The Hong Kong government’s plan to extend a baby bonus scheme for another three years in a bid to boost fertility and assist young families amid record-low births will cost some HK$2.3 billion, acc…

Hong Kong’s biggest press union has welcomed the police’s swift response after a local newspaper received a threatening letter, urging authorities to handle similar cases at other outle…

The former head of China’s financial markets regulator will be tried for corruption, according to state media Wednesday, the latest high-profile official to fall under Beijing’s sweepin…

Hong Kong’s national security police have reportedly arrested an independent journalist behind an online news outlet on suspicion of publishing fake news. Tang Ho-wing in a YouTube video. Pho…

Hong Kong authorities have defended its policies on hiring non-locally trained nurses, saying that they are “very small” in number following complaints about the import of non-local wor…

Shares in Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein plunged more than 11 percent in Hong Kong on Tuesday after releasing disappointing financial results. Shein app. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The company has fac…

Hong Kong authorities have hailed a health scheme that encouraged bread manufacturers to cut sodium levels by an average of up to 17 per cent, following a report that found most adults in the city …

A Hong Kong man has been charged with voyeurism after he was arrested for allegedly installing hidden pinhole cameras in a gym changing room. Shatin Magistrates’ Courts. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP.…

Dozens of Chinese University of Hong Kong students and alumni have signed a petition calling on an economics professor to issue a public apology over his controversial talk last week on women and m…

US President Donald Trump offered to sell arms to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in response to concern over weapons sales to Taiwan, the US ambassador to China said in a Fox News int…

The Hong Kong government has said it will announce “shortly” the outcomes of a regular review of the minimum wage and food allowance for the more than 380,000 foreign domestic workers i…

Police have arrested a Hong Kong man on suspicion of installing hidden pinhole cameras in a commercial gym’s changing room. Police officers at a 24/7 Fitness Shatin Photo: Threads. A pinhole …

A pro-establishment local councillor embroiled in a controversy over proxy votes for renovations at the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court has resigned, official statements show. Former Tai Po district counci…

Something funny is happening to our lampposts. I first noticed this during a short walk down the road from our home estate, where one lamppost had sprouted a sort of growth on its side, and, furthe…

HKFP is joining 1,000 news organisations across more than 100 countries to highlight World News Day on September 28. Coinciding with the UN International Day for Universal Access to Information, it…

Hongkongers have long complained of the city’s summers getting hotter and longer – and the numbers show they’re not wrong. Hong Kong saw a record-breaking heatwave in summer 2026.…

Workers in Hong Kong have seen their salaries increase 1.1 per cent so far this year, after adjusting for inflation – the lowest pay rise the city has logged since 2021, when its economy was …

By Beiyi Seow Washington and Beijing may have bought themselves breathing space with an extended trade truce, but analysts warn that time is running out for the world’s two biggest economies …