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4 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Jeffie Lam |Vivian Au
Zheng Yanxiong has been removed as director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong and the Chinese government has appointed Zhou Ji, the executive deputy director of the top Beijing office for the city’s affairs, to replace him. The State Council, China’s cabinet, announced late on Friday that Zhou, the executive deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), had been appointed to lead the central government’s liaison office in the city.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Fiona Sun |Vivian Au
Hong Kong’s plan to tap the multibillion-dollar “silver economy” and bolster elderly residents’ spending power requires measures that will increase their participation in the workforce and give them more income, such as a flexible retirement age and better medical insurance, analysts have said. The government on Tuesday announced 30 measures aimed at reaping the economic rewards of the ageing population.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Vivian Au
Bbluesky Publishing and Boundary Bookstore say they earlier received notices that their applications for July’s fair had been rejected.
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2 months ago | 
scmp.com | Jess Ma |Vivian Au
Crowds have thronged Hong Kong’s various border crossings as hundreds of thousands of residents looking for good food and affordable holiday activities queued up to leave the city on the first day of the Easter weekend. As of 10am, over 254,000 people had left Hong Kong. To cope with crowd control measures at the Lo Wu checkpoint, some East Rail line trains departing from Admiralty would terminate at Tai Po Market instead of border terminuses Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Willa Wu |Vivian Au
China’s top legislature has recognised Hong Kong’s “irreplaceable” role as the country’s gateway to the world, pledging to conduct more studies to promote future Greater Bay Area development. Lou Qinjian, spokesman for the National People’s Congress (NPC), said on Tuesday that the central government would offer more support for Hong Kong and Macau’s participation in the development of the bay area. “Hong Kong, Macau have been an important window for our country’s opening up.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Vivian Au |Ng Kang-chung
Hong Kong will soon announce guidelines on the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI), the city’s innovation chief has said. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong revealed the move on Sunday after last week saying more than 70 government departments would use a locally developed ChatGPT-style AI tool powered by DeepSeek’s data learning model.
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Lam Ka-sing |Vivian Au
Some Hong Kong government departments are expected to cut the number of contract staff as authorities seek to reduce spending amid a deficit that is forecast to reach nearly HK$100 billion (US$12.9 billion), the Post has learned. Sources revealed the strategy ahead of Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s annual budget address on Wednesday, as academics and lawmakers also called for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to reform the civil service and replace roles such as typists.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Vivian Au |Fiona Sun
Hong Kong director Jun Li Jun-shuo has said he received threats and insults from German right-wingers after reading out a pro-Palestine speech by an Iranian actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, which triggered a police probe. He also told the Post that he was not worried about his safety, adding that he planned to watch the German election on Sunday and stay for the entire festival, where his latest film Queerpanorama premiered.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Vivian Au
Developers have urged Hong Kong authorities to minimise investment risks for a megaproject near the border with mainland China, saying they need more timely infrastructure and flexibility in building rules. They made the call on Thursday over the Northern Metropolis scheme, which will turn 30,000 hectares (74,130 acres) of land in the New Territories into an economic powerhouse and housing hub.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Vivian Au
Hong Kong’s ombudsman has urged housing authorities to do more to hold offenders legally accountable for the abuse of public flats amid a prosecution rate of 4.2 per cent last year, even as the government proposes increased penalties. The watchdog said on Wednesday the city had recorded 12,407 cases of public housing being misused last year, but only 518 involved prosecutions.
