18+ hour, 42+ min ago  (110+ words) Ten people have been injured on flight between Brisbane, Australia and Hong Kong that encountered turbulence. Cathay Pacific's CX156 arrived in Hong Kong at 6. 45am on Saturday, with medics boarding the plane to assess the condition of passengers and crew. According to…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (389+ words) Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Welcome back, members, to HKFP Monitor. This week, we look at Uber's warning that a tight cap on ride-hailing permits " part of the government's new regulatory framework " will hamper service availability. We also round up…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (365+ words) A Hong Kong astronaut will join a Chinese space mission for the first time as part of a three-person crew launching on Sunday, as Beijing edges closer to its goal of landing people on the Moon. The Tiangong space station…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (466+ words) China's market regulator announced a sweeping investigation on Friday against three major brokers running cross-border trading, as it launched a two-year crackdown on investment leaving the country. China does not allow private individuals to directly invest in overseas markets, requiring…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (598+ words) The author of "Taiwan Travelogue, Yang Shuang-zi, told AFP she hopes her International Booker Prize-winning novel can one day be read in China and facilitate dialogue about the "future Taiwanese people want. On Tuesday, Yang, 41, became the first Taiwanese author…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (273+ words) China proposed changes on Friday to its household registration system, calling for more cities to abolish restrictions that have impacted migrant workers for decades, state media reported. The permanent residence system, or "hukou, was first introduced in the 1950s to regulate…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (381+ words) Hong Kong's Metro Radio has abruptly halted a plan to relaunch radio programme We Are Family, an LGBTQ show axed by government-funded broadcaster RTHK three years ago, its host has said. Brian Leung Siu-fai, the host of We Are Family,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (338+ words) A fire that broke out in a subdivided flat in Jordan has left one elderly man dead and prompted the evacuation of more than 300 people. Authorities received reports of the blaze at Man Yuen Building at 10. 49pm on Thursday, the Fire…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (160+ words) An executive for Li Ka-shing's CK Hutchison Holdings has dismissed speculation that its supermarket chain Parkn Shop could merge with rival Wellcome. Dominic Lai, CK Hutchison's group co-managing director, was responding to a question at the company's general meeting on…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (256+ words) The acting US Navy secretary said Thursday that arm sales to Taiwan had been put on "pause" to ensure that the American military had sufficient munitions for its Iran operations. Asked at a congressional hearing about the stalled US$14 billion…...