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Hong Kong’s legislature will set up a subcommittee to examine proposed restrictions on access to land records following widespread public concern. At the Legislative Council’s house committee meeting on Friday, lawmakers endorsed establishing the subcommittee to study proposed requirements and proce
Hong Kong lawmakers and the media industry have raised concerns about the authorities’ plan to tighten arrangements for journalists searching land records, with some legislators urging the government to explain operational details and streamline the application to support investigative reporting. Th
Hong Kong’s revamped Huanggang Port handled more than 152,000 crossings on Sunday, with some travellers waiting up to two hours amid congestion that lawmakers attributed to unfamiliarity with new clearance procedures, a surge in traffic and computer system reboots. Immigration Department figures sho
Hong Kong’s legislature has for the first time used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse lawmakers’ remarks during a three-day debate on the city’s first five-year plan and the latest annual policy address, with talent and the Northern Metropolis emerging as the most-discussed topics. Legislative
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Hong Kong’s first post-handover Legislative Council president, recently dropped a political bomb. She revealed that one of her friends had been telling her that a legislature with 90 seats costs a lot more than one with 60 and that “I kind of agree with that”. The basic maths b
Hong Kong’s legislature has passed motions supporting the city’s first five-year plan and thanking Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu for his latest policy address, while Beijing’s top representative in the city urged mainland Chinese enterprises to align themselves with the government’s blueprint. At
Lawmakers and engineering sector leaders have called for a review of Hong Kong’s building inspection mechanism and a blacklist to bar errant contractors from government tenders, after Hong Kong’s first privately built “starter homes” project hit a snag over shoddy steel work. The government should r
An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after the entrance to the office of two pro-Beijing lawmakers was splashed with red paint, with the two legislators condemning the “illegal act.” The Thursday morning arrest came after a police report at around 6am stating
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly splashing red paint at the joint office of two lawmakers, accusing them of being unhelpful. A source said on Thursday that police arrested a 66-year-old man over the incident at the shared office of Kowloon East lawmaker Bill Tang Ka-piu and insuran
The nomination period opened on Wednesday for elections to the 1,500-member body responsible for choosing Hong Kong’s next chief executive and 40 lawmakers. Hopefuls from at least four subsectors submitted their nomination forms on the first day. The South China Morning Post explains the significanc
Nominations have opened for the powerful electoral body that chooses both Hong Kong’s top leader and almost half of the territory’s lawmakers. The nomination period for 982 seats on the 1,500-member Election Committee opened on Wednesday and will run until October 20. If the number of approved
Hong Kong lawmakers have backed the government’s proposed tax incentives for large innovative companies, but many said on Monday that the planned five-year concession period is too short to attract major firms to establish headquarters or expand operations in the city. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-ch
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Hospital launched its first phase of operations, treating nearly 300 patients at its family medicine centre on Monday morning, with the daily number projected to reach 1,800 by the end of the year. While some patients expressed satisfaction about the service, lawmakers called for
Hong Kong lawmakers have urged the government to widen the scope of a proposed statutory cooling-off law to cover more types of wellness market trends after the abrupt shutdown of the Hotstone Yoga chain, as claimed financial losses by customers rose to HK$3.9 million (US$497,030). Their calls follo
Updated declarations of interest by members of Hong Kong’s top decision-making body have revealed new business ventures and corporate board appointments for several former veteran lawmakers, while constitutional affairs chief Janice Tse Siu-wa remains the biggest landlord among ministers. The Execut
Hong Kong authorities have condemned US lawmakers for holding a hearing on jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and colluding with “anti-China and destabilising elements” to demand his release ahead of a planned summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trum
Lawmakers and a government adviser have called for anti-stalking legislation to close a loophole that makes prosecuting repeated harassment difficult in Hong Kong, following the acquittal of a man who followed a teenage girl to her secondary school classroom. Some experts said the government should