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A new pilot scheme to bring in foreign domestic carers for the elderly to deal with an ageing population could disrupt Hong Kong’s existing helper market, driving up wages and putting care beyond the reach of low-income older residents, some employers and agencies have warned. They said the measure,
Foreign domestic carers brought to Hong Kong to look after elderly residents under a proposed government pilot scheme would receive 10 to 20 per cent more pay than existing helpers, the labour minister has said. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han on Friday revealed additional details
About 10 artificial intelligence (AI) and biotech companies will be the first to access cross-border data flows under a new pilot scheme, securing an early edge over roughly 100 other firms set up in Hong Kong’s flagship tech hub at the border. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu revealed on Wednesday
Hong Kong authorities have rolled out 11 new initiatives to encourage residents to have children, including an expanded cash bonus scheme and a reduced down payment for subsidised housing for parents with newborns. In the latest policy address delivered on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu
More than 85 per cent of owners at the blaze-hit Wang Fuk Court have signed agreements to sell their flats to the Hong Kong government as authorities move ahead with flat selection under a special rehousing scheme. Authorities said on Tuesday that 1,702 households – 85.8 per cent of flat owners acro
The Hong Kong government will not cap the number of admissions under its talent schemes, with the labour minister saying “the more, the better” amid a global race for skilled workers, despite rising concerns over whether the city can absorb the influx. Wrapping up a five-day visit to Hong Kong by ov
Mainland Chinese have paid tribute to Hong Kong’s first chief executive, the late Tung Chee-hwa, for introducing a solo-travel scheme more than two decades ago that opened the city to millions of travellers and created indelible memories for middle-class families. The Individual Visit Scheme has gro
機電工程署（機電署）今日（九月十日）公布，該署於二○二六年八月以隨機抽樣的方式從石油氣加氣站和儲藏庫抽取了五個石油氣樣本化驗，結果顯示所有樣本品質均符合車用石油氣規格。 詳細化驗結果載於機電署網頁 （www.emsd.gov.hk/tc/gas_safety/lpg_vehicle_scheme/publications/general/results_of_lpg_sample_analysis/index.html），公眾人士亦可致電該署熱線2333 3762查詢。 此外，機電署一直有檢視石油氣供應公司在每一次進口時提交的第三者獨立檢驗報告，以確保進口的石油氣品質符合規定。
Retired harbour pilot Alex Yu Chi-leung sailed his 50-foot wooden yacht, Bowline, from Causeway Bay in Hong Kong to Dongao Island in Zhuhai under a new cross-border yachting scheme last week, but bureaucratic hurdles and shallow waters tempered the excitement of the leisure trip. It was Yu’s first v
China has arrested 52 Singaporeans suspected of involvement in pyramid schemes, Singapore said Friday, in what local media in the city-state said could be the largest detention of its citizens overseas to date. The arrests took place in China’s southern province of Guangxi during a law enforce
More than 99 per cent of homeowners at Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court have accepted a government buy-out of their flats, leaving just 17 households facing potential compulsory acquisition after the scheme closed on Monday. By the cut‑off time at 5pm on Monday, 1,967 or 99.1 per cent of the
Canada has ceased accepting applicants for a “lifeboat” immigration scheme introduced for Hongkongers in the wake of the national security law. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the government department responsible for immigration to the country, said in a statement on Frida
Betty Ho is adamant that she will not sell her flat in Wang Fuk Court under a government buyout scheme that is due to expire on Monday afternoon. Nine months have passed since the blaze that killed 168 people and displaced thousands from the Tai Po housing estate. An independent committee is still p
Ride-hailing services Uber and Didi have said they are preparing to apply for licences under a new scheme opened by the government on Friday, an effort to regulate the fast-growing industry. In response to HKPF, Uber said on Friday: “We are preparing our application for a ride-hailing platform
More than 96 per cent of homeowners at the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court have agreed to sell their flats to the government under an official buyback scheme that is due to expire next Monday, a senior official has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho said on Friday that, as of Thursday, 1,914 of the estat