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🚨 New Hong Kong hub alert 🚨 Global hub for patient capital www.scmp.com/business/ban...

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Hong Kong Consumer Price Index, April 2025 Composite CPI ↑2.0% y-o-y (up from 1.4% in March) By sector, - Food ↑0.4% - Housing ↑2.8% - Utilities ↑13.2% - Alcohol, tobacco ↑0.4% - Clothing, footwear ↓4.1% - Transport ↑3.8% - Medical services ↑2.0% www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...

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10 people were arrested -- including Cheung Kong staff, subcontractors, and on-site inspectors -- for bribes where money, meals & nightclub visits were exchanged for overlooking steel reinforcement, which the Buildings Dept later found to be substandard www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

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I’m glad I muted notifications and stayed off social media to watch the Pacers and Knicks, because man it was worth it

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The Expanded Operating Expenses Block Grant, one of the largest sources of public funding for Hong Kong’s public schools, will decrease funding by 10% in the next school year, which could significantly impact schools’ financial stability www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

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Or as the government might put it: "Hong Kong's tycoons are undergoing a transitional period" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Hong Kong is modifying its drone laws to add a new drone category: Category C, for drones between 25 and 150 kg. • Cat C operations require prior Civil Aviation Dept permission • Registration fees and insurance mandatory • Cat B will now consist of drones 7-25kg www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...

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A mini-table of statistics about the Hong Kong Public Library from this week's LegCo Q&A:

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The number of visitors to Japan from Hong Kong surged during the month of April: 263,600 visitors, up 42.9% compared to April 2024. For the year, visitors from Hong Kong are up 12.8%. Overall, there were 3,908,900 visitors to Japan in April, an all-time monthly high

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🚨 New hub alert 🚨 Hong Kong has the potential to be a "space innovation hub"

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Webb warning only a very small percentage of CATL shares are available for trading as a “real free float.” When the vast majority of shares are concentrated by just a few shareholders, prices can substantially fluctuate even when few shares are traded in the market www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Pre-departure & on-arrival testing + quarantine prevented 98% of imported Covid cases in Hong Kong. However, if pre-departure & on-arrival testing is completed, there was almost no added benefit to 14- or 21-day quarantine compared to 7-day quarantine.

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How was Hong Kong able to keep COVID19 out for so long? Essentially by reducing inbound travel volume and using quarantine, everything else was basically theatrics: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Hong Kong Ombudsman Jack Chan Jick-chi defended the decision to remove data older than 3 years from its website, saying “Saving too much information will slow computers” www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

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Curiously, this was the most-liked skeet of the past 24 hours on Bluesky with the text “Hong Kong”. While COVID levels are considered “high”, they are nowhere near outbreak/panic levels. It’s not news here in Hong Kong

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A deeper dive into the latest unemployment figures shows that total employment in Hong Kong is now at the lowest figure since the reopening of the border. Moreover, if one ignores the pandemic period, total employment is at the lowest point since 2012

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Hong Kong unemployment figures, Feb-Apr 2025 Unemployment rate: 3.4% (up from 3.2% previous month) Total employment: 3,677,100 ↓15,600 Labour force: 3,806,500 ↓9,000 www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...

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According to the piece, the Four Peaks tourism idea was inspired by the Four Trails Ultra Challenge. I honestly can't wait to see how this working group is going to ruin Lantau Peak and Tai Mo Shan to make it more accessible for tourists

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The ridiculously-named Working Group on Developing Tourist Hotspots named a list of projects they will promote: • tours of industrial brands Lee Kum Kee, Kee Wah, Pat Chun, Yakult • "4 Peaks tourism": The Peak, Lantau Peak, Sai Kung Hoi, Tai Mo Shan • Yau Ma Tei Police Station ...

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Kwok Yin-sang, the father of Anna Kwok, has been granted HK$200,000 bail (+ $200,000 surety) after being charged with allegedly handling his daughter's financial assets, which violates a prohibition on assisting an absconder under Article 23 www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

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Higher-than-expected GDP growth in Hong Kong this year is due to a increase in trade due to the tariff war. Private consumption, which makes up about two-thirds of Hong Kong’s GDP, fell 1.1% y-o-y in 1Q2025 and has been in negative territory for the last 4 quarters www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

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Shares of Chinese battery maker CATL sharply rose 13% at the opening bell today in Hong Kong, after a successful IPO which raised HK$35.7 billion, making it the world’s biggest listing of 2025. CATL (HK:03750) $298.00 ↑35.0 as of 09:37 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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US comedian Louis C.K. will perform in Hong Kong on March 24 next year. In full: buff.ly/3uM9vfq

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Ouch

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The Office of the Ombudsman defended its decision to remove reports over 3 years old on its website, saying “investigation reports published before April 2023 are no longer up to date and even misleading to the public”

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Electricity sold by Hong Kong’s CLP in 1Q2025 fell 2.6% y-o-y, primarily due to milder weather and the leap year in 2024. By sector, • residential 1,745GWh ↓5.2% • commercial 2,883GWh ↓1.1% • infrastructure/public services 2,156GWh ↓1.2% • manufacturing 307GWh ↓9.7% news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data says M&S Hong Kong has not informed it of a recent customer data leak, nor responded to its enquiries. In full: buff.ly/PJ66r5Y

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Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner is warning residents of a new scam where your "neighbours" text you regarding a water leakage or a noise complaint, and eventually ask you for your personal information www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

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The number of fax lines in Hong Kong fell by 430 during the month of February

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Based on StatsCan data, over 7 out of 10 Canadians were not alive when the Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup

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Former financial secretary John Tsang asks the obvious: Mainlanders are spending less in Hong Kong, why is GovHK focusing its economy on tourism (which accounts for 3% of GDP)? Focus on trade, logistics, and financial services (>40% of GDP) instead Article in 中文: www.hk01.com/article/6023...

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ICYMI, the SCMP’s Alex Lo has thrown out his couch

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scmp's nationalist columnists have jd vance on the brain this week

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GovHK has released the dates of public holidays for 2026, so schedule your vacations accordingly

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