Around 35,000 non-local workers had arrived in Hong Kong as of late August since the labour import scheme was launched in 2023, a minister has said. Construction workers in Hong Kong. File photo: K…

Hong Kong logged its fourth “very hot day” this month on Wednesday, setting a record for the number of sweltering October days, according to the city’s weather service. There were…

Novak Djokovic threw up, Alexander Zverev poured sweat out of his shoe and Emma Raducanu quit her match with dizziness — and the bad news for the world’s top tennis players is that more…

An elderly Hong Kong man has been released on police bail after he was arrested on China’s National Day for allegedly acting with seditious intent. Police on patrol in Tsim Sha Tsui on China&…

There is sufficient evidence that the father of wanted self-exiled activist Anna Kwok attempted to handle funds linked to his daughter, a Hong Kong judge has ruled. Kwok Yin-sang (left) getting int…

Hong Kong authorities arrested 307 people under 21 on drug charges in the first half of 2025, more than double of the same period last year. Capsules containing etomidate – previously known a…

NBA commissioner Adam Silver told AFP on Thursday that there was “tremendous interest” as the league returns to China six years after being frozen out of the country. The Brooklyn Nets&…

The tree whose branch fell and injured a woman this week showed “no visible signs” of abnormality when it was inspected after Super Typhoon Ragasa hit Hong Kong, authorities have said. …

Three men convicted of a conspiracy charge over three bomb plots between 2019 and 2020 harboured “deep disappointment” with Hong Kong’s police and authorities, a court has heard. High Court. …

Corals at Sharp Island suffered “minor damage” after tourists flocked to the snorkelling hotspot on China’s National Day, a Hong Kong government official has said. A visitor stepp…

Critics question move and claim final call will be made ‘on politics, not planning law’

By Amber Wang Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed Friday to speed up construction of a multi-layered air defence system as part of efforts to counter “enemy threats”. Taiwan Presiden…

The first thing I want to say about the Sharp Island overtourism issue, which emerged during the National Day Golden Week, is: there’s a nasty undercurrent of racism in much of the commentary I hav…

The downpours also damaged thousands of homes and cut off power to entire towns. More rain was expected this weekend.

Welcome back to HKFP Monitor. This week, we got a glimpse of the effect of the film censorship law, as a media report revealed that 13 films were barred from screening over national security concer…

Power-hungry data centres run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing’s energy woes. An underwater data ce…

US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export cu…

When Hong Kong teen Jessica started secondary school last year, she became a victim of bullying. Instead of talking to a friend or family member, she turned to an artificial intelligence (AI) chatb…

The NBA brought star-studded lineups to Macau this week for the league’s return to China after six years but many of the biggest wins happened off the basketball court, industry insiders and …

The move, which is aimed to protect supplies of technology, could raise tensions between the EU and China.