
Hong Kong to open applications for 5,060 temporary public flats next week
[South China Morning Post] - 02/17/2025
Second phase of scheme to cover sites in Kai Tak and Tuen Mun, as well as renovated former schools in Kwun Tong and Sheung Shui.
In Hong Kong newspapers
Standard Chartered to invest US$1.5 billion in profit-driving wealth business
Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai are centres for wealth-management growth, bank says as it reports 19 per cent profit (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025
School bus driver dies in Ma On Shan crash
Police on Friday said they were investigating a traffic accident in Ma On Shan which left a school bus driver dead. (…)
[RTHK] - 21/02/2025
HKU head hopes funding cuts will be moderate
The vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Friday said the institution would shoulder the financial (…)
[RTHK] - 21/02/2025
'Get different jabs based on the travel destination'
The Society for Immunisations and Travel Medicine on Friday said Hong Kong people should take different jabs, in (…)
[RTHK] - 21/02/2025
Monthly cap on Hong Kong’s HK$2 fare scheme unlikely to save much: economist
Government may limit use of public transport concessionary fare to 240 times per month, sources say.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025
Debt-ridden contractor Paul Y involved in 13 Hong Kong public works projects
Twelve of the firm’s 13 contracts are joint ventures with other construction firms, government says.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025
Bali’s tourism woes, Chinese scientists’ bamboo innovation: SCMP’s 7 highlights
From Bali’s complaint about tourists being too frugal to a bamboo innovation, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025
Veterans of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party ‘deeply saddened’ by plan to disband
One veteran says Communist Party contact had been doubtful whether group could survive long enough to take part in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025
Lawmakers support tram fare increases
Many lawmakers on Thursday voiced support for an increase in tram fares, with Hong Kong Tramways saying it needs the (…)
[RTHK] - 21/02/2025
Hong Kong school principal jailed for 6 months over HK$270,000 fraud
Chen Yi-hsin of Yan Chai Hospital Chiu Tsang Hok Wan Primary School in Tsing Yi, lied about missing salary payments (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025
Budget 2025: is raising taxes the answer to Hong Kong’s ‘structural deficit’?
The Post breaks down whether Hong Kong is facing a structural deficit and whether taxing top earners can help get (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025