Hong Kong to join LME warehouse network to serve China’s appetite for metals
[South China Morning Post] - 01/20/2025
‘Major milestone’ enhances Hong Kong’s role as a conduit to China, the world’s biggest consumer of metals.
In Hong Kong newspapers
China executes man who killed 35 in Zhuhai car rampage
China on Monday executed a man who killed 35 people in a car rampage in the southern city of Zhuhai in November, in (…)
[HKFP] - 20/01/2025
Hong Kong should follow Singapore, Australia in anti-scam measures: lawmaker
Legislator proposes creation of a mechanism that would require companies, banks and individuals to share the cost of (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 20/01/2025
Country Garden on track to agree terms with creditors
Chinese property giant Country Garden, which previously defaulted on its debt repayment obligations, expects to (…)
[RTHK] - 20/01/2025
Scam action urged as university students in Hong Kong lose HK$75 million
Lawmakers say mainland students should fill in an anti-scam questionnaire before their visas are issued.
[South China Morning Post] - 20/01/2025
Paul Lam slams 'efforts to exert pressure' on judges
Justice Secretary Paul Lam on Monday hit out at attempts to exert improper pressure on overseas judges serving on (…)
[RTHK] - 20/01/2025
TikTok restores service in US, thanking US President-elect Donald Trump
By Alex Pigman TikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the (…)
[HKFP] - 20/01/2025
Hong Kong district councillor fined HK$1,000 for property tax form failure
Sky Li, 43, admits he failed to file a property tax return in the 2021-22 financial year.
[South China Morning Post] - 20/01/2025
'Set up scam-reporting hotline at universities'
A lawmaker has proposed that the student affairs offices of universities set up scam-reporting hotlines to better (…)
[RTHK] - 20/01/2025
2 arrested over 1.1 kg of suspected ‘space oil’ drug seized at Hong Kong airport
Two Hongkongers were released on bail after they were arrested by customs officers in connection with the seizure of (…)
[HKFP] - 20/01/2025
Nearly 100 students from 2 universities in Hong Kong lose HK$75 million in scams
Nearly 100 students from two public universities, the University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong, (…)
[HKFP] - 20/01/2025
Hong Kong district councillor arrested after failing to appear in court over late tax return
A Hong Kong district councillor has been scheduled to appear in court on Monday following his arrest over his (…)
[HKFP] - 20/01/2025