Sacrificing wetlands to build a new technology hub in the northern part of Hong Kong could cause "irreversible damage" to the habitat of endangered black-faced spoonbills, an environmentalist group warned on Friday, although it reported a rise in the number of the rare migratory birds found in the city. The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society's directo…

Labour and welfare minister Chris Sun on Friday said it's not hard for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to meet the requirements for a new social welfare subsidy allocation system which rewards support for government policies. Groups would score higher if they had organised or co-hosted activities supporting official policies in recent years. …

Cathay Pacific on Friday said it aims to recruit 5,000 more staff this year and reach 80 percent of its pre-pandemic capacity in the second quarter. The city’s flagship carrier said it is most in need of flight attendants and customer service officers including cargo and ground staff. Patricia Hwang, the airline's Director People, said it would als…

Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sun Dong, on Friday said he hoped government departments and public bodies would keep rolling out digital services, despite various hiccups over the past year. At a special finance committee meeting in Legco discussing this year's budget, Roundtable lawmaker Michael Tien asked about accountability …

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Algernon Yau, on Friday said the government was on course to beat a target of attracting 1,130 outside firms to invest in Hong Kong within a three-year period. At a special finance committee meeting in Legco discussing this year's budget, he said officials enabled 382 firms to set up here last year, …

Dozens of technology enterprises from around the world have been lured to Hong Kong in the past six months, Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday. The firms will expand their businesses in the SAR and bring talent with them, Lee said. He made the remarks as 59 local, mainland and overseas enterprises, including big names such as AstraZeneca, Te…

China and Indonesia want to maintain peace and stability in the region, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday after holding talks with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta. Wang stressed the need to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea. Marsudi said the two countries would strengthen relations, and said Jakarta was…

A volcano erupted several times in Indonesia's outermost region Wednesday, with authorities raising the alert level to its highest point after the dome spewed a column of smoke more than a mile into the sky and forced hundreds to evacuate. Mount Ruang, a stratovolcano in North Sulawesi Province, first erupted at 9.45 pm on Tuesday and four times th…

Hongkongers queued up at cinemas and major movie ticket sites crashed around midday as tickets for "Cinema Day" went on sale on Wednesday. On Sunday, moviegoers can get discount tickets for just HK$30 as part of the "Happy Hong Kong" campaign to boost consumption and promote tourism. At one point, nearly 20,000 people were queuing up on the Broadwa…

Ten green groups on Wednesday made a final appeal to an advisory council to veto an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a project which aims to build a new technology hub in the northern part of Hong Kong, arguing it is the worst wetland assessment since EIA regulations came into place in 1998. The Advisory Council on the Environment is due t…

The Indonesian Employers' Association on Wednesday announced plans to help Indonesian businesses set up family offices in the SAR. Speaking to reporters after meeting Chief Executive John Lee, the group's chairwoman, Shinta Kamdani, said Hong Kong has much to offer as an international financial hub. "We're exploring what Hong Kong also has to offer…