Hong Kong’s world No 5 pair, Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem, have been drawn into a “group of death” in the mixed doubles of the WTT Finals to be played in the city this week. With only the top two teams progressing to the semi-finals, the top city pair will contend with Olympic champions Wang
Umberto Rispoli, who captured his first riding title at the recently concluded Del Mar meet, will make a return visit to Hong Kong for Wednesday’s Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley. The Italian ex-pat spent six years riding in Hong Kong before relocating to Southern California in 2019. For Rispoli, who flew into Hong
New, younger faces have won nearly half of the 90 seats in Hong Kong’s second “patriots-only” Legislative Council, and their immediate task will be to tackle the aftermath of the deadly Tai Po fire and implement systemic reforms. The Sunday poll drew a 31.9 per cent turnout rate, with Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu declaring
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
Hong Kong’s largest political party won far fewer votes in Sunday’s battle for directly contested seats in the legislature compared with four years ago as its candidates grappled with tough races and public anger over the deadly fire in Tai Po. While the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) retained
Earning her nickname “Ne Zha”, the little fire prince in Chinese folklore, from a role she played as a young actress nearly four decades ago, Hong Kong district councillor Christine Fong Kwok-shan has forged her political career with every bit of feistiness and stubbornness found in the mythical character. Her persistence has finally paid off,
Steel bars have been brought in to reinforce the structure of one of the fire-ravaged blocks in Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong, while investigations into the catastrophic blaze are expected to go on for two to three weeks. The Post observed on Monday afternoon a crane lifting bundles of steel bars above
Hong Kong’s foil fencers need to “fix something” and Cheung Ka-long’s return to his Olympic-winning form could take time, coach Greg Koenig has admitted after a disappointing team display at the World Cup in Japan. Koenig, who as foil head coach oversaw Hong Kong’s team gold medal at the National Games at Kai Tak Arena
Earning her nickname “Ne Zha”, the little fire prince in Chinese folklore, from a role she played as a young actress nearly four decades ago, Hong Kong district councillor Christine Fong Kwok-shan has forged her political career with every bit of feistiness and stubbornness found in the mythical character. Her persistence has finally paid off,
According to the survey, 63% of participants expect Hong Kong’s economy to maintain modest growth in the coming year. Credit: TTstudio/ Shutterstock.com. CPA Australia’s Hong Kong Business Sentiment Survey indicated that, despite ongoing global economic uncertainty and trade disputes, Hong Kong’s financial sector continues to play a significant role in the city’s economic stability. The
8 Dec – Just as fans in Hong Kong were anticipating the release of James Cameron’s third “Avatar” movie on 17 December, it was revealed that the film release has been postponed. In a statement released by 20th Century Fox, it said, “In light of the recent tragic events in Tai Po, and out of
Three screenings of Japanese films in Hong Kong have been cancelled, indicating that escalating tensions between China and Japan have spread to the territory. Naoko Ogigami’s 2006 drama Kamome Diner, Juzo Itami’s 1985 cult comedy Tampopo and Naomi Kawase’s Cannes 2015 title An were due to play at a culinary themed film programme presented by
The Hong Kong Insurance Authority has directed insurers to move quickly to assist victims of the Tai Po fire by directly contacting policyholders to help them claim compensation for about 12,000 insurance policies, according to CEO Clement Cheung Wan-ching. Cheung on Monday updated the figures on insurance policies affected by the 43-hour blaze that started
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Around a dozen families who lost their loved ones in Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire have given their DNA samples to authorities, hoping to help identify victims still missing more than a week after the deadly blaze. Residents from Wang Fuk Court who visited the Kwong Fuk Community Hall near the estate on Monday morning
The numbers were tallied overnight and 90 newly minted lawmakers will begin their term in January after winning in Sunday’s Legislative Council election. The citywide poll which drew a turnout of 31.9 per cent – slightly higher than four years ago, at 30.2 per cent – delivered a few surprises as several new faces defeated
Nearly 44 per cent of the Hong Kong Legislative Council’s seats have been reshuffled after four incumbent lawmakers lost their re-election bids and 35 others bowed out of the race. Those four who failed to secure another term in Sunday’s poll are Kwok Wai-keung and Michael Luk Chung-hung of the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU),
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Hong Kong has now elected members to the new Legislative Council. Despite the temporary suspension of campaigning work and candidate debates after the Tai Po fire broke out, the polls were held as planned to avert a constitutional crisis. It was a tough decision to make. The official mourning period may have ended on December
Hong Kong mother Moon Li was just HK$65,000 (US$8,350) away from paying off the mortgage on the flat she and her husband bought 17 years ago, but a deadly blaze at their Tai Po estate may have shattered her dream of owning a home. “I used to have a cosy home,” the 40-year-old clinic assistant
