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Six more activists have been added to the list of people wanted for allegedly violating the national security law. Photo: Jelly Tse

Politics

Beijing lashes out at Western criticism of Hong Kong bounties on 6 activists

Beijing urges US, UK, EU and Canada to ‘immediately stop making groundless accusations and interfering in the affairs of Hong Kong and China’.

Hong Kong hospital throws party for sick children, offering Christmas hope

Hong Kong restaurants and bars enjoying business bump over Christmas

Transport

Disruptions, mid-air blunders highlighted the year for Hong Kong aviation

Global Microsoft outage that affected Hong Kong airport in July forced tens of thousands of passengers to check in manually.

Cathay Pacific cancelled around 800 flights between December 2023 and February 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee
Cathay Pacific cancelled around 800 flights between December 2023 and February 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee

Society

Dads jailed in Hong Kong prison cherish Christmas ‘playtime’ with their children

For inmates, programme that allows sessions filled with playing games and physical contact with their younger children provides added impetus to reform themselves.

Society

Call for Hong Kong to subsidise smart trackers for dementia sufferers

Technology can prove invaluable in helping to locate residents with the condition who have gone missing, experts and groups say.

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Banking & Finance

Hong Kong employers seek more relationship managers and data analysts next year

Human resource professionals also say customer due diligence officers are in demand.

Hong Kong’s bustling Central district. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong’s bustling Central district. Photo: Jelly Tse

Society

Wild monkey strays onto private housing estate in Hong Kong

Monkey climbs up water pipes at City One Sha Tin, but despite agricultural officers trying to lure it down with fruit, it disappears into the night.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong logs 1 million arrivals, but half are residents heading home for Christmas

Arrival number is 300,000 more than last year, but about 50 per cent are residents returning to city.

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Law and Crime

Hong Kong’s year in court: national security, murder and minority rights

The Post reviews the biggest cases of 2024, including the sentencing of 45 opposition figures and ‘Dragon Slaying’ bomb plotters.

People queue up to enter the West Kowloon Law Courts Building to hear Jimmy Lai’s national security trial in November. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong economy

Christmas on the mainland? Hongkongers opt for festive fun across the border

Holidaymakers say Shenzhen’s open spaces and budget-friendly options drew them to city’s attractions.

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Visitors enjoy the Christmas snowscape at MixC World shopping centre. Photo: Oscar Liu
Visitors enjoy the Christmas snowscape at MixC World shopping centre. Photo: Oscar Liu

Law and Crime

Hong Kong customs arrests 2 for allegedly smuggling cocaine in their bodies

Women arriving from Uganda had 1.5kg of suspected cocaine pellets worth HK$1.3 million hidden in their bodies.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s low-altitude economy plans to focus on smaller-drone services first

Authorities say initial phase of Low-altitude Economy Regulatory Sandbox will centre on emergency and rescue, inspection, delivery and surveillance.

Hong Kong

124 suspects arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly lending accounts to fraudsters

Arrestees suspected to be connected with 128 scam cases, involving total losses of HK$68.69 million, according to police.

Inspector Victoria Ma of the Yuen Long police district’s technology and financial crime squad. Photo: Handout

Law and Crime

Hong Kong teacher jailed for 6 months for taking upskirt videos of pupils

Magistrate notes Chan Yue-tak, 26, who secretly filmed 13-year-old girls in his class, had ‘relatively high’ risk of reoffending.

The Tuen Mun Law Courts Building. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
The Tuen Mun Law Courts Building. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong malls report up to 50% more footfall over festive season so far

Bump of 15 per cent in sales projected at some shopping centres, aided by revived multiple-entry visa scheme for Shenzhen residents.

Companies

Shimao slashes Hong Kong hotel price by 25% to speed up restructuring

Mainland Chinese developer is asking HK$4.5 billion (US$579 million) for the asset, down from HK$6 billion in March 2023, according to a source.

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Health & Environment

Hong Kong tightens airport health checks amid Congo mystery disease outbreak

The unknown disease has left 79 dead and more than 300 infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since late October.

The Democratic Republic of Congo on a map. Photo: Shutterstock
The Democratic Republic of Congo on a map. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong sticks with names An An and Ke Ke for Beijing-gifted pandas

Unchanged names revealed at ceremony before the pair meet the public for the first time on Sunday.

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Politics

Hong Kong’s John Lee sacks tourism and transport ministers in unexpected move

Rosanna Law to replace Kevin Yeung, while Mable Chan will succeed Lam Sai-hung.

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Hong Kong economy

Why some Hong Kong shoppers are ditching bargains in mainland China

Quality assurance, political values, human ties and ‘stubbornness’ among reasons they stay home to shop.

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OPINION
Quentin Parker

Opinion | True Hong Kong service won’t be found in an order-it-yourself app

Quentin Parker
Grenville Cross

Opinion | Hong Kong needs these laws to close child protection loopholes

Grenville Cross
Alice Wu

Opinion | Hong Kong’s new culture push will fail without fixing old problems

Alice Wu
Ningrong Liu

Opinion | Reform the only answer to securing Hong Kong’s prosperous future

Ningrong Liu
Richard Breslin

Opinion | Kai Tak shows how sports infrastructure can lift neighbourhoods

Richard Breslin
Alice Wu

Opinion | The problem with Hong Kong officials’ rising salaries

Alice Wu
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