Hong Kong cab-hailing app HKTaxi to shut down and migrate drivers to owner Uber
[South China Morning Post] - 02/3/2025
Lawmaker Stanley Li, who sits on Legislative Council’s transport panel, expresses concerns about Uber monopolising online ride-hailing service market.
In Hong Kong newspapers
15,000 international runners to join Sunday's marathon
Organisers of the annual Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon say they have attracted a vibrant crowd of (…)
[RTHK] - 3/02/2025
Financial reserves ‘can help Hong Kong public universities weather funding cuts’
Lawmaker Lau Chi-pang also says percentages of any planned funding cuts by government should be same for all public (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/02/2025
Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Chim Pui-chung jailed for 2 years, 10 months in fraud case
Judge Ernest Lin also sentences former lawmaker’s son, Ricky Chim, to three years and one month in prison for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/02/2025
Taiwan’s actress Barbie Hsu of ‘Meteor Garden’ fame dies at 48
Taiwanese star Barbie Hsu, who was hugely popular across Asia for her leading role in the 2001 television drama (…)
[HKFP] - 3/02/2025
Greenpeace calls for reusable cup system at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park
Group urges government to spend HK$10 million on system after finding main stadium alone may generate 1.2 million (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/02/2025
Hongkongers urged to wrap up warm as temperatures set to dip to 14 degrees
Observatory says temperatures set to fall ‘progressively’ on Monday evening under influence of cold front.
[South China Morning Post] - 3/02/2025
Hong Kong economy grows by 2.5% in 2024, in line with forecasts
Advance figures also show gross domestic product grew by 2.4 per cent year on year in the fourth quarter.
[South China Morning Post] - 3/02/2025
Taiwanese actress Barbie ‘Big S’ Hsu dies from pneumonia at age 48
Actress who gained popularity for starring role in TV drama Meteor Garden contracted flu while travelling in Japan.
[South China Morning Post] - 3/02/2025
6 restaurants fined HK$2,000 for not complying with Hong Kong plastics ban
Hong Kong authorities have fined six restaurants for not complying with a disposable plastics ban since the policy (…)
[HKFP] - 3/02/2025
Girl, 5 months old, dies after losing consciousness at Hong Kong border
Police say staff member at Lo Wu control point reported baby had passed out in arrival hall.
[South China Morning Post] - 3/02/2025
Hong Kong's economy grew by 2.5 percent in 2024
Hong Kong's economic growth slowed to 2.5 percent in 2024, officials said on Monday. The figure matched government (…)
[RTHK] - 3/02/2025