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The owner of gym chain Physical, Luk Ngai-keung, was arrested by Hong Kong customs officers in September. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong’s Physical gym founders fined HK$24,000 for unpaid wages to 2 coaches

Chain’s directors have exhausted their payment options after mortgaging all their properties, lawyer says.

Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong shoebox home landlords may pass on costs to tenants under new rules

SCMP Highlights

China’s 6G-powered war system, Xi urges ceasefire in Middle East: 7 highlights

Food and Drinks

‘World’s best afternoon tea’ in Hong Kong, plus 9 other summer 2025 sets

With The Rosewood’s Butterfly Room sharing a French award for world’s best afternoon tea, here are other Hong Kong sets to enjoy this summer.

Rosewood Hong Kong’s The Butterfly Room has received the prestigious World’s Best Afternoon Tea Award 2025 from La Liste.
Hong Kong tourism

Letters | Let’s understand ‘check-in’ culture, not judge mainland Chinese tourists

Readers discuss ‘check-in’ tourism, the revamp of MTR information boards, and better outcomes for single-parent families.

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks gain as PBOC’s benchmark-rate choice spurs optimism

Stocks pare the week’s losses as central bank’s rate decision hints at sustained recovery in the world’s second-largest economy.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong weighs relaxing building rules for university student hostels

Development authorities say relaxed rules would make it easier to build dormitories in commercial and non-residential areas.

Hong Kong is grappling with a shortage of student hostels. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong economy

Macroscope | Demise of Hong Kong dollar peg? Still the bet you shouldn’t take

While the currency peg is not indestructible, investors should not underestimate the extent to which it is part of the city’s raison d’être.

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China's economic recovery

Word is bonds: China’s provinces use special-purpose funds to pay debts

Hunan and Yunnan are using special-purpose bond funds to balance their books, the first provinces to do so as Beijing stresses financial risk control.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Staff at second-hand luxury stores in Hong Kong fear for safety after robbery

Sales staff say security systems can’t protect against kind of robber who rendered employee unconscious and made off with HK$3 million in Hermes and Van Cleef & Arpels products.

A staff member at JM Vintage on Hart Avenue, the same street in Tsim Sha Tsui where the store that was robbed is located. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong sports park scores in undisputed comeback for tourist numbers

After witnessing a flood of arrivals from both near and far in May, Hong Kong can rightly celebrate its return as a global destination.

Kai Tak Sports Park is hosting attractions bringing tourists into Hong Kong. Photo: Elson Li
Mobile payments

Ant Group pushes wider adoption of AI-enabled smart glasses for mobile payments

The first such payment outside mainland China was recently completed in Hong Kong, using the AlipayHK app and Meizu’s StarV smart glasses.

Hong Kong stock market

Middle East tensions not likely to disrupt recovery for Hong Kong stocks: Citigroup

Citigroup says instability in the Middle East could spur US-based fund managers to redirect investments to mainland China and Hong Kong.

Banking & finance

Editorial | US dollar uncertainty propels use of e-CNY

As mainland’s international operations centre, Shanghai will increase global reach of yuan, promote China’s central bank digital currency.

China’s e-CNY online currency is picking up as global worries about the dollar continue. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong politics

Will new review system fix Hong Kong’s civil service? Experts have doubts

John Lee has proposed adding new layer of accountability for government workers, but deciding who is responsible for aspects of policy is tricky, observers say.

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Civil servants leave work in Admiralty. Under the proposal, senior civil servants would undergo appraisals annually, with those underperforming facing consequences such as pay freezes. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong issues ‘black’ travel alert for Iran and Israel as conflict escalates

Hongkongers should avoid visiting Iran and Israel because of the ‘highly unpredictable security situation’, Security Bureau says.

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Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong presses ahead with plans to regulate notorious subdivided flats

Authorities plan to enforce proposed new laws from 2027 but registered landlords will benefit from a 36-month grace period until February 2030.

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Hong Kong property

Buyers forfeit deposits on Grand Mayfair project after market slump

Buyers of 19 flats in Yuen Long project cancelled their contracts on Tuesday, project developers say.

Buyers flock to buy flats on offer at Grand Mayfair in Yuen Long in May 2022. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Hong Kong politics

Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs meets local university heads

Meeting between Xia Baolong, director of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, and university heads believed to be a first.

E-commerce

Meituan keeps tight grip on 70% of food delivery market in China, report says

Citing internal data, Leiphone.com reported that Meituan’s daily food delivery orders reached 90 million this month.

Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong’s first AI system to spot scaffolding issues deployed in local project

HK$1 million system able to detect structural inclinations that cannot be spotted by the naked eye and sends danger alerts to construction team.

A worker demonstrates the system, which include a sensor, at a construction site in Kwu Tung. Photo: Dickson Lee
Stablecoins

Why US-backed stablecoins have China wary of a potentially more dominant dollar

Former head of China’s central bank warns ‘USD-backed stablecoins could have worldwide influence’, and what about the yuan’s internationalisation?

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IPO

HKEX displays iconic gong across city to mark 25 years as listed entity

In 2023, a humanoid from UBTech Robotics was the first time a robot struck the iconic gong to mark the start of trading.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong man blames mental illness for stabbing elderly father to death

Lee Man-lok, 35, pleads guilty to manslaughter over attack that left father with more than 80 cut and stab wounds following quarrel.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba, Tencent-backed AI unicorn MiniMax eyes Hong Kong listing, report says

MiniMax, a unicorn valued at US$2.5 billion, was in the ‘early stage’ of preparations for the listing, according to news outlet The Paper.

The MiniMax logo is seen in this arranged photograph taken March 12, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Education in Hong Kong

‘Betrayal’: why Hong Kong students remain cautious as US resumes visa processing

US State Department says new policy requires applicants to make social media accounts public so officials can screen for content deemed hostile.

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Appointment slots at the US consulate in Hong Kong for student visas are once again available. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Books and literature

How translators of Hong Kong literature are rewriting the script

More English readers are asking for translated literature – and in Hong Kong and beyond, the art of translation is taking off.

Crime in Hong Kong

Suspect in Hermes bag robbery sent back to Hong Kong from Thailand

Suspect allegedly stole items worth nearly HK$3 million after rendering staff member unconscious by covering her face with small towel.

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