Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways plans to buy back all of its shares owned by Qatar Airways for HK$6.96 billion (US$896 million) after the Middle Eastern airline said it wanted to sell the 9.57 per cent stake. The Hong Kong carrier said on Wednesday night that Qatar Airways would sell all 643.07 million
A kindergarten teacher has been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of ill-treating a child after allegedly assaulting a three-year-old girl. A 54-year-old woman reported to police on Wednesday morning that she had discovered bruising on her granddaughter’s abdomen 10 days earlier. She had reportedly been trying to find out what had happened to the
Some 27 years after it was last in the city, the Federation Equestre Internationale general assembly returned to Hong Kong on Wednesday, and kick-started several days of meetings with a gathering at Happy Valley Racecourse. The Hong Kong Jockey Club, which is supporting the FEI’s trip, hosted a welcome reception ahead of the world governing
The South China Morning Post has clinched six prizes at the prestigious Asian Media Awards 2025, emerging as the big winner at a ceremony held by the World Association of News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) in Singapore on Wednesday. The Post won four gold awards and a silver for its reporting, infographics and photojournalism. That included a
A social enterprise restaurant in Hong Kong has renewed its call for a local partner to continue its mission of supporting people with disabilities, with its founder considering diluting his stake in the Singapore-based business as a last resort to raise funds. Dignity Kitchen founder Koh Seng Choon, who underwent heart surgery in March and
Hong Kong’s leader has highlighted the city’s global competitiveness and its “superconnector” role between mainland China and overseas markets to Chinese Premier Li Qiang as the world’s largest import trade show opened in Shanghai. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu showed the state leader around the Hong Kong exhibition area at the eighth China International Import
Hong Kong’s top court has reinstated the convictions and jail sentences of four conspirators who defrauded HK$51 million (US$6.6 million) in commissions and bonuses from a leading finance company in the city’s biggest corporate scandal in decades. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the Court of Final Appeal handed the city’s graft buster the victory
Hong Kong police have charged 16 individuals in connection with an alleged fraud scandal surrounding cryptocurrency trading platform JPEX, more than two years after the force began investigating. Mobile application of the unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange platform JPEX, on September 19, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The Police Commercial Crime Bureau announced on Wednesday that the 16
