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Art
Artworks snapped up as Hong Kong’s mentally disabled students show off talent
Leading charity Hong Chi Association partners with art and luxury auction house Christie’s on the four-day exhibition at The Henderson.
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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Hong Kong considers designated labs to test scaffolding nets after deadly blaze
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Obituaries
Robert Ho, Hong Kong journalist, philanthropist and devout Buddhist, dies at 93
2 hours ago
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Letters
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How Tai Po fire exposed weakness in Hong Kong contract governance
Readers call for steps to improve procurement and contract oversight, official accountability for lapses that led to the tragedy, and appreciation for donor generosity.
10 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM
Hong Kong politics
Editorial
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Snuffing out smoking on Hong Kong construction sites will boost safety
Regardless of whether a link is found between workers smoking and the Tai Po fire, the push to ban lighting up at construction sites is long overdue.
10 Dec 2025 - 6:45AM
Japan
Hundreds of Hong Kong tourists safe after powerful earthquake rocks Japan
About 20 tour groups from Hong Kong were in the country when 7.5-magnitude tremor hit northern Japan, triggering megaquake warning.
9 Dec 2025 - 10:15PM
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong tram driver faces jail over crash that killed girl, 3
Li Yaodong, 50, found guilty of careless driving when tram struck the girl, her sister, grandfather and family helper as they crossed street.
9 Dec 2025 - 7:46PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Death toll from Hong Kong fire rises to 160 as DNA tests confirm 1 more fatality
Police chief Joe Chow also reveals that a piece of bone has been found on the ground after scaffolding removed.
9 Dec 2025 - 9:29PM
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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
SPCA urges food, water and traps to find 84 pets missing after Hong Kong fire
Head of inspectorate Marsha Chun says though such support may not lead to recovery of any pets, it would still offer ‘glimmer of hope for their owners’.
9 Dec 2025 - 5:34PM
My Life
‘Architects are always jumping in water that’s over our heads’
Billie Tsien, founding partner of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, tells of designing the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre and the Obama Presidential Centre.
9 Dec 2025 - 3:18PM
Operation Santa Claus
Operation Santa Claus helps Hong Kong children with rare rheumatic diseases
Hong Kong Paediatric Rheumatism Association subsidises medicine and provides support for children with rheumatic diseases and their carers.
9 Dec 2025 - 10:15AM
Hong Kong politics
Editorial
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New Legco tasked with pushing for better governance of city, deepening reform
Lawmakers must work with the chief executive to advance post-fire recovery, improve livelihoods and encourage Hong Kong to play its unique role in national development.
9 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
Hong Kong youth
Opinion
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Why Hong Kong’s youth must be key part of city’s mental health support
When young people are involved in designing interventions, those interventions are more culturally relevant, better used and more sustainable.
9 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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Legislative Council election 2025
From ‘Ne Zha’ to ‘Queen of Votes’: Christine Fong’s path to Hong Kong Legco win
After five failed attempts, 59-year-old Fong finally clinches Legco seat with 58,828 votes.
8 Dec 2025 - 11:30PM
Legislative Council election 2025
Tackling aftermath of deadly Hong Kong blaze among first tasks for new lawmakers
Election turnout rate of 31.9 per cent slightly higher than in 2021, with city leader saying poll will have profound impact on reforms after Tai Po fire.
8 Dec 2025 - 11:24PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Families provide DNA samples to help identify loved ones lost in Hong Kong fire
About 100 households asked to provide samples as authorities try to identify remains found at Wang Fuk Court.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:47PM
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Legislative Council election 2025
4 incumbents lose seats as Hong Kong’s Legco records 43.8% turnover
DAB’s Edmund Wong and FTU’s Kwok Wai-keung among those who failed to secure another term in Sunday’s poll.
8 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Letters
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Hong Kong hospital fee rises a necessary step towards sustainability
Readers discuss the healthcare reform aimed at directing care to those most in need, recovering from a traumatic disaster, and AI’s impact on society.
8 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM
Hong Kong politics
Opinion
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After Hong Kong fire, new lawmakers will have to hit the ground running
Lawmakers must reach out to their electorates, listen to grievances and frustrations and seek to understand people’s plight.
8 Dec 2025 - 5:05PM
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Legislative Council election 2025
Surprises and defeats in Hong Kong Legco election – as it happened
DAB chairman Gary Chan defends party’s strategy of fielding two candidates in some geographical constituencies, says ‘it’s a thorough decision’.
8 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
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Scams and swindles
Editorial
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Persistence of scams targeting students in Hong Kong shows need for vigilance
Stronger enforcement and publicity of anti-fraud measures are necessary to uphold the city’s allure as a hub for education.
8 Dec 2025 - 6:45AM
Old Hong Kong
In pictures: a taste for winter warming fare, Hong Kong style
How Hongkongers keep warm in the winter, from steaming hotpot and snake soup to roasted chestnuts and bowls of crispy claypot rice.
8 Dec 2025 - 6:00AM
Legislative Council election 2025
Hong Kong Legco election’s 31.9% turnout surpasses record low of 2021
But number of registered voters declines by 7.6 per cent to about 4,131,000 in sombre election held less than two weeks after deadly blaze.
8 Dec 2025 - 2:10PM
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Legislative Council election 2025
3 serving lawmakers make urgent appeals in Hong Kong Island West
New People’s Party’s Judy Chan, DAB’s Chan Hok-fung and FTU’s Kwok Wai-keung competing against two newcomers for two seats.
8 Dec 2025 - 2:53AM
Legislative Council election 2025
Hong Kong property tycoons turn heads at poll, urge voters to fulfil civic duty
Tycoons from SHKP, Sino Group, Henderson Land Development, New World Development, CK Hutchison and Chinese Estates cast ballots.
7 Dec 2025 - 11:45PM
Legislative Council election 2025
New Hong Kong polling stations praised but few ethnic minority voters use them
Civil servants dominate sign-ups while fewer than 20 from ethnic minority groups use new arrangement.
7 Dec 2025 - 10:07PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
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Indonesian helper’s terrifying 3-hour ordeal as fire ravaged Hong Kong estate
Olive says she and her employer’s elderly parents spent an agonising three hours trapped in a smoke-filled bedroom before they were rescued.
7 Dec 2025 - 8:04PM
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Operation Santa Claus
Operation Santa Claus backs expansion of Hong Kong teen counselling project
Mind HK charity to reach more students with mental health support after strong early intervention results with school‑based initiative.
7 Dec 2025 - 5:37PM
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