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Hong Kong firms should step up ties abroad to tackle Western bias: Regina Ip

5 days ago | scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung

Hong Kong’s business and academic circles should step up exchanges with their overseas counterparts to help counter the bias of Western governments against the city and Beijing, a top government adviser has said. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who is the convenor of the key decision-making Executive Council, said on Friday that the non-government efforts could help build trust and in turn influence officials and politicians abroad.
Rainy, hot days ahead for Hong Kong, with mercury to hit 31 degrees on Sunday

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hongkongers should brace for rainy, stormy and hot days ahead, as a trough of low pressure developing over central China could affect coastal Guangdong province early next week, the Observatory has said.
Beijing-Vatican ties built under pope must be maintained: Hong Kong cardinal

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung

The leader of Hong Kong’s Catholics has emphasised the need to maintain a “better understanding” and “better relationship” between the Vatican and mainland China, saying that such “bridge-building” under the late Pope Francis should continue.
Hong Kong’s economy grows by ‘solid’ 3.1% in first quarter

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung |Wynna Wong

Hong Kong’s economy expanded by 3.1 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2025, according to advance government estimates. Figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Friday showed gross domestic product (GDP) increased by an estimated 3.1 per cent in real terms in the first three months. A government spokesman said the economy “expanded solidly” in the three months, “picking up from the 2.5 per cent growth in the preceding quarter”.
Rise in mainland applications for Hong Kong driving licences fuels test calls

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung

Calls are mounting for mainland Chinese drivers to be required to sit tests in Hong Kong to get their driving qualifications recognised in the city, with official figures recording a sharp rise in applications for local licences in recent years. Data prepared by the Transport Department for legislators showed that the number of direct issue applications based on mainland driving licences jumped from 20,306 in 2022 to 57,913 in 2023, a rise of 185 per cent.
Rise in mainland applications for Hong Kong driving licences fuels test calls

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ng Kang-chung

1 hour ago2 Disney Imagineers dreamed of retiring in Thailand. Their journey didn't go quite as planned. Jameel Haiat and Hilcia Peña left the US and moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand. They started a boutique hotel, but shut it down months later so Haiat could prioritize his cancer recovery. Now they're focused on their passions — making art and writing poetry — and say every day feels like Saturday.
Hong Kong exports up 10.9% in first quarter of 2025 amid US-China trade war

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung

The value of Hong Kong’s total exports rose 10.9 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2025, while imports also increased by 9.8 per cent in the period, amid a trade war initiated by the United States, according to latest official figures. Trade data released by the Census and Statistics Department on Monday showed the value of the city’s exports and imports of goods increased 18.5 per cent and 16.6 per cent respectively for March.
Hong Kong institutions warned over mainland student quota breaches

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung

Hong Kong’s education minister has warned self-financing post-secondary institutions against admitting more mainland Chinese students than their permitted quota as it could negatively affect their academic accreditation. Christine Choi Yuk-lin issued the warning after statistics revealed that some institutions had a mainland student intake exceeding 60 per cent of their total enrolment, which is as much as six times the allowed limit.
Hong Kong institutions warned over mainland student quota breaches

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Ng Kang-chung

7 hours agoChangchun, China - December 26, 2024 In a table tennis match, both players were focusing on the the movement of the ball. Left and right, the ball flied between two sides. Suddenly, there was a mistake, and the ball hit the other player on the head. Such a funny it was, people began to laugh so hard at this moment. The footage was filmed by XXX, in Nanguan, Changchun, Jilin, at 19:41, on December 26, 2024.
World bids farewell to ‘pope of the people’, with funeral featuring Mandarin

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung |Ambrose Li

Hundreds of thousands of Catholics joined world leaders in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City for the funeral of the late pontiff Francis, praised as the “pope of the people”, with the service on Saturday including a prayer in Mandarin. A live broadcast of the funeral for the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church, who died after suffering a stroke and heart failure at age 88 on Easter Monday, was also watched by the faithful gathered at a cathedral in Hong Kong.