The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The…

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since Hong Kong amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, a…

False claims that pets can receive a Hong Kong identity card have gained traction across social media. Photo: Pubity, via Instagram. A post with almost a million Likes on Pubity’s Instagram p…

A high-profile case involving two men accused of spying for China was dropped because the UK government failed to provide evidence Beijing was a security threat, the chief prosecutor has said. Chri…

A Hong Kong court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019. To Kai-wa. File photo: Sup…

A Hong Kong man accused of attempting to handle funds belonging to an “absconder” met with his activist daughter, wanted by national security police, earlier this year, a court has hear…

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…

Over 1.29 million mainland Chinese tourists visited Hong Kong during the first seven days of the National Day Golden Week holiday, an uptick of around 6 per cent compared with the previous year. To…

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…

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…

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…