- A police officer who passed out last week during a selection process to join the elite "Flying Tigers" unit died on Wednesday. In a late night press conference, Police Commissioner Joe Chow expr…
- New property sales have been suspended, and some purchasing power has returned to the second-hand market, among which the leading housing estate Taikoo Shing in Quarry Bay recorded the "iftar" t…
- Our mascot derives from the Chinese expression “to point at a deer and call it a horse” – which refers to being deceptive for ill gain. HKFP will always call a deer a deer, and now you can own a…
- Cecilia Cheung was sued by former manager Yu Yuxing for breach of contract and filed a claim for at least 12.76 million yuan, and the case was filed in the High Court yesterday. Cecilia Cheung's…
- After the United States released a new version of the National Security Strategy last week warning that Europe will face the "death of civilization", President Trump criticized Europe for "decay…
- Stocks on Wall Street were mostly down on Monday as investors avoided risks ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting, which may yield clues as to the direction of interest rates in the comin…
- On December 6, local time, in the 15th round of the Premier League, the "dark horse" Aston Villa defeated the "leader" Arsenal 2:1 at home; Manchester City beat Sunderland 3:0 at home. As the bu…
- U.S. President Trump announced on the 8th that he would open up the export of NVIDIA H200 chips to China and asked that 25% of the profits be allocated to the U.S. government. He claimed to have…
- The Observatory said that the northeast monsoon was affecting Guangdong. In Hong Kong, due to clear skies and weak winds, radiative cooling was more obvious in some parts of the New Territories …
- Despite the pressure from the Trump administration in the United States to stop importing oil from Moscow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statem…
- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara yesterday refuted China's claim that "Self-Defense Force aircraft interfered with the flight of Chinese military aircraft" and emphasized that "Sel…
- Recently, Venezuela in South America has become a focus of international attention. After sinking the country's drug trafficking ships in succession, the United States deployed nearly 10 U.S. wa…
- Today (December 7) is the voting day for the general election of the Legislative Council, and Chief Executive John Lee and his wife Lin Lichan went to vote early in the morning. John Lee once ag…
- The 2025 Legislative Council General Election was held today (7 December), and the Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Mr Justice Luk Kai-hong, appealed to voters to vote enthusiastica…
- President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday agreed to enhance political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, promote people-to-people and cultural exchange…
- Firefighter Ho Wai-ho, who died in the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, was posthumously awarded the honorary title of Fire Brigade Leader by the Fire Services Department today (11 February) in…
- After the Grade 5 fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, the Government set up a "Working Group on Emergency Accommodation Arrangements" led by Deputy Financial Secretary Wong Wai-lun to be responsib…
- JD.com (9618) issued a press release yesterday confirming that JD.com's holding investment entity purchased 50% of the interests of the Central Construction Bank Building held by Lixin Developme…
- In October 2023, the damage to the submarine gas pipeline and cable between Finland and Estonia attracted international attention. After investigation, the Finnish authorities said that it was s…
- The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Sun Yuk-han, said that there are currently 1,900 registered households of the "One Social Worker" to support the victims of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, and…
- According to reports, Meta has decided to delay the launch of new mixed reality glasses codenamed "phoenix", and the original plan to launch in the second half of 2026 will be postponed to the f…
- Japanese diva Ayumi Hamasaki recently held an Asian tour, but due to tensions between China and Japan, the earlier Shanghai concert was forced to be canceled when the stage was also built. Unexp…
- Hong Kong's second-hand property price index softened after rising for three consecutive weeks, and the Centaline City Leading Index (CCL), which reflects the trend of the second-hand residentia…
- The number of deaths from the fifth-level fire in Hongfu Court, Tai Po has increased to 160. The police took samples of different parts of the remains that had been removed from the scene earlie…
- The former dean and programme director of the Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education of the Open University of Hong Kong (now known as the Metropolitan University) was convi…
- Australia's new law restricting the use of the top 10 social media accounts by teenagers under the age of 16 officially came into effect yesterday, setting a global precedent. A closer look at t…
- Our mascot derives from the Chinese expression “to point at a deer and call it a horse” – which refers to being deceptive for ill gain. HKFP will always call a deer a deer, and now you can own a…
- A 28-year-old Pakistani male auxiliary police officer was charged with one count of common assault on suspicion of assaulting his wife at a unit in Tsz Lok Village, Wong Tai Sin, and the case wa…
- The National Security Department of the Police arrested a 71-year-old local man for the first time yesterday under Section 88 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (NSO), which prohibi…
- The ICAC today (December 7) arrested four persons for allegedly contravening the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance by inciting others not to vote or cast invalid votes by leaving…
- Scaffolding nets must be sampled on-site and pass safety tests by designated laboratories before they can be installed on building facades in future, the government announced on Thursday, as aut…
- Following He Weidong, former member of the Communist Party of China and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Miao Hua, the second confidant of Xi's army, former member of the Ce…
- The Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing, announced that a one-off special subsidy of $100,000 will be disbursed to the owners of each unit in Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po. In…
- Two former members of the HKBU Students' Union and a man were charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud and one count of theft after allegedly defrauding about $750,000 from their student …
- A Pakistani man holding a Hong Kong identity card was charged with "disorderly conduct in a public place" and "assaulting a police officer in the proper performance of his duties" after being ch…
- In the second case of the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance, five of the eight defendants were found not guilty of all charges, including Ho Pui-yan. According to the latest website of the Court of Final…
- According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Musk's space exploration technology company SpaceX is planning to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) next year (2026), with the goal of ra…
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- Xiaozhi culture is not only a leisure, but also a medium that carries the voices of subcultures and marginalized groups. The streets of Tsim Sha Tsui are bustling with people on weekends, full o…
- A 23-year-old man was involved in the use of illegal radio jammers, i.e. "pseudo-base stations", to send phishing messages pretending to be Alipay to nearby residents. The defendant pleaded guil…
- A tram approached the West Kennedy Town swimming pool on Des Voeux Road last year, knocking down four people suspected of running a red light, among which a 3-year-old girl held by her grandfath…
- A 36-year-old mainland woman holding a two-way permit was involved in falsely claiming to have graduated from Monash University in Australia last year and applied to come to Hong Kong through th…
- The Hospital Authority (HA) has reported a suspected case of forgery involving a calibration certificate for vibration sensors used in a hospital construction project. According to the authority…
- Chinese Communist Party spokesman Lin Jian claimed on December 2 that Honduras has launched "fruitful cooperation" with Beijing since severing diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 2023. As soon a…
- Eight men were involved in falsely claiming to hold driving licences from recognized countries and deceiving the Transport Department into granting them exemption from taking local driving tests…
- Police said on Tuesday they were investigating six reports that some housing estates had used falsified documents for scaffold nets installed during maintenance works. The estates are Baguio Vil…
- From November 20 to December 4, Hong Kong Customs launched a special enforcement operation codenamed "Breaking the Formation" in Mong Kok to combat the sale of counterfeit goods, seizing about 7…
- The Transport Department announced yesterday that the "Guangdong Vehicle Southbound" (urban part of entry) began accepting applications for eligible Guangdong private cars the day before yesterd…
- One evening a few days after the reunion, when the day was west, Wang Ma asked Xi Sheng to stain his face with soil, put on tattered clothes, and asked him to carry the guqin, saying that he had…
- Fitch Ratings released its sovereign rating outlook for Greater China next year, believing that the outlook will deteriorate, mainly reflecting the expectation that Chinese mainland's GDP growth…
- Construction Industry Council chairman Thomas Ho called on Saturday for fire safety management plans to be clearly written into all contracts involving building maintenance works to ensure that …
- Vanke (02202) creditors reportedly held a meeting to once again seek support for a bond's rollover plan to avoid default. Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that more tha…
- US President Donald Trump's administration plans to introduce new rules requiring travelers from 42 visa-exempt countries to submit social media account records from the past five years before e…
- The EPD said that it is launching an investigation into the oil pollution incident in the Tin Shui Wai nullah and is initially suspected to involve an illegal petrol filling station. Following a…
- The 38-year-old taxi driver was accused of taking a detour when picking up passengers outside Tai Wai Station to Sha Tin Ling Road last year, and the female passenger argued with the driver that…
- Executive Councillor Lam Ching-choi on Saturday said the government would ensure that victims of the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po – especially those who lost loved ones – receive urgent mental-…
- Nobel officials cancelled a press conference with Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado in Oslo on Tuesday, as it was unclear where the Venezuelan opposition leader was and whether she would…
- The Lamma shipwreck that killed 39 people in 2012 was held in May this year after nearly 13 years, and the closing arguments were completed in mid-September. No jury to be decided by the coroner…
- A level 5 fire broke out in Hung Fook Court on November 26, killing 159 people. After the accident, the adjacent Kwong Fuk Sitting-out Area has been visited by members of the public to pay their…
- In May 2022, a scaffolding worker fell to his death when the safety rope broke while setting up a scaffolding on the exterior wall of the 6th floor of an old building on Wu Chung Street in Yau M…
- Asian shares dithered on Monday as investors bet the farm on a rate cut from the US Federal Reserve this week, yet the meeting could be one of the most fractious in recent memory with some polic…
- Premier Li Qiang has called for greater mutual opening up among markets, and avoiding politicising and overstretching the concept of security in economic and trade issues. Li made the remarks on…
- A number of incumbent senior lawmakers are not running for re-election and intend to "hand over the baton", among which Zhuang Haofeng won the seat in the Northwest New Territories with 34,756 v…
- Dec 11, 2025
