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MILITARYSep 24China holding sensitive F - 35 jet parts diverted to Hong Kong after leaving Australiawatoday.com.au · Australia
WORLDSep 24Hong Kong police search for woman after man found dead outside commercial buildingHong Kong police are searching for a Chinese woman after a man’s body was found on a chair outside a commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui early on Thursday. Officers also arrested a 28-year-old bar staff member and charged him with illegally handling a corpse. He told police he had helped the woman move the body to the car park. Police said they received a report at about 1.40am on Thursday of an unconscious person on a chair in a motorcycle car park outside K11 Art Mall. Paramedics pronounced a...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 24Hong Kong’s animal welfare laws fail to meet modern demands, experts sayHong Kong’s existing animal welfare laws are no longer “fit for purpose” to deal with issues around pet abandonment and strays, legal experts have said, urging authorities to expedite long-delayed reforms to the city’s ordinances following a spate of dog attacks. The calls echo comments by Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan, who said on Wednesday that authorities would look at whether existing penalties for pet abandonment should be strengthened and bring suggestions to the...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 23From moongazing to bus tours: how to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong KongFrom moongazing and picnics to bus rides and a lantern extravaganza, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong has plenty of activities for everyone. This year the festival falls on September 25, a Friday, with the following day designated as a public holiday in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post rounds up Mid-Autumn Festival offerings. 1. What are the highlights at night? At Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, the Hong Kong Tourism Board has organised the city’s first International Lantern...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 23Hong Kong to welcome 1.29 million mainland Chinese visitors for National Day breakHong Kong is expected to welcome about 1.29 million mainland Chinese travellers over the National Day “golden week” break, with city authorities planning to step up crowd management and tighten supervision of tour agencies and retail outlets. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki, Hong Kong’s No 2 official, chaired a meeting with various government departments on Wednesday to discuss preparations for the holiday on the mainland, which spans October 1 to 7. On top of the expected influx of about 1.29...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 23Hong Kong pledges lenient approach on 10-12 hours of civil service family leaveHong Kong authorities have pledged to take a lenient approach when approving applications for a new scheme granting civil servants 10 to 12 hours of family care leave annually from next year. The initiative, first announced in last week’s annual policy address, will allow staff to leave work temporarily to deal with personal matters, such as accompanying family members to hospital or attending parent-teacher meetings. Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan told a Legislative...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 23Hong Kong unveils gold, bond and liquidity plans to drive next phase of yuan adoptionBourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will launch yuan-denominated gold futures early next year, while the city’s de facto central bank plans to introduce more yuan products and platforms to support the diversification and digitalisation of the currency’s internationalisation, speakers at a banking summit said on Wednesday. “We have recently reactivated our gold contract in the US dollar. But in the future, perhaps sometime early next year, we will be coming up with a...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 23Hong Kong needs social science to help deliver on its 5-year planHong Kong’s first five-year plan gives its universities an opportunity to show what their research can do for the city. Its ambitions for technology, regional development and international cooperation depend on decisions about institutions and people’s lives. Social scientists should help shape those decisions from the outset. The blueprint explicitly addresses public governance, including civil service performance, departmental coordination and digital administration. It also provides for...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 23Hong Kong, Macau student trip to Beijing shows ‘fruitful results’ of patriotic pushA Hong Kong and Macau youth delegation trip to Beijing to pay tribute to the national flag has showcased the “fruitful results” of the city governments’ patriotic education efforts, according to the central government. A commentary published by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office on Tuesday also said that President Xi Jinping and the central government attached great importance to the five-day visit, during which the delegation received “vivid patriotic education” through immersive visits and...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 23Hong Kong father admits repeatedly raping daughter over a 6-year periodA Hong Kong man has admitted to repeatedly raping his daughter over six years, using threats and promises to ensure her cooperation. The defendant, identified in court only by his initials, FKY, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 14 counts of rape for the persistent sexual abuse of his daughter between December 2015 and November 2021, when she was aged six to 10. But the High Court heard that the actual number of offences could be much higher. The girl said she was raped almost weekly after the...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 23Chinese maker of robot-vacuum sensors launches Hong Kong IPO, undeterred by US banShenzhen Camsense Technologies, a maker of spatial sensors for robotic vacuum cleaners, launched a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) that aims to raise about HK$680 million (US$86.7 million), despite headwinds from Washington’s recent import ban on foreign-made vacuum robots. “The export and procurement for our existing client products remain normal, with potential disruption limited to new product development schedules,” Camsense co-founder Zhou Kun said about the ban’s impact. “We have...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 23Hong Kong rejects EU report’s claims on freedoms as ‘unfounded and biased’The Hong Kong government has rejected an annual European Union report alleging that the administration is undermining the city’s fundamental freedoms, calling its claims “unfounded and biased”. The more than 4,500-word statement, issued early on Wednesday morning, followed the publication on Tuesday of the EU’s 2025 annual report on Hong Kong. The report was jointly issued by the European Commission and the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas. It...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 23Gulf tech firms turn to Hong Kong and Singapore as Iran war grinds onPaul Bratby had already drawn up plans for expanding to Hong Kong when war broke out in the Middle East earlier this year. But the founder of xBratAI, a Dubai-based AI-powered trading signals platform, soon brought that timeline forward as the Iran conflict dragged on and widened in scope. “Our Hong Kong entity had been scheduled for a few years later, but we established it in early 2026,” he said. Bratby is not alone in looking east. As missiles continue to target Gulf capitals and shipping...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 22The question Hong Kong charities must answerHong Kong does not lack institutions that speak the language of service and responsibility. What it lacks, too often, is a clear account of what difference they actually make. That is why the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Charities Trust’s first impact report deserves attention. Publishing such a report may seem like routine institutional business. Up to a point, it is. But its publication opens up a bigger question, one Hong Kong has tended to skirt round: how should organisations with a public...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 22Hong Kong workforce to shrink by 20,000 yearly as key sectors face shortagesHong Kong’s workforce is forecast to shrink by around 20,000 a year until 2028 despite measures to import labour and talent, with shortages remaining most acute among skilled technical workers. A government report on manpower projections on Tuesday found that although the labour shortfall would narrow to 130,000 by 2028, down by nearly a third from the original estimate of 180,000, the city would continue to face critical manpower challenges across key sectors. “Due to economic transformation,...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 22Hong Kong appoints committee to investigate councillor’s sex crime convictionHong Kong authorities have appointed a five-member supervisory committee to investigate the conviction of a district councillor for having sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago. Yuen Long district councillor Sei Chun-hing, 39, is the first elected officeholder to face possible imprisonment for a criminal offence since Beijing’s 2021 electoral overhaul, which restricted candidates to those vetted as “patriots”. The offence is punishable by up to five years in jail.. Secretary for Home and...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 22Hong Kong urged to secure sustainable fuel supply to safeguard aviation hub statusHong Kong risks losing its status as an international aviation hub if it fails to secure a reliable, credibly certified supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the head of the government’s think tank has warned. Stephen Wong Yuen-shan, head of the Chief Executive’s Policy Unit, made the remarks at the Sustainable Aviation Futures China Congress on Tuesday, days after the government set out its fuel strategy in the city’s first five-year plan and policy address amid mounting global...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 22Fatal dog attacks trigger safety fears in Hong Kong. Here’s how to protect yourselfThe death of a cyclist in a suspected canine attack in Hong Kong’s Yuen Long on Saturday night has sparked fierce discussion on social media, with users sharing similar encounters and debating how to stay safe. The woman was discovered along Pok Wai South Road in the early hours of Sunday. She had suffered lacerations to her head, face, neck, arms and legs, with the wounds to her head and neck believed to have been fatal. Nearly a month earlier, a 33-year-old dog handler was found dead near her...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 22Hong Kong to bar firms with integrity offences from building renovation listsHong Kong building maintenance consultants and contractors prosecuted or convicted of integrity-related offences in the past three years will be excluded from pre-qualified lists set up for owners undertaking renovation projects, the development minister has said. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho said on Tuesday that applications to join the lists – covering inspection consultants, supervision consultants and building works contractors – would open next Wednesday and close on...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 22Hong Kong bans caterer from importing workers for a year over local hiring breachHong Kong’s Labour Department has terminated Kwai Chung-based catering firm Happy Up Corporation’s application to import workers after it failed to meet the required local hiring ratio. The company has also been barred from applying to import workers for a year. A department spokesman said on Tuesday that the administrative sanctions had taken immediate effect under the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme (ESLS) following an application previously submitted by the company. He added that...South China Morning Post
HEALTHSep 22Free sports drinks with suspicious pinhole marks leave 10 Hong Kong students illAbout 10 students reportedly fell ill after drinking free beverages that were found with suspicious pinhole marks near a sports ground in Hong Kong, prompting a police investigation. Students reportedly posted messages on social media claiming that free bottles of a sports drink had been handed out during lunch near the school athletics meet at Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground in Wong Tai Sin. Some students later noticed what appeared to be pinhole marks on the bottles, and a parent called police...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 22No need for Hong Kong to match Singapore’s HK$400,000 birth perk, top official saysHong Kong does not need to emulate Singapore’s generous childbirth incentives, a senior official has said, defending the city’s latest 11-measure policy drive as a “comprehensive” approach tailored to local needs across short-term cash flow, housing and childcare. Addressing concerns that Hong Kong’s drive was too incremental compared with Singapore’s multi-tier sustained funding, Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk Wing-hing said on Tuesday that each jurisdiction has its own unique set of...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 22Hong Kong lacks a climate narrative to unify its effortsHong Kong deserves credit for its first five-year plan, accompanied by a detailed policy address. The plan establishes a useful framework beyond the annual policy cycle. Precisely because this is an important first effort, it is worth asking what could make the framework even stronger. One striking omission is that the five-year plan never explicitly mentions climate change. This does not mean Hong Kong is failing to act. On the contrary, the plan and policy address contain many measures dealing...South China Morning Post
MILITARYSep 22Australia investigates after F-35 fighter jet parts bound for US land up in Hong KongThe Independent World
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