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Latest news, analysis and opinion on politics in Hong Kong, covering the Legislative Council, John Lee, pro-establishment and opposition camps, protests, the national security law and the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
CK Hutchison’s flags on display at Cheung Kong Center in Central. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

‘Don’t act in concert with US hegemony’: Beijing signals anger over Hutchison deal

HKMAO shares scathing piece that warns Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate against making ‘historic mistakes’.

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Hong Kong police

Police chief recalls 36 years on force, expects Hong Kong stability to improve

Hutchison’s Panama ports deal

CK Hutchison port deal may be hit with wave of antitrust probes

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Hutchison’s Panama ports deal

Will Beijing sink Hutchison-BlackRock ports deal with antitrust probe?

While China could argue the sale harms competition or national security, another approach would be to negotiate existing rights for Chinese vessels, legal experts say.

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(From left) Victor Li Tzar-kuoi and Li Ka-shing share a word at the CK Hutchison Holdings annual results announcement in 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang
Li Ka-shing

Hong Kong group ‘will not sign Panama deal next week’, Beijing to launch probe

Beijing to launch antitrust probe into deal by Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings.

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Hong Kong

Beijing, Hong Kong condemn ‘slanders and smears’ in UK’s 6-month report on city

Report highlights city’s national security trials and authorities’ move to place a new round of HK$1 million bounties on six activists.

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Hutchison’s Panama ports deal

Fourth Beijing warning for Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison over Panama ports deal

Beijing’s offices overseeing Hong Kong affairs repost another scathing news article taking aim at company over sale to US consortium.

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CK Hutchison operates two ports at either end of the Panama Canal. Photo: AP
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Hutchison, government in talks to see if there’s any way out as deadline nears

Sources say Hong Kong government approached Hutchison immediately after learning on March 4 about the surprise deal to sell its port operations.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Explainer | Here’s all you need to know about Hong Kong’s coming medical fee changes

Revamped public healthcare charges are set to take effect on January 1 next year. We break down how patients will be affected.

Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison gets another Beijing warning over Panama ports sale

Beijing’s top offices on Hong Kong post article quoting residents urging firm to stand up to US pressure and to stand on the right side of history.

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Hutchison operates two ports at the Panama Canal. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong lawmakers call for simpler fee waiver process under healthcare reform

Hospital Authority chief says applications will be made available via the ‘HA Go’ mobile app, which legislators also suggest.

Patients at the accident and emergency department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong housing

Editorial | Hong Kong’s public housing is for those most in need

Hong Kong cracks down on abuse of subsidised flats by tightening rules and raising rents for residents who can afford to pay more.

Hong Kong

Editorial | Price of Hong Kong’s health has to be right for truly sick in subsidy shake-up

Faced with an ageing society and expensive medical advances, Hong Kong’s public healthcare system has revamped its fees.

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Hong Kong

Eyebrows raised over Hong Kong’s Richard Li in Beijing, observers say

Younger son of tycoon Li Ka-shing rubbed shoulders with elites on weekend in nation’s capital, but observer says Beijing sees him as separate to controversial deal.

Richard Li (top right) is the younger son of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing. Photo: CNS
Hong Kong

Hong Kong devoted to bolstering foreign ties, John Lee says at Boao Forum

Chief executive touts international connections following Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s call for city to expand global ties.

Chief Executive John Lee has highlighted that Hong Kong had retained third place globally and first in Asia in the latest Global Financial Centres Index. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

University of Hong Kong cancels talk by Anti-Defamation League after petition

Over 1,000 people sign online petition accusing CEO Jonathan Greenblatt of ‘one-sided pro-Israeli bias’, spreading divisive views and ‘hate speech’.

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Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party to hold meeting in April to discuss disbanding

Special meeting will seek to establish a mandate to allow leadership to handle legal procedures related to group’s proposed dissolution.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s capital market can help turn mainland tech firms into ‘global leaders’

Beijing official Qi Bin also says fostering strong capital market to support nation’s technological advances is the ‘obvious choice’.

A Beijing official has called for the acceleration of the integration of Hong Kong’s capital market with the nation’s hi-tech enterprises. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hutchison’s Panama ports deal

Diving deep into CK Hutchison’s Panama ports exit

A sale by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison of its overseas ports, including two in Panama, to a BlackRock consortium continues to stir debate as to its eventual outcome. China has expressed unhappiness, suggesting the deal would hurt national interest, while CK Hutchison has said the transaction is purely commercial. In a two-part special, we speak to insiders on how the trifecta of geopolitics, the domestic politics of Panama and changes in the port business influenced CK Hutchison.

Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong’s Article 23, a year of restraint but what about broader impact?

While domestic security law has not been applied as broadly as feared, government urged to disclose more information about how it’s being used.

US-China relations

Hutchison’s Panama ports exit inevitable: analysts

CK Hutchison has kept silent on the sale but defends the move via a column on news website using a property agent’s byline, says the agent.

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Containers at the Balboa Port at the Panama Canal. Photo: Reuters
Greater Bay Area

Beijing urges Swire Group to help boost Hong Kong’s aviation hub status

Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng also encourages company to take part in bay area’s development and Hainan Free Trade Port as he meets CEO Merlin Swire.

The Swire, Chinese and Hong Kong flags at the company’s offices in Admiralty. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
US-China relations

Devil in the details of the Hutchison-BlackRock Panama ports deal

Hong Kong-based port operator has to contend with local politics and mounting pressure from US, which wants to reduce mainland Chinese influence.

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Hong Kong

Editorial | A major meltdown in key computer systems can bring catastrophe to Hong Kong

A new law to protect Hong Kong’s information infrastructure is crucial to safeguarding the well-being of our society.

Jimmy Lai

Hong Kong’s security chief attacks Guardian newspaper over Jimmy Lai claim

Secretary for Security Chris Tang says article used ‘misleading’ language in criticising top court’s rejection of Lai’s appeal over foreign lawyer.

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Secretary for Security Chris Tang has stressed that Jimmy Lai’s application for leave to appeal was dismissed through a summary procedure because “it was wholly devoid of merits”. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong should have system to pause labour import scheme, workers’ union says

Federation of Trade Unions says sectors facing rising unemployment need relief, citing impact of arrival of 75,000 workers in past two years.

The 75,000 imported workers include at least 20,000 in the catering sector and 9,000 in construction. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

City Beat | Beijing is upset, but why is it limiting criticism of Hutchison’s Panama deal?

Closer look at Beijing’s mixed ‘semi-official’ approach to voicing disapproval shows what is at stake in saga involving Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate.

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Hong Kong budget 2025-26

Opinion | How Hong Kong can dig itself out of recurring deficits

As the city borrows money to fund development, it risks depleting its savings unless policymakers act decisively to find new sources of revenue.

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