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A 65-year-old Hong Kong woman has died after being trapped inside a taxi that crashed into a private car and overturned early on Sunday, police have said. A subsequent investigation by the force led to the arrest of the driver and passenger of the car involved in the collision in Pat Heung. They were suspected
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Many passengers crowded the lower decks of Hong Kong buses on Sunday out of concern that they would not be able to unbuckle their seat belts in time to alight on the first day of the new rule’s implementation. A Post reporter and lawmaker Mark Chong Ho-fung took trips on two of the busiest routes
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) Group is seeking to widen its cross-listing schemes with Shanghai and Shenzhen and explore partnerships with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) and other exchanges, according to its CEO. “Connectivity, in my view, is the new architecture for capital markets,” said Loh Boon Chye in an exclusive interview with the Post during
Hong Kong authorities have discovered traces of a toxin in four batches of baby milk formula products previously recalled by Nestlé. In a statement issued on Saturday evening, the Centre for Food Safety said the Swiss food giant had recalled about 96,000 tins of affected products due to the possible presence of cereulide, a toxin
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Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has cancelled at least four flights to the United States on Sunday ahead of the arrival of a monster winter storm, with more passengers expected to be affected on Monday. Cathay stopped short of revealing the exact number of flights affected, saying only that it was “making a
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Weight-loss injections have fallen under the spotlight in Hong Kong after the Post discovered over-the-counter sellers operating locally, and a recent study found that nearly one in two residents was overweight or obese. The Post’s investigation found the prescription-only medicines were available for purchase on some online platforms and at a pharmacy without the need
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Hong Kong’s housing market may be on the verge of a sharp rebound and a new upcycle after four years of decline, according to Praveen Choudhary, head of Asia gaming, Hong Kong and India property research at Morgan Stanley. Choudhary expects home prices to rise about 10 per cent in 2026 – among the most
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Mainland China’s and Hong Kong’s birth rates fell to record lows last year, despite extensive government incentives to encourage larger families. In Hong Kong, registered births fell 14 per cent to a historic low of 31,714 in 2025. Notably, the increase in births in 2024 may have been due to the auspicious Year of the
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Some Hong Kong taxi drivers are bypassing new rules that limit the number of mobile devices mounted at the front of vehicles to two by installing large monitors – a move that an industry leader has warned endangers road safety. The amended Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations, which took effect on Sunday, allows a maximum
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K-pop girl band Blackpink’s Hong Kong concert turned chaotic at one point as thousands of fans who queued overnight started pushing their way into Kai Tak Stadium to get to its standing area. Clips posted on social media show the crowd jostling with one another to get into the stadium on the first night of
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In January 2026, Monogatari Corporation reported preliminary sales figures for December 2025 showing higher year-over-year net sales growth for the month, second quarter, and first half, and its board approved a capital increase for its Hong Kong restaurant subsidiary. The combination of improving sales momentum and fresh investment into the Hong Kong business highlights the
The competitive trail ultramarathon racing season kicked off at the 2026 Hong Kong 100k on Saturday, January 24. While the weather was relatively cool, competition was hot, featuring many of the top runners from the global East. In the women’s race, Vietnam’s Hậu Hà and Veronika Leng, who is from Slovakia but lives in Hong
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A Hong Kong travel agency has withdrawn from its role in a trip to Taiwan that centred on a private screening of a movie banned in the city on national security grounds. Jetport Travel on Saturday also distanced itself from promotion of the tour, which was organised by e-commerce platform As One and advertised as
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Online retailers and a Hong Kong pharmacy are offering slimming injections without prescriptions despite local authorities requiring a doctor’s approval before purchase, a Post investigation has found, with an expert warning it could lead to misuse. Weight-loss injections, which have been approved by Hong Kong authorities for use, have become increasingly popular around the world
Fans flocked to catch the final leg of Blackpink’s world tour in Hong Kong, with shops reporting around a 30 per cent boost in business from concertgoers. Kai Tak Sports Park turned into a pink-dotted sea of fans on Saturday, as attendees in matching outfits or waving the band’s signature lightsticks filled the venue and
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Deans from several of Canada’s top engineering programmes are exploring new academic exchange opportunities in Hong Kong, as relations between Ottawa and Beijing warm, with the organiser of a forum where they spoke describing the city as having a “pivotal role” in rebuilding ties. Speaking at the Canadian Engineering Asia-Pacific Conference, academics expressed hope that
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An elderly woman has been charged with murder two days after she and her husband were found unconscious in a hotel room in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui, with the man sustaining a potentially fatal stab wound to the neck. “Police today laid a holding charge against a 73-year-old woman with one count of murder,”
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Hong Kong authorities will extend the deadline for mandatory building inspection orders to let homeowners vet contractors’ conviction records on a new platform launching later this year, the city’s development chief said. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho also said on Saturday that the prequalification list on the Urban Renewal Authority’s (URA) electronic platform, currently
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Hong Kong homebuyers continued to show strong demand for new residential launches over the weekend, potentially pushing primary market transactions to a five-month high, according to agents. By 3.30pm on Saturday, about two-thirds of the 108 units released at Park Seasons – a Lohas Park project in Tseung Kwan O developed by Wheelock Properties and
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Hong Kong lawmaker Judy Chan Kapui has apologised again for an alleged traffic offence, saying she will accept any legal consequences and refrain from driving for a while. “I made a rash decision in haste at the time. I am willing to bear any legal consequences. I will also reach out to police to provide
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