3 aid workers win top Hong Kong-based award for improving education in war zones
Three workers of an aid agency who won a HK$30 million (US$3.86 million) prize from a Hong Kong-based global philanthropic foundation plan to help...
Hongkongers deserve credit for getting through a tough 2024
In his New Year’s message, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu wrapped up 2024 with a good deal of self-congratulatory pats on the back for...
FAA Says 2024 Was One of Its Busiest Years on Record for Flights
Thursdays remain the busiest air travel days of the entire year. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Jan. 3 that 2024 was America’s...
Biden Awards Presidential Medals of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and Others
Among the recipients are musician Bono, actor Michael J. Fox, basketball star Magic Johnson, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and George Soros. President...
Hong Kong’s nest egg fund returned 13% in 2024, at the best pace in 4 years for pensioners
Published: 9:00am, 6 Jan 2025Updated: 9:50am, 6 Jan 2025 The 4.75 million members of Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) enjoyed a 13 per...
China’s Gen Z is giving bosses headaches and rattling the corporate cage, surveys find
If the top bun of a hamburger were to represent her company’s executives – most being members of Gen X – and the bottom...
Drunk China cheat dies in freak fall from lover’s car, wife demands US$82,000
The wife of a drunk man in China who was killed when he was thrown out of his lover’s car in an accident has...
Golden Globes 2025 live: Emilia Perez, The Brutalist win best films, Shogun, Demi Moore win
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Hong Kong can adopt mainland building material standards to cut costs, experts say
Published: 8:30am, 6 Jan 2025Updated: 9:07am, 6 Jan 2025 Hong Kong could adopt mainland Chinese standards for construction materials, rather than use European benchmarks,...