Authorities describe increase as ‘modest’, while lawmaker suggests students can always take on more part-time work.
Observatory cancelled alert at 7.45pm after it was issued at 5.50pm, less than two hours after previous warning was lifted.
Beijing’s liaison office and national security arm in Hong Kong take aim at Jonathan Sumption, who stepped down from city’s highest court.
Observatory cancelled warning at 1.10pm, after earlier downgrading it from red rainstorm signal in the morning.
Security chief Chris Tang makes unprecedented move under new powers granted by city’s domestic national security law.
Hong Kong has undergone a sea change since 2019, with the government describing the new era as a transition from ‘chaos to order’.
Three Australians and one Briton say they will remain as non-permanent judges of the Court of Final Appeal.
Lawrence Collins and Jonathan Sumption confirm they have quit as non-permanent judges of the Court of Final Appeal.
Chief Executive John Lee welcomes new arrangement and expresses gratitude to the central government and China Railway for their ‘care’.
Ex-police officer John Tse, the chief executive’s communications secretary, to take on government information coordinator’s role unfilled since 2017.
Most of 47 have been remanded in custody since they were arrested on January 6, 2021, on subversion charges over unofficial legislative ‘primary’ election.
A landmark national security trial of Hong Kong’s opposition figures will conclude this week with the judges handing down a verdict on whether 16 of them had committed subversion by taking part in an unofficial election they called a primary. The aim of the election was to maximise the opposition’s chances of gaining control of the Legislative Council and bringing down the government.
Post understands HKU council voted to endorse appointment of several interim vice-president positions, without consulting president Xiang Zhang.
Woman charged with eight traffic-related offences, the second such case within a week after police arrested another resident over riding e-bike with two children.
Glasgow-based EmuBands says ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ axed from music platforms due to cost of legal advice after Hong Kong court issues interim injunction banning tune.
Observatory says trough of low pressure will bring showers and squally thunderstorms to Guangdong on Monday and Tuesday.
A government spokesman says no applications from ‘a former Korean artiste’ for a visa or talent scheme entry had been made.
Hong Kong Observatory also issues thunderstorm warning at 9.30am that is expected to last until noon.
Hong Kong Jockey Club says it will adjust snowball pool arrangement to increase its reserve and meet public’s demand for larger prizes from Tuesday next week.
First ex-Hong Kong district councillor to be elected to UK local authority hopes other new arrivals will also get involved in politics.
Patrick Tam, Hong Kong Taxi & Public Light Bus Association’s secretary general, says vigilantism has been ongoing for at least two weeks, with over a dozen reports filed.
Cui Jianchun, commissioner of Beijing foreign ministry office in Hong Kong, meets UK Consul General Brian Davidson to discuss Sino-British ties amid heightened tension.
Soi Cheang Pou-soi’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In and its depiction of historic Kowloon Walled City earn standing ovation at screening in Cannes.
Consumer Council warns parents about small parts falling off baby and infant clothes or that have long cords.
UK prosecution of three for spying for Hong Kong ‘set to worsen’ Britain with China ties, analysts say.
Bill Yuen, 63, Peter Wai, 38, and Matthew Trickett, 37, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday and were granted bail.
Source says Victoria Park, on Avenue of Stars and other outdoor sites will welcome figures of popular character.
One expert says city must meet cybersecurity and data protection needs of Greater Bay Area partners if it hopes to become I&T hub for region.
Force alerted to altercation in early hours of Saturday morning in Yuen Long, where officers found 50-year-old man unconscious with head injuries.
Cities are all provincial and regional capitals, including Urumqi in Xinjiang, Lhasa in Tibet and Harbin in Heilongjiang.
