85 Hong Kong-listed companies miss deadline to put women on boards
[South China Morning Post] - 01/2/2025
Number of listed firms with all-male boards fell to 3 per cent from 40 per cent when rule was first announced in 2022, HKEX data shows.
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Hong Kong taxi driver arrested after 3 die in New Year’s Day crash
A Hong Kong taxi driver has been arrested after his vehicle collided with another car in the early hours of New (…)
[HKFP] - 2/01/2025
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
Climate crisis: 2024 was China’s hottest year on record, weather agency says
By Jing Xuan Teng Last year was China’s warmest on record, its weather agency said, as the world experiences a surge (…)
[HKFP] - 2/01/2025
Defendant appears in court over 1991 armed robbery
A man who has been charged with murder and attempted robbery, in connection with an incident in Sham Shui Po more (…)
[RTHK] - 2/01/2025
Hong Kong’s air passenger traffic soars to pre-pandemic levels over Christmas
Secretary for Transport Mable Chan says the number of flight movements on a single day peaked at about 1,150 during (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 2/01/2025
Lack of public housing top concern for underprivileged Hong Kong children for 15 years, NGOs say
Hong Kong’s underprivileged children have ranked a lack of public housing as their top concern that required (…)
[HKFP] - 2/01/2025
HK breast milk bank to commence operations on Jan 6
The Hong Kong Breast Milk Bank – located at the Hong Kong Children's Hospital in Kowloon Bay – will start services (…)
[RTHK] - 2/01/2025
More bridge use applications to be processed
The Transport Department has announced that authorities are now handling up to 500 applications each working day (…)
[RTHK] - 2/01/2025
Hong Kong retail sales fall for ninth straight month, with 7.3% drop in November
Government attributes decline to change in consumption patterns and strong Hong Kong dollar.
[South China Morning Post] - 2/01/2025
Hong Kong redevelopment body signs HK$13 billion bank loan amid deficit
Hong Kong’s cash-strapped urban renewal body has secured a HK$13 billion bank loan to fund its redevelopment (…)
[HKFP] - 2/01/2025
China ‘mourns’ those killed in New Orleans attack, says it opposes ‘terrorist acts targeting civilians’
China said Thursday it was “shocked” by the car-ramming attack in the southern US city of New Orleans that killed at (…)
[HKFP] - 2/01/2025