Hong Kong budget 2025-26

Hong Kong budget 2025-26

[South China Morning Post] - 02/20/2025

Hong Kong’s finance chief is expected to deliver his budget speech on February 26 and is under mounting pressure to balance the books. The Post looks at the dilemmas involved and the political will required to address funding challenges in this series.



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Hong Kong health authorities apologise after 2 children given wrong vaccines
Nurses blamed after children mistakenly given pneumococcal vaccine instead of hepatitis B jabs.
[South China Morning Post] - 20/02/2025
Hong Kong Journalists Association cancels annual dinner after 2 hotels axe booking
Association puts plans for fundraising dinner on hold after Eaton HK and Regal Hongkong Hotel refuse to honour (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 20/02/2025
Hong Kong banks face rising risks amid prolonged property slump, Moody’s warns
Moody’s highlights the potential for higher loan-loss provisions and a tightening of credit lines, particularly for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 20/02/2025
Why Hong Kong must be careful about cutting university funding
Arbitrary funding cuts could hurt the city’s education hub ambition. What’s needed is a clear framework of what (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 20/02/2025
Beijing says China, US should show ‘mutual respect’ on trade tensions
China called on Thursday for the United States to show “mutual respect” in managing commercial tensions after (…)
[HKFP] - 20/02/2025
Hong Kong director Jun Li’s pro-Palestine speech in Berlin sparks German probe
Investigation launched after Li reads out speech by Iranian actor starring in his latest film, calling for free (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 20/02/2025
Hong Kong university student union axes Burmese film screening, citing last-minute gov’t warning
A student union at a Hong Kong university has cancelled the screening of a Burmese film set in Myanmar’s ongoing (…)
[HKFP] - 20/02/2025
Number of people on remand in Hong Kong jails hits 24-year high
But those serving sentences for national security, anti-government protest offences have dropped for first time.
[South China Morning Post] - 20/02/2025
Eaton HK Hotel axes venue booking for journalists assoc. annual gala, days after Regal Hotel cancelled
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) has said its venue booking for their annual fundraising gala next (…)
[HKFP] - 20/02/2025
Legco gives green light to lower Tai Lam Tunnel tolls
Lawmakers on Thursday approved plans for lower toll fees at the Tai Lam Tunnel when it comes under government (…)
[RTHK] - 20/02/2025
Officials urged to let vacant public flats quicker
The city's Ombudsman has urged housing authorities to speed up the turnover of recovered public rental flats, such (…)
[RTHK] - 20/02/2025