‘Please save my son’: Chinese families’ desperate appeals over Thai job scams
[South China Morning Post] - 01/14/2025
Hong Kong advocate also asking families from city if they want to go to Thailand to search for loved ones, following lead of mainlanders.
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Former university professor found guilty in Hong Kong’s yoga ball murder case
High Court jury unanimously found Malaysian anaesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun guilty of causing the deaths of his wife (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/01/2025
Distressed property deals to rise this year as slump forces landlords, receivers to cut prices
High interest rates and uncertainties in the global economy are cited as reasons why distressed deals will rise in 2025.
[South China Morning Post] - 14/01/2025
Hong Kong will redevelop 3 towers in Wan Chai into convention centre: city leader
John Lee also reaffirms pledge to spend an average of HK$90 billion per year on public works.
[South China Morning Post] - 14/01/2025
Four critically injured in scaffolding collapse
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[RTHK] - 13/01/2025
Govt trying its best to help stranded HKers: CE
Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday said the government is doing what it can to help Hong Kong residents who were (…)
[RTHK] - 14/01/2025
India’s Narendra Modi opens strategic road tunnel to contested China border zones
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a strategic Himalayan road tunnel on Monday, pushing all-weather (…)
[HKFP] - 13/01/2025
Less salty dim sum? Hong Kong food authority says reduced sodium to go unnoticed
Dim sum makers had raised concerns that consumers might shun less salty products.
[South China Morning Post] - 13/01/2025
Hong Kong police officer jailed for 3 years over forging statements to wrap investigations prematurely
A former Hong Kong police officer has been sentenced to three years in prison over forging statements in seven cases (…)
[HKFP] - 14/01/2025
Redevelopment still on despite Carrie Lam move: CE
Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday that plans to redevelop a cluster of government buildings in Wan Chai will (…)
[RTHK] - 14/01/2025
Pakistan minister eyes joint ventures, secondary listings in Hong Kong
Finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb also says he wants to identify areas for closer collaboration with city.
[South China Morning Post] - 13/01/2025
Hong Kong to launch citywide inspections after Kai Tak scaffolding collapse
Labour minister makes pledge just hours before another industrial accident in Lam Tin in which rolling shovel truck (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/01/2025