https://www.scmp.com/rss/524341/feed Tommy Cheung Yu-yan is a prominent Hong Kong politician and businessman. He currently serves as a long-standing member of the Legislative Council, representing the Catering functional constituency, and is a non-official member of the Executive Council. As Leader of the Liberal Party and Chairman of the Hong Kong Catering Industry Association, he champions the interests of the food and beverage sector. His accomplishments include promoting Japanese food imports and recently confirming a further... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung Hong Kong’s new legislature will be the youngest in the past two decades, with incoming lawmakers averaging 51 years old, according to public data. The age is four years younger than that of the current line-up and seven years below the previous batch, which ended its term in 2021. The rejuvenation of the Legislative Council is partly a result of the departure of 35 incumbent lawmakers, including 12 who are 70 years or above, such as the Liberal Party’s 76-year-old Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3335647/hong-kongs-new-legislature-be-youngest-2-decades-averaging-51-years-old?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3335647/hong-kongs-new-legislature-be-youngest-2-decades-averaging-51-years-old?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:32:08 +0000 Willa Wu,Matthew Cheng Willa Wu,Matthew Cheng Lawmakers Dennis Lam Shun-chiu and Louis Loong Hon-biu have joined a wave of politicians opting not to run for election, while Hong Kong’s legislature has broken from tradition by cancelling an end-of-term banquet with the city’s leader and other officials. Authorities also said on Wednesday that the government would hold a high-level seminar on the coming Legislative Council election and executive-legislative relationship on Thursday, with Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu to speak at the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3329119/dennis-lam-joins-wave-hong-kong-lawmakers-sitting-out-coming-election?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3329119/dennis-lam-joins-wave-hong-kong-lawmakers-sitting-out-coming-election?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:34:27 +0000 Matthew Cheng Matthew Cheng Hong Kong’s leader has signalled that the government’s key decision-making body, the Executive Council, will not be reshuffled after four veteran lawmakers, who also serve as his advisers, decided not to run in the coming Legislative Council election. Martin Liao Cheung-kong, 68, a lawmaker since 2012 and affectionately known as the “class monitor” of the pro-establishment camp, emerged on Tuesday as the latest Exco member to announce that he would not seek another term in the legislature. Three... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3328913/hong-kong-exco-will-not-change-despite-veteran-lawmakers-stepping-down-john-lee?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3328913/hong-kong-exco-will-not-change-despite-veteran-lawmakers-stepping-down-john-lee?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:32:46 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung Three more Hong Kong lawmakers have decided not to run in the coming Legislative Council election, bringing the total to at least 12 so far. Lo Wai-kwok, 71, chairman of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong, the Liberal Party’s Frankie Yick Chi-ming, 72, and Chow Man-kong, 44, all announced their decision not to seek another term on Monday. Veteran politician Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee said her party would make an announcement “in due course”, and asked the media not to “harass”... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3328811/frankie-yick-latest-lawmaker-say-he-wont-run-hong-kongs-legco-election?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3328811/frankie-yick-latest-lawmaker-say-he-wont-run-hong-kongs-legco-election?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:06:21 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung At least three more Hong Kong lawmakers have said they will not seek another term ahead of nominations opening later this month for the Legislative Council election, bringing the total to nine so far. Veteran lawmaker Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung, a vice-chairman of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong, said on Sunday that he would not stand for re-election. Lam, who turns 74 this month, represents the “Commercial (First)” functional constituency in Legco. The seat is reserved for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3328703/2-more-hong-kong-lawmakers-opt-out-legco-election-taking-total-8?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3328703/2-more-hong-kong-lawmakers-opt-out-legco-election-taking-total-8?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:44:11 +0000 Willa Wu Willa Wu Competition is expected across all three types of constituencies in Hong Kong’s coming Legislative Council election as several veterans will not seek another term and new blood is being “encouraged” to run in only the second poll held since Beijing’s “patriots-only” electoral revamp, the Post has learned. While age has been cited as a reason in some lawmakers’ decision to step away, it is not a factor for others as Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, 75, will seek another term, sources have told the Post. In... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3328655/competition-heats-hong-kongs-legco-poll-more-veterans-decline-run?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3328655/competition-heats-hong-kongs-legco-poll-more-veterans-decline-run?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:35:24 +0000 Alice Wu Alice Wu Is Hong Kong still a foodies’ heaven? Or has that gone down the drain along with our reputation as a shopping paradise? It’s hard to let go of those titles, so much a part of Hong Kong’s identity. We were, for a long time, a place associated with great food. We were a shopping mecca. The city that never sleeps. Over a nightcap with a childhood friend back in Hong Kong to visit family, I had what has become quite a familiar conversation about our beloved city. “Wow. We are the only ones... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3319658/tackle-unrealistic-rents-or-watch-hong-kong-turn-ghost-town?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3319658/tackle-unrealistic-rents-or-watch-hong-kong-turn-ghost-town?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:29:55 +0000 Lam Ka-sing Lam Ka-sing Restaurant industry leaders have defended Hong Kong’s labour importation scheme as a crucial “lifeline” for their struggling sector, arguing that it injects much-needed new blood and improves service standards rather than taking jobs from local workers. They also dismissed accusations that operators were using the scheme to hire cheap labour, insisting the total cost of employing an imported worker, including accommodation and medical expenses, was higher than for a local employee. Their backing... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3319332/imported-workers-lifeline-struggling-hong-kong-restaurants-trade-chiefs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3319332/imported-workers-lifeline-struggling-hong-kong-restaurants-trade-chiefs?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:25:24 +0000