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Hong Kong police arrest 82 triad suspects, seize Labubu, other assets worth HK$15 million

Hong Kong police have arrested 82 people in a citywide anti-triad operation, breaking up a syndicate that laundered nearly HK$40 billion (US$5.1 billion) and seizing over HK$15 million worth of assets, including a giant Labubu doll estimated to cost HK$1 million. The force said on Wednesday that officers raided multiple locations across the city during

31 July 2025

CATL posts 34% first-half profit growth, defying weak EV demand worldwide and geopolitics

The company’s net profit rose 34 per cent year on year to 16.5 billion yuan (US$2.3 billion) in the three months to June, beating market estimates. That was up from a 32.9 per cent increase in the March quarter. Second-quarter revenue grew 8.3 per cent to 94.2 billion yuan, following a 6.2 per cent gain

31 July 2025

The Immigration Department Tseung Kwan O headquarters, on June 11, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

New rule for children of non-local talent to apply for subsidised university places

The Hong Kong government has issued a new definition of “local students” in tertiary education, saying that children of non-local talent can only be eligible for subsidised local tuition fees after residing in the city for at least two years. According to a government statement on Thursday, as a transitional arrangement, the residency requirement will

31 July 2025

HKMA chief executive Eddie Yue announces the Exchange Fund’s results for 2024 on January 27, 2025. Photo: Edmond So

Exchange Fund posts biggest return in 2 decades as Hong Kong’s bull run bolsters war chest

Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund reported its biggest interim return in more than two decades, as a bull run in the local stock market and stabilised bonds helped bolster the city’s financial war chest. The Exchange Fund’s first-half earnings jumped by 76.6 per cent to HK$194 billion (US$24.7 billion), driving an 8 per cent annual increase

31 July 2025

Family of 4 pulled from burning flat in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district

Four members of a family, including a six-year-old boy, were rushed to hospital after being pulled from a burning flat in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district late on Thursday. Firefighters found three of them – a man in his eighties, one in his forties and the boy – unconscious in the flat in an old

31 July 2025

Explainer | Is Hong Kong safe from tsunamis after waves from Russian quake caused ‘anomaly’?

A tsunami triggered by a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Wednesday prompted warnings and evacuations in Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast. The Hong Kong Observatory also told the public on the same day that the tsunami would reach the city in the late afternoon. A “sea-level anomaly

31 July 2025

2 Hong Kong diners burned after alcohol poured onto sizzling pork knuckle dish

Two diners at a Hong Kong restaurant were burned when alcohol was poured onto a sizzling pork knuckle dish, causing flames to flare up, with one of the victims left critically injured, police said on Thursday. The police force said the accident at Cafe Match Box on Causeway Bay’s Paterson Street occurred at around 7pm

31 July 2025

Hong Kong renames ‘space oil’ drug as etomidate to help deter potential users

Hong Kong authorities have renamed the emerging drug “space oil” as etomidate, after its main ingredient, as part of efforts to avoid promoting any positive feelings towards the narcotic. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also said on Thursday that police had intercepted 250,000 vape cartridges containing the drug in the first half of this

31 July 2025

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