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Hong Kong’s residential property market made gradual and steady gains in the Year of the Snake, with the momentum set to continue in the Year of the Horse, according to the city’s largest real estate agencies. “The Year of the Snake marked the end of three years of decline and a strong rebound fuelled by
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This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong astronomy enthusiasts can expect a “blood moon” lunar eclipse early next month, with residents able to view the phenomenon with the naked eye from some places. The global event will take place
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An attack on a Hong Kong man in the Japanese city of Sapporo that triggered travel warnings from Chinese authorities was reportedly caused by a dispute over “dining etiquette”. According to Japanese media this week, a 50-year-old company executive was arrested by local police officers on suspicion of striking the tourist with a bottle on
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The Hong Kong Observatory detected locally felt tremors from a 4.0-magnitude earthquake in Guangdong province on Friday afternoon, confirming more than 100 reports from residents. The weather forecaster’s initial analysis indicated that the 4.0-magnitude earthquake occurred at 2.28pm in Guangdong’s Yangjiang, with the epicentre located about 260km (161.6 miles) west-southwest of Hong Kong. The Observatory
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Photo Credit: Josie Ho The premiere of MOViE MOViE Dream Home (International Version) took place on January 20 at MOViE MOViE Cityplaza in Tai Koo, marking a key milestone as the film celebrates its 15th anniversary and returns to Hong Kong cinemas in an expanded limited theatrical release. Josie Ho, who stars in and produced
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Hongkongers made more than 1.4 million outbound trips over the Lunar New Year holiday, up 20 per cent from 2019, while the number of arrivals over the same period remained lower than pre-pandemic levels. Immigration Department data released on Friday showed that from Lunar New Year’s Eve to the third day of the holiday, residents
Hongkongers make 1.4 million outbound trips over Lunar New Year break, up 20% from 2019 Read More »
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Hong Kong Adds 24 New IPOs This Year; 488 in Pipeline, HKEX Says Read More »
Hong Kong’s annual Filmart industry platform marks its 30th edition March 17–20. Before diving into how this year’s event plans to help chart the future of global entertainment, it’s worth reflecting on where things stood at its 1997 debut — and how much has changed since. Filmart launched in June 1997, just weeks before Hong
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Hong Kong’s public hospitals recorded a year-on-year decline of up to a 15 per cent in the number of patients seeking emergency treatment during the first three days of the Lunar New Year holiday, following fee adjustments introduced at the start of the year. The decline was revealed on Friday by Dr Axel Siu Yuet-chung,
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The Hong Kong government has started the year with initiatives that have far-reaching impacts on the city’s long-term growth. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that he is spearheading Hong Kong’s inaugural five-year plan, which will promote broader integration with China’s five-year plan and ensure a bigger role for the city in the nation’s economic
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發佈日期: 2026-02-19 20:11 TVB News 粵 已複製連結 It’s understood that the government is inclined to open Chung Ying Street in Sha Tau Kok to non-residents’ visits as early as the second quarter. And that’s under a “group in, group out” arrangement. In recent years, the government has stepped up efforts to promote local tourism within
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Simon Leung has been without a full-time job since his contract ended in March 2024, after the Hong Kong government cut its budget for NGOs by 7 per cent. The social work event coordinator, who is in his late forties, now makes ends meet through gig jobs. With word spreading that the city’s coming budget
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Thousands of Hong Kong bank employees will receive a return-to-work lai see on Friday, with some banks handing out extra benefits and gifts to their staff amid improving economic and market sentiment. While it is a Chinese tradition for companies to give their staff lai see on the first working day of the Lunar New
2026 Leading Chinese Culture and Reaching New Heights in Media Excellence HONG KONG, Feb. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The global wave of digital transformation in the cultural industry, Hong Kong Lela Cultural Copyright Ltd. (Lela Cultural) officially held its product launch conference on 13rd February 2026. Guided by the core values of integrity, innovation, cooperation,
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The Tang Shiu Kin Hall, St. Stephen’s College. Image © Kevin Mak, courtesy of Brutalism Hong Kong Research Group Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1038835/beyond-imported-icons-reading-hong-kong-through-tao-ho When Hong Kong’s architectural story is told, it is often reduced to a handful of icons. Many people most readily name I.M. Pei—Pritzker Prize laureate and architect
Beyond Imported Icons: Tao Ho and a Local Modernism for Hong Kong Read More »
A green group has called for long-term measures to tackle overtourism in Hong Kong’s scenic Sai Kung district after the number of tents at a campsite reached more than nine times its capacity on the second day of Lunar New Year, although authorities described the situation as “under control”. Greenpeace said on Thursday that it
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Authorities in Hong Kong have expressed concern to the local Japanese consulate after a resident was struck on the head with a beer bottle in Sapporo, and have called on Tokyo to better protect visitors from the city. Thursday’s statement followed a warning issued a day earlier by the Chinese consulate in Sapporo advising nationals
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Hong Kong’s hotels and tourist-area restaurants reported robust business during the Lunar New Year holiday, even as a surge in outbound travel by residents underscored the city’s increasingly visitor-driven festival economy. An industry leader said the city had also seen more mainland tourists partly because of ongoing diplomatic tensions between China and Japan. Hongkongers were
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Hong Kong Pillar Two introduces the OECD’s 15 percent global minimum tax into Hong Kong law under the BEPS 2.0 framework, effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. The regime applies to multinational enterprise groups with consolidated annual revenue of at least €750 million and establishes new obligations under the Income
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Locals and visitors flocked to popular destinations across Hong Kong on the third day of the Lunar New Year on Thursday, despite official data showing a nearly 16 per cent increase in net outflow during the holiday period. Crowds began building up at about 10am at The Peak and Sha Tin’s Che Kung Temple, with
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