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A mobile screen shows the Momo dating app, operated by Hello Group, which was required to pay hundreds of millions of yuan in back taxes this year. Photo: Simon Song
Chinese offshore investment

Beijing targets offshore tax dodging, intensifying cross-border capital scrutiny

Major financial outlets blast offshore shell structures after case involving the Hong Kong entity of a mainland social media platform.

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Hong Kong society

Late Patrick Tse among last icons of Hong Kong cinema’s golden era

Hong Kong economy

Browsers outnumber buyers at Hong Kong Book Fair as sales fall

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong vows to launch smart system, speed water mains replacement

Pledge follows disruption of fresh water supply of Shau Kei Wan residents for more than a day.

Residents line up to fill water bottles and buckets in Shau Kei Wan. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong stock market

SpaceX slump fails to dent Hong Kong tech as investors seen pivoting

Heavyweights such as Alibaba gain as analysts bet on business models of locally listed tech companies that differ from US counterparts.

Hong Kong courts

Teenager sent to detention centre for attempted voyeurism in school toilet

Defendant to spend up to six months at Sha Tsui Correctional Institution, with magistrate urging teenager to reflect on his actions.

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Animal rights in China

Letters | Dog-killing video debate distracts attention from a more pressing task

Readers discuss animal protection legislation in mainland China, dogs in restaurants in Hong Kong, and animal welfare.

A woman holds her dog as she takes a picture of glowing bamboo rafts during the Dragon Boat Festival in Beijing on June 19. China has made enormous economic and technological progress, yet it still lacks a national law prohibiting cruelty towards all animals. Photo: EPA
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong trader held after unauthorised investments spark HK$150m brokerage loss

Source says suspect is 26-year-old investment manager at Chief Securities and had worked as trader there for about six months.

HKEX

Exclusive | HKEX eyes confidential filings, lower market cap threshold for start-ups

HKEX is moving towards closed listings to compete with other exchanges that allow for confidentiality.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong bus crashes into barrier, leaving 10 injured

Police say they received report of crash at 8.59am, adding most were hurt by glass panel inside the bus.

At least 10 people have been injured after a bus crashed into a road barrier. Photo: Handout
China stock market

Chinese stocks rise amid state-backed insurers’ long-term investments

In the latest sign of government support, five state-backed insurers say they will continue to boost their equity holdings.

Data on the Shanghai Composite Index is displayed on an electronic screen on a pedestrian overpass in Shanghai. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Hong Kong weather

Squally thunderstorms set to hit parts of Hong Kong within hours

Forecaster says fine and very hot weather expected later this week before weekend turns unsettled.

China’s private sector

Fifa effect: Hong Kong developers bet on sport fever to keep shoppers spending

Neighbourhood malls to host year-round events encouraging consumers to open their wallets after World Cup mania delivers double-digit gains.

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Hong Kong politics

Legco newcomers raise fewer questions but have better attendance

Miramar Group’s Alan Chan and athlete-turned legislator Vivian Kong among those who submitted fewest questions to government.

Chief Executive John Lee address the eighth Legislative Council during its first meeting on January 14. Photo: Karma Lo
Vietnam

A Vietnamese refugee returns to the Hong Kong island where echoes of a lost childhood remain

Entrepreneur Katie Aung revisits the remote site of the detention camp that shaped her younger years.

Vietnamese refugees arrive in Hong Kong. Some are wearing the green or khaki shirts of the Vietnamese military. Photo: courtesy of Les Bird
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Editorial | Tai Po fire inquiry must discharge its duty without fear or favour

After months of hearings, a greater test lies ahead as the judge-led committee confronts uncomfortable evidence.

Hong Kong courts

Mentally disabled Hong Kong waiter gets 28 months over subversive posts

Chan Ho-hin, 23, earlier pleaded guilty to publishing 118 subversive messages on his social media accounts.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Palace Museum partners with Uzbek cultural centre for future projects

Signing ceremony also marks first reciprocal visit by Central Asian cultural institution since city leader led delegation to region in June.

Firdavs Abdukhalikov (left), director of the Islamic Civilisation Centre, poses with Louis Ng, director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court tells jury to acquit 14 in alleged triad gangster murder case

Judge finds prosecutors failed to prove Luk Wing-ho, 27, was deliberately killed at his boxing gym.

Banking & finance

Hong Kong bourse weighs longer hours amid pressure from global peers: sources

Nasdaq’s 23-hour expansion and London’s round-the-clock push pile pressure on Hong Kong to rethink its shorter trading day.

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Crime in Hong Kong

13 arrested during World Cup over fake merchandise worth HK$159 million

Hong Kong customs confiscates 240,000 suspected counterfeit items over eight weeks and warns of rise in young people trying to make ‘quick money’.

Ng Ka-chun, commander of customs’ intellectual property technology crime investigation division, holds a press briefing on Monday, with some of the seized items on display. Photo: Jelly Tse
Art

Can Hong Kong ‘mega’ arts event HKPAX 2026 meet targets in tough times?

Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo’s co-director Anne Chan talks about slashed entry fees and fresh acts ahead of October’s HK$40 million event.

Colombian dance company Sankofa Danzafro will bring their piece “The City of Others” to Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun heritage arts centre as part of the Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo 2026. The expo’s new co-director, Anne Chan, explains how it aims to attract visitors, including international delegates, and achieve the same success as the inaugural biennale event in 2024. Photo: Instagram/sankofadanzafro
Artificial intelligence

Moonshot AI pushes China closer to US in frontier tech

An overwhelming rush to sign up for Moonshot’s Kimi K3 model underscores how China is rapidly gaining ground on the US in artificial intelligence.

Hong Kong society

‘Unmistakable spirit’: veteran Hong Kong actor Patrick Tse dies at 89

‘He passed away peacefully at the hospital, surrounded by the love of his family, after a period of declining health,’ daughter says.

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Asia housing and property

The View | Asian property: A thin line separates strength from vulnerability

As Hong Kong, India and Japan show, sharp divergences within a market defy broad-brush generalisations.

Pedestrians cross the street in Central on January 26. Rents for premium buildings in Central grew at a pace of 18.5 per cent in annualised terms in the first half of this year. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong dermatologist gets suspended punishment for clinic adverts on RedNote

Medical Council says Dr Tinny Ho to be struck off practitioners’ register for six months if she fails to complete three-year suspended sentence.

Dr Tinny Ho was also found guilty of professional misconduct in 2019 for improper skincare promotions. Photo: Emily Hung
Artificial intelligence

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 faces GPU crunch amid US-China tech rivalry

Chinese start-up pauses Kimi K3 subscriptions due to surging demand and compute shortages, highlighting the country’s AI chip challenges.

Art

Wallace Chan’s ‘Vessels of Other Worlds’ exhibition arrives in Shanghai

The 70-year-old artist, who crafted what was once the world’s most expensive diamond necklace for Chow Tai Fook, is presenting titanium titans in his latest exhibition.

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