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Hong Kong crypto investors stay cautious but upbeat as bitcoin sell-off deepens
Bitcoin’s steep pullback has rattled global crypto markets, but in Hong Kong clearer rules on stablecoins are underpinning confidence.
16 minutes ago
Hong Kong aims to enlist more private hospitals in free newborn screening scheme
6 minutes ago
Hong Kong business confidence hits 2-year high, survey finds
31 minutes ago
Law and Crime
Hong Kong police arrest hundreds in HK$620 million fraud, laundering crackdown
Operations target misuse of bank accounts, romance scams and money laundering through virtual currencies.
3 hours ago
Police seized about HK$620 million in suspected criminal proceeds. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong Economy
Hong Kong to set up high-level team to plan Apec finance ministers’ meeting
Financial services chief says about 500 delegates are expected to attend conference, the first to be held in Hong Kong, in October.
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Politics
Hong Kong to formulate first 5-year plan to align with national blueprint
Task force led by Chief Executive John Lee will formulate plan, which one expert says signals greater government role in city’s development.
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Education
Mainland Chinese student jailed for 3 months for cheating in TOEFL test
Huang Xinyi paid someone else to take test on her behalf in Cambodia and submitted results to Hong Kong’s Lingnan University so she could graduate.
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Student Huang Xinyi has been sentenced to jail for submitting a fraudulent TOEFL test result in order to graduate from Hong Kong’s Lingnan University. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Society
Small Hong Kong firms struggling with scaffold net safety costs: contractor
‘Bigger contractors can usually handle the testing process … But for small and medium-sized firms with only one or two projects, it’s much harder,’ representative says.
2 hours ago
Law and Crime
Man arrested after 20 cats, hamster found dead in Hong Kong flat
Nine other cats, including seven in poor health, rescued and handed over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
5 hours ago
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55% plunge in new hires as Hong Kong graduates face gloomiest outlook in 5 years
Average monthly salary of new hires has risen only marginally by 0.5 per cent year on year to HK$20,961 in 2025, according to online job portal.
2 Feb 2026 - 8:31AM
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Society
62% of Hong Kong Zoomers fear they can’t compete with AI: Chinese YMCA survey
The survey by Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong also shows some 30 per cent of respondents do not know how to use AI tools.
1 Feb 2026 - 11:32PM
Some 68 per cent of Hong Kong’s Zoomers fear that AI will replace the skills they learned at school or on the job. Photo: Eugene Lee
Society
Ex-Hong Kong chief secretary Rafael Hui, jailed for graft, dies at 77
Former chief secretary, who was jailed in 2014 for accepting nearly HK$20 million, died at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.
3 hours ago
Hong Kong Economy
CK Hutchison faces limited legal options after Panama voids port rights: experts
Beijing will need to step in if the case is to be brought to an international court in The Hague, legal expert tells SCMP.
2 Feb 2026 - 12:32AM
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Business
Hong Kong back in global IPO spotlight after strongest January in years
IPO pipeline swelled in January, with listing applications tripling year on year and proceeds reaching their second highest level on record.
1 Feb 2026 - 8:00PM
Law and Crime
Adidas concerned after woman complains fitting room opened twice at Mong Kok shop
Sportswear chain says it is fully cooperating with police’s investigation after woman took to social media to complain.
1 Feb 2026 - 8:25PM
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The Adidas branch in Mong Kok. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Economy
Hong Kong tourism minister aims for more than 50 million visitors in 2026
Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law optimistic about increase in tourist arrivals over Lunar New Year holiday.
1 Feb 2026 - 11:30PM
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Business
Soaring Hong Kong rents: tenants pay more – and fight for shrinking space
With rents at peak levels and bidding contests common, tenants struggle to balance cost, space and location in a tightening market.
1 Feb 2026 - 6:00PM
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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.
30 Jan 2026 - 11:38PM
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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.
28 Jan 2026 - 8:22PM
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.
21 Jan 2026 - 5:02AM
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.
31 Jan 2026 - 10:02PM
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OPINION
Nicholas Spiro
The View
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Hong Kong’s housing market recovery rests on solid foundations
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Alice Wu
Opinion
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Hong Kong’s seat belt policy U-turn shows little learned from waste levy mess
2 Feb 2026 - 11:29AM
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Francis Neoton Cheung
Opinion
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Hong Kong must fix Tenants Purchase Scheme’s flaws before any relaunch
1 Feb 2026 - 9:30AM
Jose-Antonio Maurellet
Legal Tales
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Late corporate activist David Webb showed why transparency benefits Hong Kong
29 Jan 2026 - 9:30AM
Ken Ip
Opinion
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What Hang Seng Bank’s delisting tells us about Hong Kong’s markets
29 Jan 2026 - 2:07PM
Alice Wu
Opinion
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Hong Kong’s children are paying the price for policy gaps in education
26 Jan 2026 - 10:49AM
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North vs South: Chinese dumplings for Lunar New Year
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Hong Kong to suspend seat belts on buses rule after less than a week
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Tai Po fire widow wants answers and accountability
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Hong Kong’s beloved Kam Shing diner to close
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