Heaps of documents, endless trials: the herculean workload of Hong Kong’s judges
My 18-year-old summer intern is very scared of me. She spent the entire week watching me sit in front of my computer, in complete...
Hong Kong needs regenerated districts, not piecemeal renewal
Hong Kong’s redevelopment policy is approaching an institutional turning point. Recent government proposals – pilot schemes for additional plot ratios and cross-district plot ratio...
Chinese couple lose US$15 million pig farm in false fraud arrest, raising justice questions
A couple from central China saw their business empire, valued at 100 million yuan (US$15 million), collapse and were plunged into debt after being...
‘Artificial earthquake’ conspiracy theory sweeps Japan after Kumamoto disaster
Claims that the recent magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck southwestern Japan was man-made have been spreading online, with experts dismissing the theory as unrealistic...
Does Beijing really have the power to lift up the Australian dollar?
While global markets watched closely for a joint move by Washington and Tokyo to prop up the Japanese yen this week, Australian dollar traders...
NTU vice-president Kuan Jimmy Hsia leaves Singapore for new Chinese university
Published: 9:00am, 6 Aug 2026Updated: 9:16am, 6 Aug 2026 The career of Kuan Jimmy Hsia, a prominent researcher in interdisciplinary mechanics, has long spanned...
How a Hong Kong luxury estate saved HK$1b in renovation cost with tech solutions
Hong Kong homeowners could adopt technology-led preventive maintenance of older buildings to avoid costly large-scale renovation, with the upmarket Residence Bel-Air serving as a...
Prabowo’s popularity slides in Indonesia amid economic anxiety, policy concerns
Published: 8:00am, 6 Aug 2026Updated: 8:01am, 6 Aug 2026 Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s once-commanding approval rating has continued to slide in a new survey,...
Helicopter with Trump on board came too close to passenger jet
The Federal Aviation Administration said a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump on Tuesday was briefly too close to a passenger jet departing Reagan...