The Hong Kong government will set up a dedicated team to promote the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across departments, Chief Executive John Lee has announced. Hong Kong Chief Executive John L…

Hong Kong will require employers to maintain more stringently a ratio of local and imported workers, leader John Lee has said, as the government moves to close loopholes in a labour import scheme. …

The double tax allowance for parents with newborns is to be extended from one to two years, Chief Executive John Lee has announced as part of the city’s effort to boost the fertility rate. An…

Top Hollywood studios filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Chinese artificial intelligence company MiniMax, alleging massive copyright infringement. Hollywood sign. Photo: Paul Deetman, via Pexel…

Hong Kong’s emergency mechanism, designed to identify and support students at risk of suicide, will be expanded to cover upper primary school pupils, Chief Executive John Lee has announced. P…

The government has made a “cautious” decision not to revive a long-axed mechanism allowing public housing tenants to purchase their homes at a discount, an academic has said. It came as the city’s …

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) raised the T1 Standby Signal at 9.20pm on Wednesday, with a tropical cyclone expected to close in on the southern Chinese coast towards the end of the week. Photo: H…

Environmental NGO Greenpeace has called for climate initiatives after the Hong Kong leader said in this year’s Policy Address that the city would fast-track a widely criticised development pl…

The Hong Kong government has vowed to help local media overcome “operational pressures” and expand overseas, with Chief Executive John Lee saying that he would not “interfere with…

By Ludovic Ehret Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun denounced “hegemonic logic and acts of bullying” during remarks Thursday at a Beijing forum that were full of thinly veiled references…

American tennis player Taylor Townsend apologised on Wednesday after calling turtle and bullfrog served at a dinner buffet “crazy” while at the Billie Jean King Cup in China. An Instagr…

A new exhibition at Hong Kong’s M+ museum featuring “environments” created by 12 female artists will open this weekend, inviting visitors to experience and understand art through …

Judge Roberto Ribeiro, the longest-serving justice at Hong Kong’s highest court, has been reappointed to the Court of Final Appeal. Court of Final Appeal Judge Roberto Ribeiro. Photo: GovHK. …

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) will still vet funding for projects in the Northern Metropolis, the city’s finance minister has said in response to concerns about the government’s pla…

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) has raised the No. 3 typhoon signal, warning of strong winds and showers as storm Mitag nears landfall. The T3 signal was hoisted at 9.20am on Friday. Classes at kin…

Carlson Chan has ceased to be director of government logistics, according to a Hong Kong government notice, weeks after his department was embroiled in a water supply contract scandal. Director of …

Chinese officials on Friday turned diplomats and journalists away from a Shanghai court where rights groups said the trial of a prominent citizen journalist was taking place. Chinese citizen journa…

President Donald Trump, who recently accused Xi Jinping of working to “conspire” against the United States, hopes to finalize the fate of video-sharing app TikTok and make progress on t…

A Hong Kong man who wrote graffiti “6436” on June 4, the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, has been handed a one-year probation order. Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts. File…