Hong Kong authorities have urged the US to “rectify” the imposition of additional tariffs on the city’s goods, saying the new policy targeting Chinese exports ignored Hong Kong’s status as a separate customs territory. A container terminal in Hong Kong. File photo: GovHK. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, the Hong Kong government expressed […]
Hong Kong’s former secretary for transport and housing Anthony Cheung has called for a pay freeze for public servants to reduce the city’s huge budget deficit. In an opinion piece published by Ming Pao on Tuesday, Cheung suggested that the government should freeze civil service salaries, instead of adopting a “one-size-fits-all approach” to cutting public […]
China said Tuesday it would slap 10 percent tariffs on imports from the US of crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement vehicles and pickup trucks. File photo: GovHK. The move comes after Washington announced 10 percent levies on Chinese imports, which Beijing’s finance ministry said “seriously violates World Trade Organization rules”. More to follow – refresh […]
The first month of 2025 saw a Hong Kong polling organisation and its chief executive investigated by national security police. Hong Kong pollster Robert Chung (second from left) being taken to the office of the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute in Wong Chuk Hang by police for an investigation on January 13, 2025. Photo: […]
By John Barkdull and Paul G. Harris Every day brings news of the effects of climate change on human communities. For example, low rainfall and other factors associated with climate change have exacerbated the fires that are now consuming neighbourhoods in the Los Angeles area of California. People shelter from the sun in Hong Kong, […]
Donald Trump’s commerce secretary nominee told his US Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday he favors “across-the-board” tariffs targeting countries rather than products, while signaling a hawkish China stance. Howard Lutnick, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, speaks during his Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building […]
More than a decade ago, construction on an underground rail link connecting Hong Kong to mainland China began beneath Yau Tam Mei Tsuen, a village in the city’s northern New Territories. For some villagers, it was a warning that their homes would one day be ceded to further development. That day is drawing ever nearer. […]
Hong Kong authorities have condemned American lawmakers’ reintroduction of a bill urging sanctions on the city’s top officials, judges and prosecutors, calling the move “political grandstanding.” Central Government Offices. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. In a statement on Saturday, the government responded to US Representatives Young Kim and Jim McGovern’s updated Hong Kong Sanctions Act. The bill, […]
A new wave of online harassment that followed a journalism students’ investigation into government “care teams” echoed an “organised attack” last year that saw dozens of reporters targeted, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) has said. Hong Kong Journalists Association. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. In a statement released on Sunday, the HKJA said posts on Facebook […]
Executive Council convenor and Legislative Council member Regina Ip recently asked Secretary for Justice Paul Lam questions that highlighted the government’s repeated loss of court cases focusing on the recognition of same-sex marriage. Ip asked why the government “insisted on lodging appeals despite considering that the cases would have a low success rate.” Put more bluntly, […]