Bitcoin and Ether spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to receive the final approvals in Hong Kong as early as Monday next week. According to a recent Matrixport report, these investment products could unlock up to $25 billion in demand from Chinese investors through the Southbound Stock Connect program. However, the latest revelations and clarifications […]
Virat Kohli discusses his biggest fear in a viral video. He reveals that turbulence on planes makes him feel foolish. Find out more about his IPL form and RCB's upcoming match against Mumbai Indians.
Social video platform Triller will be acquired by a Hong Kong financial services company as the Los Angeles-based firm looks to bulk itself up to counter TikTok's dominance. The agreement has already been approved by the boards of Triller and AGBA Group Holding Ltd., though it still needs regulatory and shareholder approval, according to a statement from the companies. The deal is expected to close in late May, after which Triller will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of AGBA, which is publicly...
A prominent education blogger receives multiple complaints about the incident at a high school.
The Apprentice 2024 has reached the long-awaited interviews stage, with the final five set to be grilled by Lord Sugar's team of experts.
Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has suspended plans for a legal amendment to protect mainland Chinese from discrimination in the city, saying the situation had improved in recent months. Linda Lam, the new chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), said on Thursday when she met the press that the commission did not see any “urgent […]
A Portuguese national has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to incite secession under the Beijing-imposed national security law, after a judge ruled that he had “demonised China” in social media posts which advocated independence for the city. District Court Judge Ernest Lin said Joseph John, also known as Wong Kin-chung, had […]
Two university students have been acquitted of rioting in 2019 after a judge found the testimonies of two police officers “contrived”. Delivering his verdict at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Monday, Deputy District Judge Pang Leung-ting said there were “lots of issues” with the testimonies given by two officers. Both were involved in the […]
A Hong Kong student charged with loitering at a chain store linked to the city’s largest national security case has said he was “just playing around.” The student, who was 14 when he was arrested last year, is among five people standing trial after pleading not guilty to a charge of “loitering causing concern.” The […]
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai hoped to contact protesters leading the “valiant camp” during the 2019 unrest and “purify” them, out of concerns they would lose the pro-democracy movement international support, an activist has testified during Lai’s landmark national security trial. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to […]
More than 40 per cent of Hong Kong civil servants dismissed over the past five years were sacked over not complying with the city’s vaccination requirements when Covid-19 rules were in place. Out of the 50 dismissal cases as a result of misconduct, 21 were related to violating a policy requiring staff to be vaccinated […]
The Hong Kong government has defended its monthly spending of HK$3.75 million to maintain defunct Covid-19 isolation centres after one legislator described the bill as “shocking.” Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn addressed lawmakers in the Legislative Council on Wednesday as meetings to discuss the financial year’s budget continued. As part of initial questions asked by lawmakers […]