Paul Chan doubles down on commitment to raising the stamp duty on stock transactions to 0.13 per cent on August 1, in spite of objections from the industry.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan predicts economy will bounce back to tune of between 3.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent this year.

Despite record deficit, shrinking reserves, financial secretary expected to have something for all

Bureaucrat Patrick Li is tasked with reform at RTHK in keeping with a damning report demanding a host of changes at the broadcaster.

News of Leung Ka-wing’s exit comes two weeks after Carrie Lam publicly took him to task over a string of controversies, saying the broadcaster needed to ‘set things right’.

Labour chief Law Chi-kwong blames the worsening labour market on the outbreak of the fourth wave of coronavirus infections that started in November.

Streets of shuttered stores, empty shopping centres in Tsim Sha Tsui East are signs of havoc wreaked by pandemic, though cash-rich landlords see chance to reshape retail scene.

Only two of 15 food trucks still operating four years after scheme was launched with fanfare.

More than 20 European business chambers took part in the online dialogue, with many worrying aloud about the impact of the law on the city’s future.

The team was tasked with probing a series of allegations of shoddy work and missing safety documents at the site and providing expert advice on link construction.

Government lays out ‘grave disappointment’ over signalling saga and associated delays after MTR Corp panel finds staff failure.

About 3,000 civil servants including police and other disciplined services officers are expected to be deployed for the unprecedented screening operation.

American Chamber of Commerce’s new head in Hong Kong says Sino-US relations are likely ‘to see a reset or adjustment’ under President Joe Biden.

The losses marked the first time the company has found itself in the red in the two decades since it was publicly listed.

Number of Hongkongers out of work nears 250,000, as quarterly unemployment rate rises 0.3 percentage points.

Restaurants, beauty parlours plead with Hong Kong government to allow them to open up their premises, after seemingly endless social-distancing curbs.

Park plans to offer more than half its 1 million square feet to outside service providers, as finance chief envisions a ‘regular place for locals to hang out’.

The theme park plans to ask the government for funds to sustain its operations for about a year, according to sources.

Trade body warns move will spark a wave of shutdowns and put 450,000 jobs at risk if it happens.

Fresh action at global trade body necessary as nothing substantive has followed filing of October complaint, says commerce secretary Edward Yau.

Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner for personal data says she wrote to Facebook with a series of questions and concerns over the new terms.

Denver-based VF Corporation will relocate its brand operations to Shanghai and sourcing hub to Singapore, while Hong Kong will just remain a retail market.

Surge in travellers using Shenzhen Bay border crossing to get home for family reunions.

But while further Covid-19 relief measures can be expected in next month’s budget address, they will be of the targeted variety, says Andrew Au.

The central government sees youth engagement as key to turning the Greater Bay Area into an arts and culture destination.

Kwai Tsing Container Terminals operator acknowledges need for port players to shape up or ship out, with alliance offering hope that they can deliver.

Hongkongers will be able to use a single digital identity and authentication to conduct government and commercial transactions online.

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau revisits scrapped plans for world’s first such agreement as city battles fourth wave and tightens border control.

The year was bad for restaurants and retailers, but good for takeaway platforms and e-businesses, as just about everything that could moved online – even church services.