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The residential site on Choi Ha Road, near Amoy Gardens, is expected to yield 470 residential units. Photo: Google Maps

Business

Hong Kong land fetches US$230 million as Chinese developer outbids city rivals

China Overseas Land & Investment beats eight rivals to secure a 50-year lease for a 33,712 sq ft housing plot in Ngau Tau Kok.

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30 people evacuated at Hong Kong airport after fire breaks out

Hong Kong’s minimum wage set to rise by HK$1 per hour to HK$43.10

Law and Crime

Hong Kong businessman charged with providing surrogacy services overseas

Harcourt director Alfred Siu and company manager Lin Siu-fong charged with taking part in, and receiving payment for, surrogacy arrangement.

Principal Magistrate David Cheung adjourned the hearing to April 21. Photo: Eugene Lee
Principal Magistrate David Cheung adjourned the hearing to April 21. Photo: Eugene Lee

Society

Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Foundation gifts 5,000 Disneyland tickets to domestic helpers

Expanded charity scheme will treat workers from six nations to free day at the theme park with meals and transport covered.

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Banking & Finance

Hong Kong adds 681 family offices as wealthy shift focus from US: Deloitte

The auditing firm’s survey shows a 25 per cent increase in the city’s single-family offices over two years, with the affluent wary of US volatility.

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Politics

China’s UK embassy slams BN(O) expansion for ‘manipulating’ Jimmy Lai case

Embassy spokesman condemns ‘malicious’ move to expand migration pathway and accuses Britain of interfering in China’s domestic affairs.

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Hongkongers born between 1979 and 1997 whose parents did not apply to the BN(O) scheme on their behalf before the handover are now eligible. Photo: Fung Chang
Hongkongers born between 1979 and 1997 whose parents did not apply to the BN(O) scheme on their behalf before the handover are now eligible. Photo: Fung Chang

Politics

Ports row prompts Hong Kong investors to reassess stakes in Panama: John Lee

City leader also says Hong Kong government fully supports Beijing’s intention to safeguard rights of Chinese enterprises.

Hong Kong Economy

Hong Kong stepping up as global arbitration hub, deputy justice secretary says

Horace Cheung also confident of city’s investment prospects, while the Indonesian Law Policy Strategy Agency’s Andry Indrady cites Singapore’s strengths.

Society

Hong Kong fire victims willing to sell flats to government: John Lee

But chief executive says government task force faces challenges in addressing families’ varying needs.

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The Tai Po fire killed 168 people and displaced nearly 5,000 others. Photo: Sam Tsang

Banking & Finance

Mainland China’s investors pour into Hong Kong-listed drug stocks

An index tracking Stock Connect buying of 40 mainland drug firms gains 9 per cent in a week as China’s industry heft grows.

An employee works on a drug production line at a pharmaceutical company in Meishan, China, on January 30, 2024. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
An employee works on a drug production line at a pharmaceutical company in Meishan, China, on January 30, 2024. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images

Law and Crime

Retiree who left urine-spiked drinks in Hong Kong supermarkets spared prison

Court considers defendant’s psychological health and accepts Social Welfare Department’s recommendation to place him on probation for one year.

Politics

Hong Kong’s national security work ‘an ongoing process’, Beijing says

John Lee says white paper issued by State Council serves as a stern warning to ‘traitors who betrayed the country and Hong Kong’.

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Law and Crime

Suspected illegal cleaning services targeting Hongkongers still listed online

Ahead of Lunar New Year, RedNote ads for mainland home cleaners remain available despite crackdown on illegal labour in city, SCMP finds.

Authorities display cleaning and renovation tools seized during an operation targeting illegal labour. Photo: Jelly Tse

Society

8 people fall ill after eating seafood at Hong Kong’s Mandarin Oriental hotel

Health authorities suspect illness tied to raw food and note food poisoning cases have risen sharply in recent weeks.

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The five men and three women developed diarrhoea, abdominal pain, vomiting and fever after dining at the Clipper Lounge at the Mandarin Oriental. Photo: Nora Tam
The five men and three women developed diarrhoea, abdominal pain, vomiting and fever after dining at the Clipper Lounge at the Mandarin Oriental. Photo: Nora Tam

Law and Crime

Ex-media boss Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years under national security law

Beijing hails punishment as a ‘powerful declaration’ against those who dare challenge the city’s national security law.

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Law and Crime

Hong Kong police raid lawyer’s office in probe of ‘crash-for-cash’ scams

Raid comes as police investigate more than 100 suspicious cases involving claims for compensation over minor or non-existent traffic accidents.

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Transport

Hong Kong to repeal bus seat belt rules over ‘deficiencies’ in law

Law only applies to new buses registered from Sunday, the day the seat belt rule took effect.

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Passengers wear seat belts on a double-decker bus in Kwun Tong. Photo: Jelly Tse
Passengers wear seat belts on a double-decker bus in Kwun Tong. Photo: Jelly Tse

Health & Environment

‘Don’t blindly follow’ US changes to infant vaccines, Hong Kong parents told

Warning comes after US health authorities scaled back routine child vaccine recommendations, leaving key shots to parental choice.

Society

Elderly Hongkongers facing eviction over subdivided flat revamp fear losing jobs

Residents of Sham Shui Po’s Yee Wa Building previously told they needed to leave sometime between March and December.

Law and Crime

6 arrested over 51 million yen robbery in Hong Kong, with ‘mole’ among victims

Police chief Joe Chow says the six suspects include three Japanese men.

Hong Kong police investigate a robbery outside a money exchange shop in Sheung Wan. Photo: Karma Lo
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OPINION
Ronny Tong

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Eight people fall ill after seafood meal at Mandarin Oriental

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Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison

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H&M to close Hong Kong flagship store

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