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CONFLICTJul 4PLA Navy officer recalls dramatic Sudan evacuation at Hong Kong barracks open dayA PLA Navy officer who helped evacuate hundreds of Chinese nationals during the Sudanese civil war has recounted that many burst into tears upon arriving at the ship, telling visitors at a barracks open day in Hong Kong the experience had left an indelible mark. The mission was carried out by the guided-missile destroyer Nanning, which along with the guided-missile frigate Hengyang, is making a five-day port call as part of celebrations marking the 29th anniversary of the city’s return to...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSJul 4Hong Kong Hetao innovation hub fully leases 2 wet lab buildings amid strong demandThe first phase of Hong Kong’s Hetao innovation hub, a key cross-border initiative under the Northern Metropolis megaproject, has been well received, with two of its wet laboratory buildings fully leased, its chairman has revealed. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming, who also chairs the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the Lok Ma Chau Loop, said on Saturday that more than half of the tenant companies were from mainland China. “As...South China Morning Post
DISASTERJul 4Hong Kong cancels T1 signal but warns of strong winds, showers into next weekThis story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory has cancelled the No 1 typhoon signal but warned the city will still be hit by strong winds, swells and heavy showers, with unsettled weather expected to continue until mid next week. The forecaster replaced the standby typhoon signal, issued on Thursday, with the strong monsoon signal at 3.21am on Saturday as Tropical Cyclone Maysak...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSJul 4Caution on land tenders key to Hong Kong’s property recovery: analystsAs Hong Kong moves forward with its huge new Northern Metropolis development zone, analysts argue the government should take a cautious approach to land sales to help sustain the recent recovery in the residential property market. The large-scale project near the border with the Chinese mainland continues to progress, as the government set a tender deadline for midday on Friday for several plots in the Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area. The parcels of land – which comprise three...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHJul 4Hong Kong graduates at crossroads as AI takes over entry-level jobs, experts warnAI’s rapid takeover of entry-level tasks is disrupting Hong Kong’s career ladder, leaving fresh graduates with fewer opportunities to gain practical experience, according to experts. Lam Wai-kong, an employee representative on the Labour Advisory Board, said a growing emphasis on immediate productivity, coupled with a reluctance to invest in graduate training, had also led some employers to bypass local young people in favour of imported workers to fill technical roles. He warned that this trend...South China Morning Post
WORLDJul 3Dissident Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee dies aged 70Lam Wing-kee, who defied China by selling material critical of Beijing, passed away after suffering from lung cancer.BBC World
HEALTHJul 3‘I’m so scared’: parents of dying Hong Kong girl, 13, pray for organ ‘miracle’This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The parents of a 13-year-old Hong Kong girl critically in need of a new heart and lungs have appealed to the public in hopes of a “miracle”, with the girl fearing she “won’t be able to go home”. In a letter published on Friday, Ching Ching’s parents called on families who have recently lost loved ones to consider donating the needed organs to their daughter,...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSJul 3Can Hong Kong’s arbitration skills help the new global space race take off?Hong Kong is positioning itself as a middleman in the fast-growing global space economy, senior officials and experts have said, noting the city can turn its financial markets, common law system and dispute-resolution capabilities into a commercial advantage. At the 2026 Colloquium on International Law on Friday, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said Hong Kong’s “sharpest competitive edge” lay in professional services for commercial space. He added that the city was “exceptionally...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSJul 3China’s Momenta IPO oversubscribed 414 times as Hong Kong listings pack calendarChinese autonomous-driving start-up Momenta drew massive subscription numbers for its HK$5.89 billion (US$751 million) initial public offering in Hong Kong, even as it competed against five other issuers launching their IPOs at the same time. The Suzhou-based company’s bookbuilding closed on Friday. Preliminary figures showed that it attracted nearly 210,000 subscription applications, with the public offering subscribed 414 times, according to people familiar with the matter. Sponsored by China...South China Morning Post
CYBERJul 3Fine firms for data breaches, Hong Kong cybersecurity experts urgeCybersecurity experts have called on authorities to impose fines on firms that suffer data breaches after the personal information of more than 1 million people linked to a leading Hong Kong appliance distributor was maliciously encrypted. They made the comments on Friday, a day after the city’s privacy watchdog announced it had launched an investigation into the breach, which was initially reported by Shun Hing Group on March 23. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said the...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 3Hong Kong approves first subdivided units meeting basic housing standardsHong Kong authorities have approved the city’s first three subdivided units to comply with official minimum standards, with the successful applicant urging landlords to seek professional help to avoid wasting time and money. Hayson Chan Hin-hay said the Housing Bureau had approved his three subdivided units in a flat in Sham Shui Po as “basic housing units” last week. Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Housing Units Operators Association, said he filed the application in late May. Under the...South China Morning Post
WORLDJul 3Hong Kong man convicted of manslaughter over fatal weight-loss beatingA Hong Kong man has been found guilty of manslaughter but acquitted of murdering his girlfriend after jurors accepted his claim that he may have mistakenly beaten her to death while trying to help her lose weight by keeping her awake overnight. A High Court jury on Friday ruled by a majority of 5:2 that Ng Ka-sing, 29, was not guilty of murdering his 30-year-old partner Yip Tsz-ching at their 700 sq ft flat in Galore Garden in Hung Shui Kiu four years ago. But the panel unanimously convicted Ng...South China Morning Post
HEALTHJul 3Hong Kong moves antenatal care to public hospitals in reform pushExpectant mothers in Hong Kong requiring government antenatal services will only need to visit public hospitals, rather than maternal and child health centres, under a change taking effect on Monday. Health authorities announced on Friday that antenatal services currently provided by maternal and child health centres, managed by the Department of Health, will be transferred to public hospitals under the Hospital Authority. “After the service integration, the obstetrics department of the Hospital...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSJul 3Employee training hours in Hong Kong hit 14-year high amid AI push: surveyAverage training hours per employee in Hong Kong hit a 14-year high as local companies pushed for technology adoption and workforce upskilling, a new survey released on Friday showed. According to the 2025-26 survey on workforce development needs conducted by the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management, the average annual training hours per employee reached 19.4 hours in 2025. This represented a 6.8 per cent increase from 18.1 hours in 2024, marking the second consecutive year of growth...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 3Hong Kong ministers get 1.3% pay rise, after civil servants secure 2% salary bumpHong Kong’s top ministers and other political appointees have received a 1.3 per cent pay rise, authorities have confirmed, after the government announced in June that civil servants would get a 2 per cent salary bump. In a reply to the South China Morning Post, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau said on Friday that the decision was based on recommendations of an independent commission tasked with reviewing the salaries of politically appointed officials, lawmakers and the Executive...South China Morning Post
MILITARYJul 3Hong Kong students tour PLA Navy warships for lesson on national defenceGroups of Hong Kong students on Friday had a lesson aboard two PLA Navy warships moored at Stonecutters Island’s Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks on Friday. They toured guided-missile destroyer Nanning and guided-missile frigate Hengyang, which arrived for a five-day port call that started on Thursday. The port call marked the 29th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty on July 1. Pui Kiu College student Jas Xu said stepping into the ship cabins and observing the interior weapon...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 3Hong Kong duo admit joining pro-independence group ‘out of curiosity’, asylum bidTwo Hong Kong men convicted of violating the Beijing-decreed national security law have said they joined a pro-independence group either to obtain asylum in Canada or “out of curiosity”. Courier Chan Tai-sum, 27, and waiter Ng Chi-tung, 25, pleaded guilty in the District Court on Friday to conspiracy to commit secession for their involvement with Taiwan-based Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union between November 2024 and July last year. Defence lawyers said the pair were both diagnosed with...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSJul 3Kuaishou files US$3 billion Kling AI funding round to Hong Kong stock exchangeChinese short video giant Kuaishou said on Thursday evening that its artificial intelligence video arm, Kling AI, was seeking to raise around US$3 billion in its first external fundraising round, according to a filing to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. The funding round, first reported by the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, was backed by a long list of investors, spanning Chinese technology heavyweights, state-backed investment vehicles and entertainment industry participants. Baidu,...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 3Hong Kong pivots to a 5-day civil service work week in 2006 – SCMP archiveThis article was first published on July 3, 2006. Workers more efficient over five days: civil service chief by Ng Kang-chung Civil servants can work more efficiently and serve citizens better by not having to work on Saturdays, the city’s 6.9 million residents have been promised on the eve of implementation of a five-day week. The new working week would also help save citizens time and travel expenses if they switched to using services by fax, mail or internet, Civil Service Secretary Denise...South China Morning Post
HEALTHJul 3Suicide risk and the danger of Hong Kong’s children not feeling lovedThe latest child suicide figures from the Education Bureau make for grim reading. For three academic years in a row, suspected suicide cases among primary and secondary school students have remained stubbornly high – 32 in 2023, 28 in 2024, and 31 in 2025. Despite a deluge of government resources, the three-tier emergency mechanism in secondary schools and public awareness campaigns, these numbers refuse to budge. We must ask ourselves a difficult question: why are we failing our children? Of...South China Morning Post
DISASTERBREAKINGJul 3Hong Kong to keep T1 until at least 6pm as Tropical Storm Maysak comes closerThis story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will keep the No 1 typhoon signal in force until at least Friday evening, after which it will assess whether to issue the No 3 warning depending on the tropical storm’s intensity. The Hong Kong Observatory said Tropical Storm Maysak was estimated to be about 670km (416 miles) southwest of Hong Kong and was forecast to move...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHJul 2Why Hong Kong firms looking to integrate AI must consider fresh gradsHong Kong is trapped in a structural economic paradox that threatens both its long-term competitiveness and social stability. Organisations are paralysed by the urgent need for artificial intelligence (AI) transformation, complaining day in and day out that they lack technological talent. An International Data Corporation (IDC) study last year revealed that 55 per cent of Hong Kong companies face significant challenges in implementing AI – higher than the global average of 48 per cent....South China Morning Post
BUSINESSJul 2From Hong Kong to Central Asia: law as a bridge of trust | The Weekly Reformer | Roden TongCentral Asia may seem far from Hong Kong. Yet, during my recent visit to Astana in Kazakhstan and Tashkent in Uzbekistan, as a member of the business delegation led by our Chief Executive, the Honourable John Lee Ka-chiu, I witnessed a region transforming with remarkable determination and ambition.thestandard_hk · hong kong
CYBERJul 2Cyberattack on Hong Kong’s Shun Hing Group affects data of 1 million peopleSouth China Morning Post
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