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POLITICSSep 18Law Society of Hong Kong mourns the passing of former non-permanent judge Justice William GummowThe Law Society of Hong Kong has expressed deep sadness following the passing of the Honourable Mr Justice William Montague Charles Gummow AC, who served as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal.thestandard_hk · hong kong
POLITICSSep 18Factsheet series: Hong Kong’s debut 5-year plan and 2026 policy addressThis factsheet series discusses Hong Kong's debut 5-year plan and its 2026 policy address. It provides insights into the region's governmental and economic strategies.South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 18Hong Kong’s new chapterDownload the PDF This is the first part of a Factsheet series on Hong Kong’s debut five-year plan and the 2026 policy address. Click here for part two. The series was produced with support from the Hong Kong SAR government. To see the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the five-year plan, click here. This Factsheet will be available in the SCMP print edition on September 21. You can find it at newsstands and convenience stores. For any inquiries, contact printsupport@scmp.com.South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 18Hong Kong’s new chapterThis is the first part of a Factsheet series on Hong Kong’s debut five-year plan and the 2026 policy address, click here for part two. The series was produced with support from the Hong Kong SAR government. To see the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the five-year plan, click here. This Factsheet will be available in the SCMP print edition on September 21. You can find it at newsstands and convenience stores. For any inquiries, contact printsupport@scmp.com.South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 18Blanket of security planned for state funeral of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong KongHong Kong police will establish a high level of security for this weekend’s state funeral of the city’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, including guarding the three top Beijing officials attending the event, the South China Morning Post has learned. However, the original public memorial service will instead be limited to invitation-only due to venue constraints, the Office of Former Chief Executives announced on Thursday. A command centre would be set up at the police headquarters in Wan...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 17Hong Kong hits out at US panel over Jimmy Lai hearing and sanctions billHong Kong authorities have hit out at a US congressional commission for colluding with “anti-China politicians” to hold a hearing on jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and introducing a bill to “intimidate” local national security officials with sanctions. The government issued the condemnation on Thursday night after the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) held a hearing the previous day on Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper. During the hearing,...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 17Hong Kong to legislate against persistent child sexual abuse and ‘cyberflashing’Hong Kong authorities have said they will legislate against persistent sexual abuse of children and the act of sending images of genitals to others online without consent after consulting the public. In a consultation report published on Thursday, the Security Bureau stated that with the city’s two professional legal associations expressing broad support for a dedicated law targeting persistent child sexual abuse, the government would include the crime in an amendment bill overhauling sex...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 17Hong Kong leader John Lee vows to review IVF support for women over 40Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has vowed to examine whether the government can better support women aged over 40 who are seeking assisted reproductive treatment, while acknowledging that financial incentives alone would not reverse the city’s falling birth rate. Lee made the pledge during a radio phone-in programme on Thursday, when residents described obstacles to having children, including job insecurity. Among the callers was a woman surnamed Lee, who said a medical condition and a lengthy...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 17Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan, John Lee’s 2026 policy address: everything you need to knowWe have put together stories from our coverage of John Lee’s 2026 policy address. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. 14 key takeaways from John Lee’s policy address, Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has placed deepening integration with mainland China and developing new economic engines centre stage as he unveiled the city’s first-ever five-year plan alongside the last policy address of his term. 2. Hong Kong...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Hong Kong leader vows support for media’s global reach, to review TV practice codeHong Kong’s leader has expressed renewed support for the local media industry, including strengthening its global reach and reviewing the code of practice for television to ensure it keeps abreast with the times. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu made the pledges in both the city’s first five-year plan and the policy address he unveiled on Wednesday. In the section on “Develop an East-meets-West Centre for International Cultural Exchange” under the five-year plan, Lee said: “We will strengthen...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Hong Kong to offer ‘attractive’ merger deals for schools beyond those strugglingHong Kong education authorities will offer a “very attractive” proposal and policy support to encourage schools without survival issues to merge amid the shrinking student population, according to official sources. The government said it might allow aided schools and semi-private Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools to merge and operate across two campuses, though all arrangements remained subject to the forthcoming announcement of further details. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Hong Kong’s new training visa could be available in first quarter of 2027A new visa intended to attract international talent to participate in short-term training programmes in Hong Kong could become available as early as the first quarter of next year, the South China Morning Post has learned. The final policy address of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s current term also put the spotlight on five existing or soon-to-launch academies that would seek to train overseas professionals and organise international events. They and the new visa category were among a spate...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Hong Kong’s HK$30,000 bonus for second child among 11 new measures to boost birthsHong Kong authorities have rolled out 11 new initiatives to encourage residents to have children, including an expanded cash bonus scheme and a reduced down payment for subsidised housing for parents with newborns. In the latest policy address delivered on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that the HK$20,000 (US$2,550) newborn bonus scheme, expiring on October 24, would be extended for another three years. He added that the cash bonus for second and subsequent children would...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Hong Kong’s first five-year plan seeks to boost innovationHong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu presented the city’s first ever five-year plan, including steps to bolster innovation, birth rates and financial activity. The city aims to raise spending on innovation to 3 per cent of gross domestic product after 2030 from 1.63 per cent in 2024, Lee said as he announced the plan on Wednesday alongside the traditional annual policy address. There were also steps to accelerate construction of the tech-focused Northern Metropolis megaproject on the...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Historic moment for Hong Kong as John Lee set to deliver city’s first ever 5-year planThis live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account. Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu will unveil the city’s first five-year plan at the legislature on Wednesday morning, followed by his annual policy address. The highly anticipated plan, which comes after a two-month public consultation, aims to align the city’s priorities with the nation’s 2026-30 development blueprint. Lee said in an op-ed on Monday that the blueprint will include both binding...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 16Hong Kong policy address to unveil bold youth housing and mediation initiativesHong Kong’s leader will unveil two bold initiatives on housing and mediation in his policy address, the South China Morning Post has learned, with the government planning to boost home ownership rates among young couples and prioritise settling official commercial disputes through the city’s mediation body. The new measures, to be unveiled by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Wednesday, aimed to strengthen the city’s status as a global mediation capital while improving livelihoods, government...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Hong Kong leader vows accountability over faulty lifts at Queen Mary HospitalHong Kong authorities will hold construction firms and government personnel accountable for faulty lift installation work at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block, the city’s leader has said, as he tasked the Development Bureau with submitting a report within a month. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday that he had instructed the bureau, which had given him a preliminary briefing, to “thoroughly investigate the matter and report within a month”. “We will pursue accountability, including...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Why Hong Kong’s economic future still hinges on national securityIn any conversation about Hong Kong’s future, one question often emerges: when will the city pivot away from national security and back to economic development? To most, Hong Kong is fundamentally a commercial hub. After the turmoil of 2019, most reasonable people agreed that restoring public order was imperative. Today, the orchestrators of that unrest and the radicals are largely imprisoned or have fled. While occasional flare-ups and various forms of “soft resistance” persist, society at...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Hong Kong’s next policy address is just around the corner. Here’s what to expectHong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu’s coming policy address will introduce measures to remove hurdles for businesses setting up shop in the Northern Metropolis and include proactive initiatives to strengthen innovation hubs, research efforts and tech applications, the South China Morning Post has learned. Government sources said measures supporting the megaproject in the northern New Territories and backing innovation were expected to be major highlights of the chief executive’s policy address on...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 14Hong Kong district councillor remanded in custody after underage sex convictionA Hong Kong court has remanded a district councillor in custody pending sentence after convicting him of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago, rejecting his claim that the allegation was politically motivated. Yuen Long District Council member Sei Chun-hing, 39, is set to become the first elected officer to face imprisonment for a criminal offence since a Beijing-led electoral overhaul in 2021, which ensured only those endorsed by authorities as “patriotic” can assume public...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 14Foundation collects tributes to Hong Kong’s Tung Chee-hwa for online memorialThe China-United States Exchange Foundation has launched a permanent tribute webpage to Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, and collected more than 100 reflections from political and business heavyweights around the world. The foundation, established by Tung in 2008, said the webpage, which launched on Monday, included tributes from Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and Max Baucus, former United States ambassador to China. “This permanent tribute not only placemarks his remarkable...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 14Hong Kong urged to overhaul ecotourism planning and expand bookings for hotspotsHong Kong should overhaul its ecotourism planning and allow visitors to book ahead at more of its popular countryside attractions, a lawmaker has said, after a survey found most residents believed the city had strong potential for nature-focused experiences but lacked enough quality options. A poll of 651 residents commissioned by lawmaker Perry Yiu Pak-leung’s office and think tank New Youth Forum found 71.8 per cent agreed Hong Kong’s countryside resources could be developed into high-quality...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 14Hong Kong to sweeten school merger deals, offer housing measures to lift birthsHong Kong authorities are expected to provide more incentives to encourage under-enrolled public schools to merge to survive, while announcing housing measures and tax reductions to tackle the falling birth rate in this week’s policy address, the South China Morning Post has learned. A government source told the South China Morning Post that the policy address by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Wednesday would offer additional incentives to encourage the merger of subsidised schools amid the...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 14Hong Kong 5-year plan to stick with capitalism, uphold ‘one country, two systems’: John LeeHong Kong’s inaugural five-year plan will not change the capitalist system and instead fully exploit its advantages to map the city’s long-term development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said. In an opinion piece published in the South China Morning Post on Monday, the city leader also stressed that the blueprint, in focusing on the economy, would ultimately “enable citizens to flourish” by creating employment opportunities and upward mobility. Lee will unveil Hong Kong’s first-ever...South China Morning Post
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