No guarantee building contractor lists can be ‘100% clean’: Chris Tang
Published: 2:49pm, 1 Nov 2026Updated: 3:41pm, 1 Nov 2026 The Hong Kong government’s reforms to crack down on bid-rigging are intended to bring about...
Could Taipei’s unexpectedly tight mayoral race add to cross-strait tensions?
Taipei Mayor Wayne Chiang Wan-an faces an unexpectedly tough re-election fight in a race closely watched for its potential to damage the main opposition...
US or China? Why Kazakhstan refuses to pick sides as it eyes AI revolution
Driving along the wide boulevards of Astana during a recent trip to the Kazakh capital, signs of China’s growing commercial footprint were everywhere. Chinese...
Singapore turns up heat on power-hungry air conditioning with cool revolution
Long dubbed an “air-conditioned nation”, Singapore is experimenting with cooling alternatives from chilled beams to “passive displacement” to curb its thirst for energy-guzzling air...
Hate paper straws? Asia’s new alternatives are another eco trap
Published: 1:00pm, 1 Nov 2026Updated: 1:21pm, 1 Nov 2026 For Singaporean flight attendant Chloe Tan Zi Ling, 35, the problem with paper straws is...
Ex-Japanese adult film actress awake after alleged drugging in Hong Kong
Published: 12:45pm, 1 Nov 2026Updated: 4:25pm, 1 Nov 2026 Former Japanese adult film actress Mao Hamasaki was admitted to intensive care at a Hong...
‘Be alive’: Hongkonger with muscular dystrophy turns 18, against all odds
Published: 12:00pm, 1 Nov 2026Updated: 4:55pm, 1 Nov 2026 Celebrating one’s 18th birthday is not typically a poignant occasion, but for Hongkonger Chen Tsz-kin,...
Guangzhou reclaims crown as China’s busiest airport after US$8 billion mega expansion
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport has reclaimed its position as China’s busiest airport, handling more than 67 million passenger trips in the first nine months...
Far from home, close to grief: why millions of Filipino migrants dread Undas
For over three decades, Dolores Balladares Pelaez has lived and worked in Hong Kong without once returning to the Philippines for Undas, the annual...