Simpson Cheung
Senior Correspondent, City
Simpson rejoined the SCMP in 2026. With over 16 years of experience spanning newsrooms and corporate intelligence, he has won 20 journalism awards for major investigative stories across the region. He has previously worked in Ming Pao.
Simpson rejoined the SCMP in 2026. With over 16 years of experience spanning newsrooms and corporate intelligence, he has won 20 journalism awards for major investigative stories across the region. He has previously worked in Ming Pao.
Areas of Expertise:
Investigative reporting, security, political economyLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Lawyer says Tang Lung-wai’s return to maximum-security prison constitutes ‘illegal detention’ after severe weather halts deportation.
Latest Immigration Department data shows 31,278 working visas granted to foreigners last year under General Employment Policy.
Uber and Didi among platforms submitting applications, with both saying criteria are reasonable and that they will roll out measures to help drivers.
Family of Tang Lung-wai says he remains in prison and still faces lengthy administrative procedures before deportation.
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Peng Peng, 38, acquitted at Sha Tin Court, where he had previously pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent assault.
WikiLeaks files reveal pushy sales operations for Dead Sea beauty products have been problematic in several countries for decades.
Check by SCMP found Sayles Retail filed Notice of Resignation of Company Secretary and Director with Companies Registry on Wednesday.
London-based beauty chain says it deeply regrets if any customers have had ‘a distressing experience associated with our brand’.
Fast food chain removes all Ebi Burger products from menu in city temporarily to address potential public concern.
Tributes pour in for former premier Zhu Rongji from senior leaders in Hong Kong’s political and business circles.
Debt stemmed from March 2021, when Evergrande subsidiary State Hero reached agreement to lend HK$5 billion to Yingjia International.
The number of torture claimants and asylum seekers granted waivers of non-emergency medical fees by the Hospital Authority has soared threefold in the past four financial years to at least HK$40.8 million.
Ailing asylum seekers and torture claimants still appealing against their unsuccessful applications to remain in the city say they are turning to hospital emergency services because they cannot get a waiver of their medical fees.
Lawmakers have expressed concerns over what they called arbitrary and creative accounting by the Independent Commission Against Corruption as they examine expenses for meals and duty visits incurred by its former chief, Timothy Tong Hin-ming.
Under questioning by lawmakers at his third and final appearance before the Legislative Council's public accounts committee, Timothy Tong also admitted that he had received a gift of a traditional Chinese screen worth as much as HK$200,000 from mainland judicial officials in 2007. It was still in ICAC headquarters when he stepped down last year.
The latest development came as Barry Cheung resigned from his positions in major businesses - as a board member of Russian aluminium producer United Co Rusal and as an independent non-executive director of AIA Group Limited.
Troubled former chief graft-buster Timothy Tong Hin-ming admitted for the first time yesterday that he had approved the purchase of strong spirits for use at receptions. Tong told lawmakers that buying different types of alcohol was necessary to meet different guests' needs at functions held by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Police last night arrested a fourth suspect - a 60-year-old man - in the investigation into the failure of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx).
At a Legislative Council committee hearing into his hospitality spending, Tong attributed the higher entertainment bills racked up during his five-year tenure at the Independent Commission Against Corruption to a rise in the number of visitors to the agency's headquarters in North Point after it opened in 2007.
The hearing of the Legislative Council's Public Accounts Committee to question Tong and his successor, Simon Peh Yun-lu, was meant to run for four hours but ended after Tong gave evidence for less than 90 minutes when lawmakers accused him of dodging questions and wasting time.
