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SCMPHong Kong’s opposition Civic Party lost about two-thirds of its remaining district councillors on Sunday in a new round of resignations ahead of a requirement to pledge allegiance to the city and its mini-constitution or face disqualification.Elev...
SCMPHong Kong women’s are into the World Rugby Sevens repechage final after an emphatic 24-5 win over Argentina in the semi-finals in Monaco on Sunday.Winger Chong Ka-yan and co-captain Natasha Olson-Thorne pulled the strings in a completely rejuvenat...
SCMPA Hong Kong group known for organising some of the city’s largest protests will not seek to hold its annual July 1 march for the first time in 19 years, citing the recent jailing of its leader and an ongoing police investigation into its legality....
SCMPHong Kong’s men put on a brave showing in a 36-5 loss to powerhouses France in their final World Rugby Sevens Repechage pool B match in Monaco’s Stade Louis II on Sunday.Coach Paul John’s side almost had a dream start after captain Max Woodward ne...
SCMPA challenging arrangement under Hong Kong’s “vaccine bubble” that allows restaurants to boost operations provided staff and customers have received Covid-19 jabs finally showed signs of a breakthrough ahead of Father’s Day, nearly two months into ...
SCMPSprinter Ian Ho Yentou became the first Hong Kong men’s swimmer to achieve the Olympics A qualifying standard, punching his ticket to the Tokyo Games after his historic success at the Long Course Time Trial IV on Sunday.At the Sports Institute qua...
SCMPGroup of 7 (G7) leaders agreed in early June to set a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15 per cent.Years in the making, the deal means global businesses such as Google, Apple and Amazon will pay more tax in the markets they sell goods...
SCMPHong Kong’s women were handed a humbling 55-0 loss to France in their final World Rugby Sevens Repechage pool C match on Sunday, putting them behind the outright favourites but nonetheless qualifying for the evening knockout rounds.Anne-Cecile Cio...
SCMPThe government affiliations of Hong Kong’s film censors have sparked concerns in the industry that they may take an overzealous approach in enforcing new national security guidelines, banning previously unobjectionable material in an effort to avo...
CNASHANGHAI: Hong Kong's strategy to strengthen the city's global financial hub status is through greater integration with mainland China, now that Beijing has helped restore "stability" in the city, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Sunday (Jun 20)...
SCMPSky Field carried Blake Shinn to his first Hong Kong Group win at Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon and the Australian couldn’t help but wonder just how far up the mountain the flashy four-year-old could take him.While Shinn’s Classic Mile victory aboar...
SCMPThe Apple Daily tabloid is likely to ask Hong Kong’s Security Bureau to release some of the HK$18 million (US$2.32 million) worth of assets frozen during a police crackdown on the paper’s top leadership on Thursday so it can pay the wages of its 1...
The New York TimesSome independent shops flout the new limits on free expression. Others try to come to terms with them. For readers, they offer a sense of connection in a changed ci...
SCMPTaiwan is bringing home eight staff members working at its representative office in Hong Kong, citing an “unreasonable” 2018 rule requiring they recognise Beijing’s one-China policy as a prerequisite for renewing their work visas.Taiwan’s Mainland...
SCMPCathay Pacific plans to grow its revenue beyond flying passengers, envisioning a set-up similar to US retail giant Amazon, in which customers are encouraged to spend on goods, services and products through the airline rather than just buying air t...
SCMPDiscounts enticing consumers to buy items they actually want, and the flexibility of spending on daily commutes will discourage Hongkongers from abusing a HK$36 billion government voucher scheme by cashing out through product refunds, the city’s f...
SCMPOn June 8, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor warned the city’s universities not to let their students be “easily indoctrinated” after being “penetrated by foreign forces” bent on “brainwashing”; forces who either “want to underm...
CNAHONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily said on Sunday (Jun 20) the freezing of its assets in a national security probe had left the newspaper with cash for "only a few weeks" of normal operations and it may struggle to pay staff ...
