Hong Kong car owners no longer need to display new vehicle licence annually
[South China Morning Post] - 12/30/2024
Authorities have launched a new permit with no expiry date for cars that have not undergone changes since registration.
In Hong Kong newspapers
Hong Kong group gives government failing grade on efforts to help children
Children’s Rights Association gives score of 26 out of 100, naming housing as its biggest concern, followed by (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
Hong Kong welcomes 4 babies into world in first 2 hours of New Year’s Day
First baby to be born in Hong Kong in 2025 was a boy at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin at seven minutes past (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
Tackling the problem of subdivided flats a top priority for government
The government is determined to address the needs of Hongkongers living in substandard housing and help them improve (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 2/01/2025
3 arrested at Hong Kong airport over drugs worth HK$9 million
Passengers, including one from Malaysia, charged with drug trafficking after suspected cocaine and ketamine found in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
Hong Kong police arrest 2 brothers, seize HK$12 million of drug Ice
Brothers, aged 52 and 45, arrested on New Year’s Eve after search of storage unit yields 19kg of methamphetamine.
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
Hong Kong’s deficit: analysts offer fixes for city’s snowballing debt
Industry leaders call for bond issuances, taxes and selling smaller land parcels to tackle debt.
[South China Morning Post] - 2/01/2025
Hong Kong visitor tally over festive period up 7.5%, but offset by departures
Local businesses grapple with lacklustre sales as number of outbound trips by city residents increases by 10.1 per cent.
[South China Morning Post] - 2/01/2025
Calls for more support for single households
Experts have called for more support measures to cope with the rising trend of single-person households in Hong (…)
[RTHK] - 2/01/2025
Xi Jinping says China must apply ‘more proactive’ macroeconomic policies in 2025
President Xi Jinping said China will put in place “more proactive” macroeconomic policies next year, state media (…)
[HKFP] - 1/01/2025
Bodies of 3 who died in New Year’s Day crash in Hong Kong to be sent back to Pakistan, UK
‘The family members were emotionally unstable. They cried non-stop,’ leader of Pakistani community in Hong Kong says.
[South China Morning Post] - 2/01/2025
Hong Kong policeman hurt after being dragged 250 metres by ‘suspicious’ van
Officer on patrol approached van in Cheung Sha Wan after deeming it ‘suspicious’, police say.
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025