Mr Stiglitz said that addressing tax fairness and collecting revenues was “critical” for society, “as countries around the world face the challenges of climate change, pandemics and inequality, and as governments have to make essential investments in education, health, infrastructure and technology”.
The Hospital Authority has reported to police an alleged fake equipment certificate submitted by a subcontractor involved in the Princess Margaret Hospital expansion project and suspended the company from its duties. The authority revealed on Wednesday night that Novox submitted the certificate through the main contractor to verify the accuracy of vibration monitoring systems. But
A quiet transformation is weaving itself into the fabric of Hong Kong. In recent years, the city’s social and business circles have been energised by a wave of newcomers from across the Chinese mainland. They have brought with them a culinary revolution – restaurants serving flavours from fiery Sichuan to delicate Zhejiang now dot neighbourhoods
The classic legal drama Kramer vs Kramer tells a very sad story of a couple, played by Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, fighting over who gets to keep their young son upon the breakdown of their marriage. Those who watched the 1979 production, which clinched five Academy Awards, will no doubt remember the high level
The trust of late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum has donated HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) to victims of the deadly Tai Po blaze, surpassing tycoon Li Ka-shing to become the second-largest single donor after the Hong Kong Jockey Club. The Nina Wang Charitable Management announced on Thursday that it would donate HK$100 million to support
The remains of nine Indonesian nationals who died in the devastating Tai Po inferno could soon be returned to their home country, as most burial orders have now been issued, the Post has learned. The Indonesian consulate in Hong Kong told the Post on Thursday morning that a visit by a delegation from the country’s
Hong Kong authorities should look into the impact of social media on the city’s teenagers and explore ways to tighten control over their internet usage, education and health experts have urged. Their comments came on Thursday after Australia became the first country to ban social media for children under 16 as it ordered 10 of
Hundreds of children whose school near the scene of Hong Kong’s deadly blaze that has been temporarily closed are finding their classes at two university campuses to be an eye-opening experience, educators have said, with some pupils planning on becoming vets or teachers. Tai Po Baptist Public School, located opposite Wang Fuk Court in Tai
Tiny panda keychains are spreading festive cheer at Kowloon Shangri-La as the hotel supports Operation Santa Claus (OSC), which is raising funds this year for 13 Hong Kong charities and survivors of last month’s Tai Po fire. The Tsim Sha Tsui hotel has created limited-edition keychains featuring tiny Edward Panda and Ellie Panda soft toys
Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine hospital has opened its doors to patients, with subsidised outpatient services for the first month fully booked, prompting the facility to add extra slots to meet demand. The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong is located in Tseung Kwan O. It aims to provide services for more complex cases under
With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. “A firefighter holding a cat he saved from the Hong Kong fire,” reads the superimposed
People walk past the Exchange Square, which houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in Central, Hong Kong, Aug 20, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY) Jingdong Industrials Inc, the supply-chain unit of Chinese mainland e-commerce giant JD.com Inc, is set to debut in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Thursday after its HK$2.98 billion
Damian GrammaticasPolitical Correspondent Getty Images A high-profile Hong Kong pro-democracy activist living in the UK has been the target of a campaign of harassment involving letters containing fake, sexually explicit images of her sent from China to her neighbours. Carmen Lau, 30, who fled Hong Kong four years ago, told the BBC she was “shocked”
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng University has acquired office units in a commercial building in the New Territories for HK$90 million (US$11.6 million), making it the latest school to purchase real estate amid a government push to turn the city into a global education hub. The acquisition covers 16 office units measuring 19,139 sq ft on
A company linked to the family of late Macau casino pioneer Fu Tak-iam bought a serviced-apartment property in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district for about HK$550 million (US$71 million) amid renewed investor appetite for rental assets in the city. Pleasure Properties was identified as the buyer of CHI 138, a 107-unit serviced-apartment property at 136
The Hong Kong Bar Association will travel to Beijing next week to meet mainland Chinese officials, becoming the first delegation to visit the capital since the city’s deadliest fire in decades and its recent Legislative Council election. Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet told the Post on Wednesday that the delegation would be happy to discuss possible legal
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank has cut its base interest rate for the third time in three months, lowering the cost of funding to help reboot businesses and ease the burden of mortgage borrowers. The city’s base rate was reduced by a quarter of a percentage point to 4 per cent, according to the
民建聯向政府提議5個安置宏福苑居民的建議方案：一、居民將單位按價格售予房委會，獲得現金補償後即時再置業或租樓二、居民可「居屋換居屋」，將業權交還政府並重新申請居屋三、按揭住戶可考慮將單位售予房委會，由政府恩恤編配公屋四、向合資格租戶提供一筆過恩恤賠償金；五、原址或原區重建 至於原址或原區重建的選址，民建聯則提出4個方案：一、宏福苑原址；二、廣福公園；三、頌雅路西富蝶邨第三期；四、香港建築學院大埔訓練場。 民建聯：以災民選擇為本 陳克勤轉述黃偉綸在會上表示，4個重建方案政府「願意去諗」，5個賠償和安置方案「都會考慮」。他說，民建聯提出方案會以災民的選擇為本，沒有提出「一定要哪個重建的位置」，亦「沒有說定用甚麼方法去賠償和安置」，政府亦認為是合適方法，因不同災民也有不同的家庭環境和情况，不同方案可為政府提供更多選擇和方向。 至於有人認為宏福苑受影響居民可換居屋或公屋的做法對於正在輪候的市民不公平，陳克勤相信現在的公屋輪候時間越來越短，宏福苑居民上樓不會令公屋輪候時間大幅延長，「畢竟只是1900戶」，亦不是所有居民都要上公屋或換居屋，相信政府及市民都希望災民盡快有自己的家。 立法會議員葛珮帆提出以智慧科技協助災情善後，包括建立網上平台予各政府部門分享及上載所有有關數據，確保對於長期對於災民的支援精準到位，億建議利用地理資訊區塊鏈，在網上長期追蹤建築物料的來源、使用、實施。 房屋局長何永賢、民政及青年事務局長麥美娟及發展局副局長林智文亦參與是次與民建聯的會議。 Source link
Hong Kong authorities will announce new requirements for contractors to sample and certify the city’s scaffolding nets as early as Thursday, under which every batch of materials sampled on site could be required to pass a fire-retardant test at authorised laboratories after the deadly blaze in Tai Po, the Post has learned. Insiders said on
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The future of law will be faster, smarter and more connected than at any point in history, and Hong Kong Legal Week 2025, held from December 1 to 5, brought that future into view. Across five days, nearly 6,000 executives and legal professionals
Flat owners affected by Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades will each receive HK$100,000 (US$12,850) from authorities, a senior government official has said, while announcing that funds raised for survivors have reached HK$3.4 billion. Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk Wing-hing said on Wednesday that many owners had lost rental income when seven out of the
