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A photo of Hong Kong’s first chief executive Tung Chee-hwa is displayed at the funeral hall. Photo: SCMP
Tung Chee-hwa

Top Hong Kong officials, business leaders mourn Tung Chee-hwa – as it happened

Vigil at Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point attended by city’s top leaders, with state funeral to be held on Sunday.

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Tung Chee-hwa

Patriot dedicated to Hong Kong: business heavyweights remember Tung Chee-hwa

Tung Chee-hwa

Friend, leader, mentor: how political veterans remember Tung Chee-hwa

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Tung Chee-hwa

‘In hard times, your honour shines’: Jack Ma pays tribute to Tung Chee-hwa

Alibaba Group co-founder looks back on his ties to Hong Kong’s first chief executive, spanning business and philanthropy.

Jack Ma (right) has shared his own tribute to the late Tung Chee-hwa. Photo: Sam Tsang
Jack Ma (right) has shared his own tribute to the late Tung Chee-hwa. Photo: Sam Tsang
John Lee policy address 2026

Foreign carer scheme may drive up wages, leave poor without help, employers warn

Hong Kong will admit foreign carers with more advanced training and experience in elderly care under pilot scheme unveiled in policy address.

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Tung Chee-hwa

A man who built bridges over walls: SCMP’s Tammy Tam on Tung Chee-hwa

SCMP publisher recalls Tung as ‘humble and unpretentious personality’ who helped foster ties between China and the United States.

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Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Hong Kong civil servants to get hourly leave but businesses unlikely to follow

Civil servants expect to receive an annual entitlement of 10 to 12 hours of family care leave, with the arrangement taking effect in early 2027.

Hong Kong will introduce family care leave for government employees to enhance family-friendly measures. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong will introduce family care leave for government employees to enhance family-friendly measures. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Patient who needed soft food dies after choking on regular meal at public hospital

Prince of Wales Hospital says man, 54, lacked identification and was given temporary identity, which contributed to wrong food order.

Hong Kong society

Foreign carers for elderly to get 10 to 20% more pay than current helpers

Carers must also have received elderly care training recognised by Hong Kong and possess at least three years of experience looking after older people.

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Hong Kong society

On This Day | Ngong Ping 360 cable car opens in Hong Kong after typhoon delay - SCMP archive

Attraction officially launches after 3-month delay following Typhoon Prapiroon damage.

A Ngong Ping 360 cable car passes the Buddha statue overlooking Po Lin Monastery at Hong Kong’s Lantau Island on September 18, 2006. Photo: Robert Ng
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong police officer left paralysed in 2005 knife attack dies

Jacky Chu was honoured with bravery medal for continuing to pursue knife-wielding attacker despite bleeding heavily from neck injury.

Jacky Chu in hospital in 2006, with his wife, Choi Yin Ping, by his side. Photo: SCMP
Jacky Chu in hospital in 2006, with his wife, Choi Yin Ping, by his side. Photo: SCMP
John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong’s ‘AI city brain’ to cost initial HK$200m, but ‘won’t catch thieves’

John Lee and Eric Chan stress new system will consolidate data to improve city management and won’t be used for crime detection or surveillance.

John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong’s John Lee vows to review IVF support for women over 40

City leader says he will examine current policies but acknowledges no single measure can reverse Hong Kong’s declining birth rate.

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Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan

Hong Kong aims to raise innovation spending to 3% of GDP by about 2030

Chief Executive John Lee unveils ambitious goal, together with measures to boost frontier technologies, including aerospace research.

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The Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park. Photo: Eugene Lee
John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong sets 5-year plan to double innovation spending, boost new industries

Blueprint sets goals for economic development, livelihoods and environmental protection, policy address targets 5 key areas of development.

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A woman watches a live broadcast of Chief Executive John Lee delivering the five-year plan and policy address. Photo: Karma Lo
A woman watches a live broadcast of Chief Executive John Lee delivering the five-year plan and policy address. Photo: Karma Lo
John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong leader vows support for media’s global reach, to review TV practice code

Hong Kong to review television practice code to help local broadcasters adapt to modern industry trends and digital competition, John Lee says.

Hong Kong economy

10 AI, biotech firms in Northern Metropolis to get early cross-border data access

‘White list’ to ease cross-border movement for more than 1,000 workers willl be ready next year, city leader reveals.

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John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong leader pledges building maintenance reforms after fatal Tai Po fire

Government will conduct a legal study on criminalising bid-rigging in major building maintenance works and submit a proposal to the Legislative Council this year.

The fire, which ripped through Wang Fuk Court in November while the estate was undergoing major renovations, killed 168 residents. Photo: Karma Lo
The fire, which ripped through Wang Fuk Court in November while the estate was undergoing major renovations, killed 168 residents. Photo: Karma Lo
John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong to set up ‘AI city brain’ to boost disaster response and public safety

Government also creating new role of AI commissioner, who is expected to begin next year overseeing key areas of risk governance, John Lee says.

John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong’s HK$30,000 bonus for second child among 11 new measures to boost births

‘The current-term government has shifted from a non-interventionist approach to actively promoting fertility,’ city leader John Lee says.

John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong launching pilot scheme to bring in foreign carers for the elderly

Chief Executive John Lee says in policy address that the government will admit carers under a scheme modelled on domestic helper regime.

In rapidly ageing Hong Kong, the number of people aged 65 and above is projected to nearly double from 1.45 million in 2021 to 2.74 million by 2046. Photo: Sam Tsang
John Lee policy address 2026

Jockey Club to plough HK$3b into new research facility in Northern Metropolis

HKJC says its Charities Trust donation has been “approved in principle” for construction of Life and Health Academic Research Building.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has said it will donate HK$3 billion towards the construction of a research facility in the Northern Metropolis University Town. Photo: Dickson Lee
The Hong Kong Jockey Club has said it will donate HK$3 billion towards the construction of a research facility in the Northern Metropolis University Town. Photo: Dickson Lee
John Lee policy address 2026

Exclusive | Hong Kong policy address to unveil bold youth housing and mediation initiatives

City leader John Lee will seek to prioritise youth home ownership and position Hong Kong as global mediation capital in his address, SCMP learns.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

85% of Wang Fuk Court owners sign sale deals as flat selection moves ahead

Housing Bureau holds computerised ballot to set flat-selection order, posts results online as rehousing scheme moves into next phase.

Hong Kong society

2 brothers found dead in Hong Kong flat had withdrawn from social contact

Pair believed to have died several weeks apart, with their bodies discovered after elder sister made police report.

The men, aged 53 and 55, were pronounced dead at their flat in Lei Tung Estate. Photo: Google Maps
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