Why are mainland China’s tax officials suddenly so interested in my Hong Kong MPF?
For the past few months, this newspaper has extensively covered China’s ongoing clampdown on tax avoidance, especially its push to tax the income of...
If Hongkongers’ support for Legco is waning, it isn’t just lawmakers’ fault
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Hong Kong’s first post-handover Legislative Council president, recently dropped a political bomb. She revealed that one of her friends had...
Man arrested after 23,000 bogus customer service scam calls in over a week
Hong Kong police have arrested a 24-year-old man over an alleged scam operation that made more than 23,000 fraudulent calls in over a week...
Can Saudi Arabia’s 2034 Fifa World Cup survive the Middle East’s escalating wars?
Published: 4:00pm, 11 Oct 2026Updated: 4:00pm, 11 Oct 2026 When 60,000 football fans gathered in Jeddah for the Arabian Gulf Cup on Tuesday, they...
China’s rich coastal cities to see sea-level rise up to 20% higher than global average
International scientists warn that rising sea levels driven by melting Antarctic ice will be 15 to 20 per cent higher in cities such as...
Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: Gaza nurse’s obstacle-laden road to becoming a professor
On six occasions, Hammoda Abu-Odah, a Gaza nurse-turned Hong Kong scholar was offered an opportunity to study overseas. But each time, border closures and...
Urn with Anita Mui’s ashes missing from Lantau monastery as family appeals for help
Published: 2:11pm, 11 Oct 2026Updated: 7:36pm, 11 Oct 2026 The urn containing the ashes of late Hong Kong Cantopop star Anita Mui Yim-fong was...
Tariffs, millions in extra costs, Iran war: Trump’s policies hammer US firms
For Doug Rende, who runs an aluminium product manufacturer in the US state of Ohio, President Donald Trump’s tariffs have meant millions of dollars...
Trump’s new spokeswoman is a ‘devoted fan’ who lived in Beijing and speaks Chinese
Before she addresses the world from behind the White House briefing room podium this week, 42-year-old Katie Zacharia has a story that stretches far...