Posted on: May 11, 2026, 09:10h. Last updated on: May 11, 2026, 09:11h. Former footballers convicted in major Hong Kong match-fixing conspiracy Illegal betting ring manipulated more than 30 Hong Kong football matches Players were offered thousands to deliberately lose league games Two former professional soccer players and a betting agent have been convicted for
Hong Kong authorities have prepared 50,000 sandbags and several water-filled flood barriers to brace for the coming typhoon season, while enhancement works at the high-risk Tseung Kwan O promenade are set to be completed by the end of this year. The Civil Engineering and Development Department on Monday also introduced new guidelines on shoreline management
發佈日期: 2026-05-11 20:13 TVB News 粵 已複製連結 The Civil Engineering and Development Department on Monday said it would enhance slope management against critical weather conditions using new technology. The city recorded 257 landslide cases last year. But landslides can be prevented under sufficient monitoring and management work. Developed by CEDD, this smart drone management platform,
Hong Kong restaurants applying for a licence that allows dogs to enter their premises will have to remove hotpot from their menus or change their eatery layouts to comply with regulations and ensure food and pet safety, authorities have said. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) also said on Monday that officers would patrol
A Hong Kong electric commercial vehicle solutions company has teamed up with a mainland Chinese manufacturer to launch an electric minibus tailored for the city’s roads, as the government works towards phasing out fossil-fuel commercial vehicles by 2035. Home-grown Wai Lik New Energy unveiled the new models on Monday, with founder Ng Chi-wai saying the
Hong Kong is expected to play a greater role in major national clinical research projects and scientific breakthroughs, a mainland health official has said, pledging stronger support for local researchers at an annual medical conference. The remarks were made by a National Health Commission official at the Hospital Authority Convention on Monday, where the authority’s
An outlying island ferry struck a barrier at a typhoon shelter in Hong Kong shortly after midnight on Monday, with passengers recalling being jolted and struggling to retrieve life jackets as they were stranded on the vessel for more than an hour. The small crowd was returning home on Mother’s Day on Sunday and caught
Hong Kong, 11th May 2026, ZEX PR WIRE – The Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026, co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group and organized by W3ME, successfully concluded on 20 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The four-day event brought together over 200 speakers, 100 partners, and more than 20,000 attendees
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said at an event last Thursday that the city would press on with introducing new gold products and facilities to capitalize on expanding opportunities in the gold market, as reported by The Standard. Officials have earlier informed lawmakers of a plan to relaunch gold futures within the coming months. Authorities
Hong Kong will serve as a global partner in pandemic preparedness, leveraging its “unrivalled” status as a medical innovation hub to combat emerging health threats such as a recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, the city’s leader and health chief have said. Speaking at the Asia Summit on Global Health on Monday, Chief Executive
A wave of bullishness is sweeping through Hong Kong’s real estate market. A report by S&P Global Ratings on May 5 said an “upside surprise” could materialise. One of the catalysts for a stronger-than-expected recovery was evidence of more competitive bids at residential land auctions in recent months. S&P said, “Hong Kong has become the
Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui has retained its title as Asia’s priciest luxury retail strip, commanding £16,160 (US$22,000) per square metre in annual rents, as the city remains among the world’s most active markets in terms of new high-end store openings, according to Savills. London’s Bond Street replaced Tsim Sha Tsui as the top global
Hong Kong authorities should issue about 20,500 licences in the first phase of regulating ride-hailing platforms, lawmakers and experts have said, arguing that the city needs at least 15,000 active cars daily to meet existing demand and avoid worsening transport shortages. The proposal came as several lawmakers told the South China Morning Post, on condition
Hong Kong authorities will experiment leasing government-built elderly care facilities to the private sector, with the pilot programme aiming to provide more diverse services targeting middle class senior residents. Labour and Welfare Bureau officials said in a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday that the government would roll out a “publicly built, privately run” model
Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd will perform two concerts at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium in October as part of the final leg of his “After Hours Til Dawn” world tour, confirming an earlier report by the South China Morning Post. The details coincide with K-pop act Babymonster’s announcement on Monday that the girl group would
Hong Kong lawmakers have called for a rethink of a government scheme to develop homes for the elderly, days after the city’s second largest public housing provider revealed it would stop building homes targeting senior residents for the coming 10 years. Lawmaker Andrew Lam Siu-lo of the Legislative Council’s housing panel said on Monday that
A Hong Kong professional rugby player has denied molesting a patron at a bar, but admitted vandalising police property following his arrest last year. Faizal Solomona Penesa, 33, on Monday pleaded guilty at Eastern Court to damaging a door bolt at Central police station while in custody on suspicion of groping a woman at Bobby’s
Veteran Hong Kong actor Lee Ka Ding accuses his eldest son, actor Augustine Lee, of spending HK$2 million (US$250,000) from his savings and keeping the death of his ex-wife a secret for 10 days. Lee, who was previously married to Hong Kong actress Frances Shi Ming, said Augustine treated him like a “human ATM” in
Hong Kong authorities may widen support to cover more younger elderly residents to bolster protection, the welfare minister has said, calling current efforts to identify at-risk seniors “just the beginning” as the city reels from two tragedies in a week. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han told the South China Morning Post that
Front-to-back integration, distributed ledger technology (DLT) and securities finance are reshaping Asia Pacific’s capital markets Asia Pacific’s capital markets are at an inflection point. Rising trading volumes, compressed commissions, shortening settlement cycles and the emergence of distributed ledger technology (DLT) are converging to demand a rethinking of market infrastructure from front to back. Wout Kalis,
