent’ policies
[South China Morning Post] - 12/1/2024
‘Is being single a sin,’ asks one resident, who is among those saying they are being left behind by focus on families and elderly.
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Hong Kong welcomes public into new sporting home as Kai Tak Stadium opens doors
University rugby sevens tournament serves as test event for the venue as it prepares to host Hong Kong Sevens, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Hongkongers deserve credit for getting through a tough 2024
If John Lee had hoped to rally people to rise to the challenge of 2025 in his New Year’s address, he should have (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Hong Kong police arrest 31 over deepfake romance scams targeting victims in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore
Hong Kong police have arrested 31 people over the alleged use of deepfake technologies to stage online romance and (…)
[HKFP] - 6/01/2025
Amount of drugs found on air passengers in Hong Kong last year up by 244% over 2019
Customs officers seized 874kg of narcotics, worth HK$349 million, from air travellers in 2024, Post learns.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Hong Kong student pleads not guilty to insulting China’s anthem during World Cup qualifier
A 19-year-old student has pleaded not guilty to insulting China’s national anthem during a 2026 World Cup Asian (…)
[HKFP] - 6/01/2025
Chinese hackers were behind most cyberattacks against Taiwan in 2024, security officials say
Chinese hackers were involved in most of the cyberattacks against Taiwan last year, which doubled to a daily average (…)
[HKFP] - 6/01/2025
3 aid workers win top Hong Kong-based award for improving education in war zones
War Child Alliance wins HK$30 million Yidan Prize and plans to expand educational games programme to over a million (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Father raises safety fears after son gets foot stuck in Hong Kong mall escalator
Boy, aged seven, rescued by firefighters and passers-by after his left foot became stuck in a gap in escalator at (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Hong Kong property: 10,000 new flats set to hit already supply-heavy market in 2025
Low prices will persist as developers offload inventory, but the market will fail to woo investors, according to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
How Hong Kong deepfake scam group taught recruits to pass as rich, single women
Learning Japanese, playing golf and tasting red wine worth more than HK$100,000 a bottle among topics for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Police, environmental hygiene officers deployed to independent Hong Kong bookfair found no violations, gov’t says
An operation that saw police and environmental hygiene officers deployed to investigate illegal shopfront extensions (…)
[HKFP] - 6/01/2025