
Stop ‘flaunting wealth’, Chinese bankers told in new guidelines
[South China Morning Post] - 03/10/2025
The draft rules will penalise securities firms if their staff indulge in ‘excessive luxury’, but reward them for spreading ‘positive messages’ in the media.
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US Secret Service shoots armed man near White House while Trump out of town
Agents had been warned by local police of a ‘suicidal’ person travelling to Washington.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza
Full effects of move are not immediately clear but Gaza’s desalination plants receive power from Israel for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Romanian far-right candidate Calin Georgescu barred from May presidential vote
The decision follows the cancellation of the December election due to alleged Russian interference.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Chinese ‘3-knives girl’ martial arts prodigy, guardian for ‘country, family, myself’
Skilled teenage girl shows remarkable dexterity with ornamental knives, says she is determined to preserve China’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/03/2025
Arrival jailed for 6 months in Hong Kong over 41,400 undeclared cigarettes
Search of baggage uncovers 41,400 cigarettes, with an estimated market value of HK$186,000 and duty potential of (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
China’s falling arms imports signal massive growth in military self-reliance
SIPRI report shows Chinese-developed technologies are replacing imported hi-tech weaponry in several spheres.
[South China Morning Post] - 10/03/2025
Roots and religion: a Fujian city’s mission to forge cultural bonds with Taiwan
City official at NPC reveals ongoing drive to promote cultural, ancestral connections and bridge ‘emotional gaps’ (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
About 60 domestic helpers in Hong Kong fired over critical illness since 2020: NGOs
Support groups urge better public healthcare coverage to helpers pursuing discrimination cases after being fired (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Xpeng chairman sees Hong Kong as launch pad for self-driving EVs
He Xiaopeng says company will introduce two models in the city this year in a launch ‘not just for Hong Kong, but (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Hong Kong Observatory predicts warmer, drier spring than usual
‘Along with forecasts from global climate models, it is expected that the temperature throughout spring will be (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Are Hong Kong’s universities attracting enough students from outside mainland China?
Data shows nearly 75 per cent of Hong Kong’s non-local, first-year undergraduates at public universities are from (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/03/2025