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Hong Kong budget 2026-27

Financial Secretary Paul Chan is set to deliver his budget address in February, during which he will lay out the Hong Kong government’s spending plans for the new financial year.

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Hong Kong Budget 2025-26

2024-25

Hong Kong Budget 2024-25

2023-24

Hong Kong Budget 2023-24

Paul Chan

Opinion | Paul Chan should welcome lawmakers’ budget scrutiny, not dismiss it

Far from being ‘alarmist’, legislators are right to raise concerns about the administration’s fiscal plans and their impact on the city’s future.

4 May 2026 - 9:30AM

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong surplus hits HK$11 billion as finance chief ‘monitors’ Mideast war

29 Apr 2026 - 9:03PM

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong has much to gain from aligning with China’s national plan

11 Mar 2026 - 7:15AM

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong ‘more than China’s financial testing ground’, Paul Chan says

Finance chief says Hong Kong is driving country’s development, calls on city to ‘get empowered’ by AI.

9 Mar 2026 - 6:25PM

Financial Secretary Paul Chan at the “Redefining Hong Kong 2026: Budget Edition” conference. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Fears over Exchange Fund discipline overblown: Hong Kong’s dollar peg architect

John Greenwood says drawing HK$150 billion from the fund is justified, calling the move a legitimate, long‑term investment.

9 Mar 2026 - 8:10AM

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | As Hong Kong doubles down on innovation, Hongkongers must too

The budget outlines support for Hong Kong’s role in the nation’s innovation drive. Now the city must deliver the innovation.

8 Mar 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Paul Chan must deliver the fiscal discipline Hong Kong needs

Fiscal prudence is vital if Hong Kong is to fund the Northern Metropolis and other costly development plans in an uncertain geopolitical climate.

8 Mar 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

A view of the Hung Shui Kiu development area, part of the Northern Metropolis project. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong tourism

Editorial | ‘Symphony of Lights’ bowing out clears stage for new attractions

Ending the 22-year run of Hong Kong’s iconic light show underscores the city’s push to refresh its tourism appeal.

5 Mar 2026 - 7:15AM

Hong Kong society

Letters | Why Hong Kong should invest in food recovery

Readers discuss an opportunity to prioritise poverty alleviation for the city’s most vulnerable, and the role of Hong Kong universities in national development.

4 Mar 2026 - 11:30AM

Hong Kong property

Can HKIC fix Hong Kong’s 15 million square-foot office vacancy problem?

Attracting foreign institutions might prove difficult amid the commercial property sector’s elevated vacancy rates and uncertain recovery.

3 Mar 2026 - 11:11AM

A general view of prime commercial buildings in Hong Kong’s Central district. Photo: UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Joe Chow Yat-ming

Fines, penalties and forfeitures pump HK$2.1 billion into government coffers

Amount is 25.8 per cent more than estimate, with government attributing surge to bigger fines and higher revenue from forfeiture cases.

2 Mar 2026 - 9:00AM

A police officer issues a traffic ticket to a driver in Wan Chai. In 2025, the force issued 2.068 million illegal parking penalty tickets, Photo: Eugene Lee

Electric & new energy vehicles

Editorial | EVs in Hong Kong must compete on their own merits

The decision to end tax breaks for private electric cars is part of the necessary transition from incentives to market-driven growth.

2 Mar 2026 - 6:45AM

Hong Kong economy

Legal framework for Northern Metropolis to be tabled at Legco on March 24

Latest budget is seeking HK$30 billion in initial capital for development of Hetao Hong Kong Park, San Tin Technopole and Shui Kiu Industry Park.

1 Mar 2026 - 10:29PM

Hong Kong economy

Robots, jets and yachts: Hong Kong aims for new fairs to woo big spenders

Commerce chief says push in response to HK$100 million budgeted to ‘attract large international exhibitions with new elements to Hong Kong’.

1 Mar 2026 - 9:40PM

An interactive robotic installation called “Godspeed” by Bill Vorn and Louis-Philippe Demers at last year’s Hong Kong International AI Art Festival. Photo: Dickson Lee

Paul Chan

No Exchange Fund withdrawal in next 5 years after latest transfers: Paul Chan

Finance chief assures public the HK$150 billion withdrawal will not be repeated under current medium-range forecast.

1 Mar 2026 - 12:11AM

The Exchange Fund withdrawal aims to support the Northern Metropolis and other infrastructure projects, according to the finance chief. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong transport

Commercial EV use needs boost after car owner tax break ends, green groups say

Environmentalists back move to end first registration tax concessions for private electric cars, say focus must pivot to businesses.

28 Feb 2026 - 12:00PM

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong’s fiscal surplus is cause for celebration, not complacency

More creative strategies are needed to secure the city’s long-term liquidity amid an ageing population and increased infrastructure spending.

28 Feb 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | As Hong Kong’s economy recovers, it must drive Northern Metropolis

While the government’s proposal to dip into the Exchange Fund is unusual, new economic and geopolitical circumstances call for fresh thinking.

28 Feb 2026 - 7:15AM

A model of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park, located in the Northern Metropolis of Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong to offer 9 residential sites to developers in 2026-27 land sale plan

Sites include three from previous programme and are expected to yield about 6,650 flats, development chief Bernadette Linn says.

27 Feb 2026 - 11:23PM

Education in Hong Kong