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Dozens of diners flocked to an 80-year-old cha chaan teng in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai to get a last taste of its famous egg tarts and milk tea before the restaurant shuts its doors next month. The Honolulu Coffee Shop was packed during lunch hour on Friday, with long, snaking queues of patrons waiting outside
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A director of Hong Kong-based Prince Jewellery and Watch has sold a flat in Kowloon and upgraded to a two-storey unit in the same neighbourhood, with an analyst saying that wealthy homeowners are taking advantage of improving sentiment to swap their dwellings. Tang Yick-ki, a director at Prince Jewellery and Sky Regal Properties, completed both
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A Hong Kong district councillor who illegally parked his car and blocked access to a fire exit lane has been “sternly reminded” to watch his conduct, a minister has said, following a similar offence by a colleague within a week. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen revealed on Friday that the Kwai
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Martin Lee Ka-shing, chairman of Hong Kong’s Henderson Land Development, has taken an actress to court over allegedly defamatory remarks that suggested they had an illicit relationship, while also seeking damages from US tech giant Google and five YouTube channels for failing to remove “false” content. The 54-year-old business mogul on Friday sued Chrissie Chau
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A Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) student who was arrested for sedition after launching a petition calling for an independent committee to investigate the Tai Po fire has said he has been expelled from the institution. “I was just expelled by CUHK,” Miles Kwan Ching-fung wrote on social media at midnight on Friday, ending
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In partnership with Hong Kong Tourism Each March, Hong Kong transforms into a global crossroads for contemporary creativity. From (Mar 27-29) to the (Mar 26-Apr 5), Hong Kong Arts Month draws collectors, institutions, and curious city-wanderers into a dense calendar of exhibitions, fairs, and public projects. Within that ecosystem, HKwalls has carved out a
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Hong Kong Police have arrested two people on suspicion of stealing a passenger’s backpack containing a watch worth HK$300,000 (US$38,379) on an inbound flight from Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The force said on Friday that a male passenger discovered a watch missing from his backpack in the overhead compartment and suspected it had been stolen.
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Hong Kong authorities will “shortly” announce long-term rehousing plans for residents displaced by the deadly Tai Po fire, after settling differences in individual preferences and resolving uncertainties over insurance and legal issues, the city’s leader has said. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu made the pledge on Friday while visiting fire victims temporarily staying in a
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Danny Kan, a partner at Stephenson Harwood, presents at the ACCHK seminar in Hong Kong The Hong Kong chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACCHK) hosted a seminar on the evolving regulatory landscape for listed companies and virtual assets, in collaboration with Stephenson Harwood at the firm’s Hong Kong office in Quarry Bay. The
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| Fiona Lau , S Anuradha Hong Kong’s red-hot IPO market is attracting South-East Asian issuers looking for exits amid illiquid domestic markets. Indonesian fintech Akulaku, which was earlier planning a US listing, is now looking at Hong Kong and could raise US$300m–$400m through an IPO there, people with knowledge of the transaction
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Hong Kong Project Marks Strategic Step in Company’s Expansion and Contributes to Greater Bay Area’s Green Transition HONG KONG, Feb. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SKYWORTH Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd. (“SKYWORTH PV”) has successfully completed and handed over a 227kW rooftop distributed photovoltaic (PV) project at the Len Shing Industrial Building in Hong Kong. Today, the project
Professors from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Macau attend the plaque unveiling ceremony to celebrate the official establishment of the joint laboratory on Feb 12, 2026. (PHOTO / POLYU) MACAO — The University of Macau (UM) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) signed an agreement on Thursday to establish
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Hong Kong could see another cinema shut down in a prime retail district after the management of IFC Mall began informally sounding out potential tenants for the roughly 20,000 sq ft (1,858 square metres) occupied by Palace IFC, whose lease expires at the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. Sun
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South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and mainland China are emerging as popular Lunar New Year destinations for Hongkongers this year, as residents take advantage of a calendar arrangement allowing them to enjoy nine consecutive days off by taking just two days of leave. Travel industry representatives said the long break had “significantly stimulated” demand, with departures
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Hong Kong stands at a definitive demographic crossroads. With one-third of our population projected to be over 65 by the 2040s, the city can either treat ageing as a fiscal burden or it can transform longevity into a sustainable growth engine. Drawing inspiration from Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton’s work on the 100-Year Life project,
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Hong Kong health authorities have urged diners not to eat raw oysters for the time being after another seven people in two groups suffered norovirus-related food poisoning from consuming the seafood. The Centre for Health Protection said on Thursday that six women and a man, aged between 24 and 45, came down with diarrhoea, abdominal
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Hong Kong is considering letting more junior secondary school pupils use English as their medium of instruction (MOI), with the education minister pointing to an improved learning environment, better qualified teachers and other developments in the sector. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin also said on Thursday that publicly funded primary and secondary schools could
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The loss-making authority that manages Hong Kong’s West Kowloon arts hub will sell bonds for the first time, aimed at raising up to US$1 billion to fund its operations. According to documents submitted to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing on Thursday, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority appointed the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and
Tycoon Li Ka-shing has added more than US$6 billion to his net worth, boosting his standing as Hong Kong’s richest individual and contributing to a US$65 billion increase in the assets of the city’s 50 richest people, according to Forbes. Li, whose business interests span real estate, infrastructure and pharmaceuticals via companies such as CK
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Hong Kong’s leader John Lee Ka-chiu has pledged to establish a “systematic policy framework” to align development goals with mainland China’s 15th five-year plan, aiming to formulate the city’s own blueprint by the end of the year. The chief executive made the remarks during a steering group meeting on Thursday convened to discuss Hong Kong’s
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