Category: Hong Kong

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Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) expanded its capacity with the three-runway system project, which included reclaiming 650 hectares (1,606 acres) of land over contaminated mud pits using pioneering and eco-friendly engineering solutions that would protect the surrounding waters. As a result, marine life has actually thrived around the new runway in response to some of the measures taken.

Join Tommy Leung, executive director of engineering and technical services for the Airport Authority Hong Kong, and marine biologist Kenneth Leung as they tour HKIA and discuss how the development of the third runway set a new global standard for sustainable coastal infrastructure.

The construction work involved using deep cement mixing – a process that injects cement into soft mud to create solid foundation pillars – to avoid potential toxic releases from traditional dredging. The project also features structured eco-sea walls and artificial reefs that have oyster shells attached, which create crucial microhabitats that can double local marine biodiversity.

Source: South China Morning Post

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NBA superstar Stephen Curry made a quick trip to Hong Kong on Monday, his first visit to the city in 10 years. The four-time champion visited Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College in Tuen Mun, where he shared advice with students on how to deal with self-doubt and external pressure.

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NBA superstar Stephen Curry made a quick trip to Hong Kong on Monday, his first visit to the city in 10 years. The four-time champion visited Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College in Tuen Mun, where he shared advice with students on how to deal with self-doubt and external pressure.

Source: South China Morning Post

Hong Kong police have received reports from more than 700 people about unauthorised credit card transactions linked to pre-orders of Apple’s newest iPhones. The charges, worth a combined HK$14.7 million (US$1.87 million), have prompted an investigation by police and major banks.

Source: South China Morning Post

Scientists have developed a lightweight, battery-free device that can stimulate the nervous system and help improve the mobility of stroke survivors with impaired movement and walking instability. Developed by researchers in Hong Kong and in mainland China, the device harvests energy from the wearer’s own movements to power targeted electrical stimulations, helping a user lift their weaker foot and restoring a more natural walking pattern.

Source: South China Morning Post

Hong Kong authorities have stepped up checks on large dogs in public places to ensure they are properly leashed. A three-day operation ending in early September yielded three suspected cases of big dogs who were not restrained. The operation was prompted by recent fatal dog attacks in the city. Hong Kong’s Agricultural, Fisheries and Conservation Department is also looking into whether further requirements are needed to identify potential dangerous dogs.

Source: South China Morning Post

A shipping tycoon who was thrust onto the international stage as Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa is being remembered as a defining figure of the city’s modern history. Following his death on Tuesday at the age of 89, many are recalling Tung’s role as an elder statesman and consummate diplomat, who led Hong Kong through post-handover challenges including economic, public health and political crises.

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It has been 10 years since the Education University of Hong Kong was granted the status of being one of the city’s publicly funded universities. As the institution celebrates this milestone, its president, Professor John Lee Chi-kin, looks ahead. He discusses how it continues to develop its academic programmes, research work and partnerships around its philosophy of “nurturing talent while cultivating virtues”.

Source: South China Morning Post

Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, died on Tuesday at the age of 89. He served as Hong Kong’s first postcolonial leader between 1997 and 2005. The former shipping tycoon stepped down from his post before completing his second term, citing health problems. He had not been seen in public since July 2021.

Source: South China Morning Post

The video was posted to threads by Sandy Sin, who said the food was picked up by Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) for further investigation. Sin bought the noodle dish at Wa Jer Restaurant, in Kwai Chung, New Territories.

Source: South China Morning Post

Hong Kong authorities will review a new reservation system for a Sai Kung trail famed for its dramatic volcanic rock columns after the National Day “golden week” in October, following large numbers of no-shows during the first two trial runs. Only 1,560 registered and walk-in patrons arrived at Po Pin Chau on Saturday and Sunday, despite 3,230 people having made bookings under the real-name reservation system. Lawmakers and a district councillor have called for more on-site quotas, clearer booking status information for walk-ins, and a penalty-points system to curb no-shows.

Source: South China Morning Post

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Since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997, the government has sought to transform the city’s education system from a colonial system focused on memorisation and exam pressure, and towards a more holistic development meant to foster lifelong learning. But decades on, competition has only grown stronger among Hong Kong’s young students, extending beyond the confines of the classroom and into their extracurricular activities. What are the factors driving this competition and what is being done to ease pressure on pupils?

Source: South China Morning Post

Hong Kong authorities are capping access to a popular Sai Kung trail starting Saturday. Visitor numbers on the coastal Po Pin Chau section of the High Island Geo Trail will be limited to 2,000 per day on weekends and public holidays. Hikers planning to visit during these times will need to register in advance. The initiative marks Hong Kong’s first countryside crowd-control scheme.

Source: South China Morning Post

After six decades of supplying restaurants across Hong Kong with high-quality, locally made fish balls, Kau Kei Food Factory is now also selling directly to customers – at a fraction of the price. Owner Anita Lee pivoted the business in 2025, opening Kau Kei’s first retail outlet in Mong Kok. The move was to let customers buy its signature fish balls without the restaurant mark-up, and to raise the brand’s profile in the heart of the city.

Source: South China Morning Post

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a woman on suspicion of using aggressive tactics to sell skincare products at a local beauty chain formerly operating under the Opatra London brand. The arrest of the 22-year-old beauty consultant brings the number of people apprehended in the case to three, after two managers linked to the brand were detained over similar tactics last month.

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Source: South China Morning Post

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a woman on suspicion of using aggressive tactics to sell skincare products at a local beauty chain formerly operating under the Opatra London brand. The arrest of the 22-year-old beauty consultant brings the number of apprehended in the case to three, after two managers linked to the brand were detained over similar tactics last month.

Source: South China Morning Post

An independent Hong Kong bookstore that has shut its doors six weeks after a national security police raid, drew long queues of customers on its final day. As the Have a Nice Stay bookstore wrapped up four years in business on Sunday afternoon, the queues wound through a dim staircase in a Prince Edward tenement building as some customers waited up to 45 minutes to enter the third-floor shop. The closure followed a mid-July operation by national security officers, who raided the shop alongside nearby Greenfield Bookstore over allegations of acts with seditious intent.

Source: South China Morning Post

As workers erect heavy timber posts and bamboo sticks for a theatre that hosts traditional Cantonese opera performances for both worshippers and deities, veteran builder Lai Chi-ming worries about the future of a Hong Kong tradition dating back more than a century.

Facing demanding working conditions, the number of bamboo theatre builders has dwindled from around 130 across the city in the 1980s to just 30 to 40 today, Lai says. Lessening demand for bamboo theatres to host traditional festivals, he adds, has also contributed to the industry's decline.

Still, the 53-year-old says he will keep building for as long as he can, while training younger workers to carry on the craft.

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Source: Hong Kong Free Press

Modelled loosely on the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, Mr Hong Kong served as a star-scouting vehicle for recruiting male talent to local broadcaster TVB, while offering hopefuls with bulging muscles and big smiles the promise of fame. Why did it run out of steam after its last iteration in 2016?

Source: South China Morning Post

A recent survey found that owners spend about HK$2,062 (US$263) per month per cat, driven by a rapidly emerging “cat silver economy”. The Exhibition Group, organiser of the recent Hong Kong Cat Expo 2026, said the average monthly spending marked a 2.8 per cent year-on-year increase, with the growing proportion of ageing cats in the city expected to be a key driver of market growth in the coming years.

Source: South China Morning Post

Adapting to climate change will be increasingly challenging as the weather worsens each year, Asia’s top climate scientist said in a wide-ranging interview with the South China Morning Post. Professor Ben Horton from Hong Kong’s City University also warned of “humanitarian disasters” as the world’s climate becomes more unstable and unpredictable. But despite Horton’s grim outlook, he remains hopeful that things can be turned around if action is taken promptly.

Source: South China Morning Post

In partnership with: HKIA / AAHK

The revamped Terminal 2 (T2) at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) officially opened to travellers in May. Join architect and frequent traveller Jacqueline Chak, who once worked at Foster + Partners – the architecture firm behind the original design of Terminal 1 – as she walks through the new T2 facility with two officials from the Airport Authority Hong Kong: Tommy Leung King-yin, executive director of engineering and technical services, and Steven Yiu Siu-chung, executive director of airport operations.

Together, they explore T2’s structural features such as its feather-shaped roof and floating “tree columns” in addition to facial recognition technology now used at every security gate and the AI-powered self bag-drop machines that can process checked baggage in just 45 seconds.

Nearly 30 years after the construction of HKIA changed the way the world saw airports, T2 is set to continue that momentum and take the evolution of the city’s aviation hub into its next chapter.

Source: South China Morning Post