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Residents made an emotional return to their fire-ravaged flats at Wang Fuk Court to salvage belongings. Photo: Handout

Society

A ‘final piano song’ offers closure as residents say goodbye to Wang Fuk Court

Residents face emotional returns to fire-ravaged flats, salvaging belongings and memories under tightly controlled 15-day programme schedule.

Ex-manager of crypto firm Huobi acquitted of moving millions in Tether account

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Tai Po probe: fire chief says authorities could have collaborated better

Society

Man dies after fainting on Cathay Pacific flight from UK to Hong Kong

Police receive report of man’s collapse shortly before flight from Manchester lands at Hong Kong International Airport at 6.52am.

A Cathay Pacific Airways plane approaches Hong Kong International Airport earlier this month. Photo: Eugene Lee
A Cathay Pacific Airways plane approaches Hong Kong International Airport earlier this month. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hong Kong Economy

Hongkongers find value, space and style in Shenzhen’s new cultural hotspots

Short cross‑border getaways emerging as the ‘quick escape’ of choice, with the newly opened Shenzhen Bay Culture Square adding to appeal.

Education

All Hong Kong public universities make Asian league table top 100 for first time

HKU and CUHK retain places in the top 10, while the Education University of Hong Kong and Lingnan University make their debut on the list.

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Hong Kong Economy

Blooming good: Monet, maestros shine as garden art bridges East and West

Show features exhibits from Art Institute of Chicago, Beijing’s Palace Museum, Palace of Versailles and Hong Kong Museum of Art.

Monet’s Water Lily Pond. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Monet’s Water Lily Pond. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong Economy

Hong Kong airport’s revenue ‘expected to grow by up to 10%’ despite Mideast war

Airport Authority CEO Vivian Cheung also says she aims to turn facility into alternative aviation hub to Middle East.

Health & Environment

Hong Kong airport staff offered free measles jabs in bid to prevent outbreak

Three aircraft maintenance workers were recently found to have caught measles.

Health & Environment

Hong Kong set for intense thundery showers, gusts in the evening

Observatory advises any residents outside to seek safe shelter as soon as possible, as ‘intense gusts’ could affect city.

Dark clouds hang above the city earlier this month. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong Economy

Henderson Land joint venture to operate Central Harbourfront Event Space

Joint venture between property developer and YW Company beat five other bidders for prime site that hosts events such as Clockenflap and Wine and Dine Festival.

Hong Kong’s annual Wine & Dine Festival is held at the Central Harbourfront event space. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong’s annual Wine & Dine Festival is held at the Central Harbourfront event space. Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong

How fire safety failures worsened Hong Kong’s deadly inferno

The second round of hearings from April 8 to April 17 exposed a series of failures that allowed the fire equipment and alarm system in Wang Fuk Court to be deactivated for months, and eventually contributed to the heavy death toll.

Society

‘One country, two systems’ can serve as global model: Hong Kong’s Regina Ip

Political heavyweight makes remark ahead of her think tank’s third edition of annual Global Prosperity Summit.

China Business

Hong Kong’s Langham group invests in Beijing’s ‘city of the future’ Xiongan

Planned 300-room, dual-brand hotel marks early private-sector involvement amid Xi Jinping’s push to accelerate development.

A photo taken on March 27, 2026, shows the Xiongan New Area in north China’s Hebei province. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong Economy

Hong Kong jobless rate dips for second successive period

Unemployment rate was 3.7 per cent for January to March, down by 0.1 percentage point from 3.8 per cent for the preceding three-month period.

A construction worker eats his lunch in Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang
A construction worker eats his lunch in Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang

Society

Hong Kong fire services declined Tai Po alert over confusion fears, inquiry hears

System, which triggers high-pitched alarm on mobile phones, would have offered little help as it takes up to one hour to activate, officer says.

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Society

Personal info of 9,045 people compromised in Hong Kong private club data breach

Yau Yat Chuen Garden City Club’s management system rendered inoperable due to ransomware attack that encrypted information system files.

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Hong Kong Economy

Are special laws a quick fix for speeding up Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis?

Syncing megaproject with key infrastructure and turning it into a ‘living laboratory’ are equally important to its success, tech experts say.

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez
Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Society

Tai Po fire probe: resident recalls deaths of family members – as it happened

Resident says he kept calling his mother every 15 minutes and made a video call at around 9pm during which he saw the flat in complete darkness.

Hong Kong Economy

Hong Kong will pay diesel subsidies directly to oil firms, look out for abuse

Government will know if oil firms try to take advantage of HK$3 subsidy scheme by increasing prices, official warns.

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Law and Crime

Police arrest man who used air gun to rob Hong Kong bank and recover HK$35,000

Suspect in custody after Bank of East Asia branch in Harbour View Centre in Wan Chai robbed by armed man who later fled on bicycle.

Police at the Bank of East Asia branch in Wan Chai that was robbed on Friday. Photo: Jelly Tse
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OPINION
Martin W H Wong

Legal Tales | Being annoying is not just an annoyance, it’s harassment under tort law

Martin W H Wong
Ken Ip

Opinion | Hong Kong’s education hub cannot be a one-market wonder

Ken Ip
Kun Tian

Opinion | Hong Kong’s stablecoin roll-out puts banks at the centre of digital money

Kun Tian
Jinghan (Michael) Zeng

Opinion | It’s time to unlock Hong Kong’s international relations potential

Jinghan (Michael) Zeng
Nicholas Spiro

The View | Why Hong Kong property recovery sceptics miss the bigger picture

Nicholas Spiro
Alice Wu

Opinion | Patriotism is not a business plan for the Northern Metropolis

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Wang Fuk Court fire survivors return to worst-hit tower

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How fire safety failures worsened Hong Kong’s deadly inferno

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‘Like charcoal’: Wang Fuk Court residents sift through ashes for belongings

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Mud wrestling to prep soil for rice planting in Hong Kong

April is the start of the rice planting season in Hong Kong, where a local farm has been working with local university agriculture students to organise an event to get city dwellers involved. They came up with a number of family activities, including having parents and children help prep muddy rice paddies for planting. They include finding and discarding snails that eat the rice plants, a race through the mud and, to cap it all off, some competitive mud wrestling. The activities are designed to teach visitors about rice farming while having fun.
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