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HK Electric (formerly Hongkong Electric) is one of Hong Kong's two major electricity providers. It is controlled by multinational conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, which has five core businesses ‐ ports and related services, retail, infrastructure, energy and telecommunications in over 50 countries. The conglomerate is headed by Li Ka-shing, one of Asia’s wealthiest men, who has been nicknamed “Superman” because of his investment prowess.
Firms’ decision will provide respite for city businesses and households, but they could have done more under a system seen as increasingly unfair.
Relatives of those who died have faced a long, hard battle for the truth and now, finally, they will get the proper inquiry that they desire and deserve.
With customers of city’s two energy companies having to pay more in these hard post-Covid times, government assistance is required.
Inadequacies of current tariff adjustment mechanism are exposed by surge in prices from city’s two electricity providers.
Privacy ultimately has to be weighed against the public interest as calls grow for a full disclosure of the report into the tragedy.
- Legislators call for shake-up after series of voltage dips in recent months resulted in hundreds of people becoming trapped in lifts
- ‘My latest suggestion is simply imposing a fine of HK$10,000 for each lift entrapment incident payable to the government,’ lawmaker Michael Tien says
Fast-food giant McDonald’s is blaming the high cost of Hong Kong labour, global consumer goods and food for rising operating expenses.
Environment minister Tse Chin-wan also reveals authorities exploring possibility of building nuclear plant over border to supply city with energy by 2035.
Existing reward structure for restoring power may offset effects of new penalty, lawmaker Edward Leung Hei says.
Residential bills for CLP Power to be cut by 7.4 per cent while those for HK Electric by 16 per cent starting in January, compared with a year ago.
Readers discuss the upcoming review of the agreements that regulate electricity supply in Hong Kong, the relaxation of visa requirements to China, the merits of having an integrated health app, and the aborted taxi driver strike.
CLP Power says it will budget HK$70 million to support low-income families in 2024 while HK Electric has earmarked HK$55 million for initiatives.
At least a dozen of those companies that preceded the 1903 birth year of the South China Morning Post remain to this day.
A High Court ruling after a years-long fight that an inquest should be held into the Lamma IV maritime disaster is welcomed by campaigners
HK Electric to cut surcharge by 15.5 per cent over January levels as global fuel prices fall, but Sze Lai-shan of Society for Community Organisation says more relief needed for residents living in subdivided flats.
‘It’s the first time in so many years that I’m able to smile again in front of the cameras,’ Alice Leung, who lost her brother in crash says.
About 44,000 households were affected during the incident on April 19.
‘I have suggested to HK Electric that they have to give back their reward to residents in case they have got one,’ city’s environmental minister says.
Staff at Cyberport switching station connected a backup cable last used a decade ago by mistake.
Some restaurants continued to serve customers in dark, while many shops only accepted cash.
Subsidy for offsetting billed electricity charges will be rolled out in 12 instalments, paper submitted to lawmakers says.
Environment minister says that while the government sees urgency to suppress price increases, any changes to existing agreements must be backed by power firms.
CLP Power and HK Electric say electricity tariffs lagged behind real-time fuel prices because of way they pegged their natural gas contracts.
City’s largest electricity supplier will cap fuel surcharge, offering residents protection against sharp increases in global oil prices.
Kowloon and New Territories residents to pay about HK$1.55 and those living on Hong Kong Island around HK$2 per kilowatt-hour.
Readers discuss the government’s policy on immigration detainees, a public subsidy for energy-efficient domestic appliances, and how to transform science education.
Average monthly savings grew 17 per cent to HK$7,700, but the total Hongkongers say they need to feel safe jumped 20 per cent to HK$590,000, a survey from the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board says.
Environment chief Tse Chin-wan says authorities will consider all methods to see if they can enable Hong Kong’s electricity tariffs to drop
