Elizabeth Cheung

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Elizabeth Cheung

Hong Kong’s second-largest public housing provider plans to send out a fresh round of tenancy agreements in September that will require well-off residents to pay extra rent, with those who refuse expected to move out in four months, the group’s chairman has said. Ling Kar-kan, Hong Kong Housing Society chairman, also said on Saturday the body was confident that the new rules would stand up to legal scrutiny.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Elizabeth Cheung

Hong Kong lawmakers have called for scrapping some civil service benefits amid a budget deficit, as authorities revealed having spent more than HK$300 million (US$38.6 million) a year on holiday bonuses and another HK$5 million on recreational facilities. But the government defended the benefits, saying they were mentioned in the employment contracts and that they could help boost worker morale.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Willa Wu |Elizabeth Cheung

The number of deals involving non-local homebuyers in Hong Kong has more than tripled over the past two years, official data shows, a jump that experts have attributed in part to the government’s scrapping of property market cooling measures. But the number of transactions by local buyers increased by only 14 per cent between 2023-24 and 2024-25, with the latest level down by 34 per cent over the figure for 2020-21, when the Covid-19 pandemic started to hit the city.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Elizabeth Cheung

At least four dogs in a rural area in Hong Kong have died from suspected poisoning, prompting a police investigation. Police received a report around 8am on Friday from a pet owner on Kwu Tung South Road in Sheung Shui who said two of his dogs had gone missing and four others were dead in suspected poisoning cases. The dogs’ mouths were open when they were found dead. Officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals attended the scene.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Emily Hung |Elizabeth Cheung

Hong Kong authorities have ruled out imposing legal limits on children’s screen time, despite more than 60 per cent of the city’s students exceeding two hours of usage, according to the Department of Health. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau on Wednesday said it was inappropriate to impose a hard indicator on the length of screen time given that electronic devices had become an important learning tool.