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Connor Mycroft
Reporter, Hong Kong
Connor Mycroft joined the city desk as a reporter in July 2023 after completing the Post’s year-long Graduate Trainee Programme. Originally from Canada, he spent three years teaching English in mainland China before relocating to Hong Kong in 2021. He holds a Masters Degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong.
Connor Mycroft joined the city desk as a reporter in July 2023 after completing the Post’s year-long Graduate Trainee Programme. Originally from Canada, he spent three years teaching English in mainland China before relocating to Hong Kong in 2021. He holds a Masters Degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong.
Areas of Expertise:
Geopolitics, macroeconomics, video production
Languages Spoken:
English, French, Mandarin
South China Morning Post calculates monthly salary of chief secretary for administration, the city’s No 2 official, has risen to HK$422,755.
Forecaster says Tropical Storm Maysak estimated to be about 660km southwest of Hong Kong.
Storm is expected to remain about 400km from the city, weather forecaster says.
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At SCMP’s GBA-Asean Summit, city leader stresses that the two regions have what it takes to form a ‘powerful and complementary partnership’.
Interactive Brokers’ offering in city puts legality of prediction markets in question as regulator stresses case-by-case approach.
Over 220 teams from 16 jurisdictions compete in two-day competition marking event’s 50th anniversary.
Pair accused of breaching national security laws over talks and sale of publications inciting hatred towards authorities, as well as money laundering.
Fifty-year-old pronounced dead at Kwong Wah Hospital after fire at Ho Man Tin’s Valiant Court.
Man suffers leg injury after lightning strike on Lantau Peak as fluctuating rainstorm warnings force afternoon class suspensions across the city.
Ambassador Harvey Rouse highlights scope for cooperation on green finance, innovation as European firms explore opportunities in Northern Metropolis.
Hotel group CEO calls Hong Kong ‘a vibrant international city that has really preserved a lot of its traditional culture’.
Despite official warnings ahead of World Cup, Polymarket and Kalshi remain popular with residents who bet on everything from politics to weather.
Thousands flock to waterfronts in Stanley, Aberdeen, Sha Tin and elsewhere as races go ahead day after black rain warnings.
Victim, 34, was crossing road near Park Lane Shopper’s Boulevard when she was struck by taxi.
Heavy showers and squally thunderstorms are expected until midweek, while high temperatures will ease, Observatory says.
Helpers are being driven out of areas where they host activities, with NGOs saying more resting places are needed and urging government review.
Despite a rising number of cancer cases in Hong Kong, survival rates are improving. Here is what you need to know.
Passenger describes experience as similar to ‘free-falling from a drop tower’, with severe altitude drop just before meals served.
Treasury chief Christopher Hui also says city opted against separate regulatory authority for digital assets to support ‘convergence’.
Andre Blumberg, who created 298km ultra-marathon, says recent scenes of overcrowding in country parks left him feeling ‘quite disturbed’.
Han Zhiqiang delivers pledge at Global Prosperity Summit, where political heavyweight Regina Ip also calls for creating Apec think tank council.
Passer-by discovers man lying near the base of 32-metre tower, with victim later pronounced dead at Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital.
Beijing reaffirms support for Hong Kong judiciary as foreign ministry calls former media boss ‘principal mastermind’ of 2019 anti-government protests.
Much of the city on Tuesday saw temperatures rise above 31 degrees Celsius, with some parts of New Territories exceeding 33 degrees.
ParknShop and Wellcome offer 12 per cent off purchases, while HKTVmall tries to lure customers with up to 15 per cent off at physical stores.
Treasury and State Department announcements come days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected China visit and summit with Xi Jinping.
Analysts say British authorities will prioritise stable ties with Beijing given current geopolitical uncertainties.
Foreign ministry accuse UK of abusing the law after Bill Yuen and Peter Wai found guilty of spying on Hong Kong activists in Britain.
