Hongkongers revel in Halloween trick-or-treating as night owls emerge in Lan Kwai Fong
Bars, pubs and restaurants hope to do roaring trade amid weakened economy and trend of residents heading across border to spend.
2 separately married China parents meet in kids’ class chat group, abandon families, elope
Eloping couple get prison terms for bigamy as mainland social media lights up with dicussions about their possible motives for doing so.
Efforts under way to bring back body of Hong Kong woman who died parasailing in Vietnam
Immigration authorities and Chinese embassy working with family of woman who dies in parasailing accident on island of Phu Quoc.
British businessman charged with murder of Indonesian helper in Hong Kong
Woman found at bottom of waterfall in Pok Fu Lam park after venturing to area with suspect night before.
Finance officials, banks grow wary of reliance on tech providers, AI after global outage
Such grand-scale outages have served as a wake-up call to the financial services industry, panellists tell conference.
Philippines’ probe on land-owning Chinese with fake citizenship stirs security fears
These Chinese nationals reportedly own huge plots of land in Luzon after acquiring fake Philippine citizenship, local reports say.
Partial recount in Georgia election confirms ruling party win amid fraud allegations
The EU and US have called for a full investigation, raising concerns about Georgia’s democratic progress and its EU aspirations.
Viagra kick? Coffee with erectile dysfunction drug triggers Hong Kong warning
Department of Health says tests show Firstwell Tongkat Ali Premix Coffee contains sildenafil, an undeclared controlled drug ingredient.
Hong Kong’s third-quarter negative equity cases jump 34% to a 21-year high of 40,713 cases
The number of negative equity cases soared to 40,713 at the end of September, a jump of 34 per cent from June, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
Lee Kuan Yew’s son claims Singapore authorities ‘weaponised’ laws against critics
Lee Hsien Yang, son of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, claims his homeland became more repressive under his brother, Lee Hsien Loong.