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…

The president of the Law Society on Tuesday said members will continue to explore opportunities for the legal sector, as a delegation started a four-day visit to Beijing. Speaking to reporters in the capital, Chan Chak-ming said they met the deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, Nong Rong. Chan said they discussed Hong Kong's s…

The first exam for the Citizenship and Social Development subject for the DSE qualification was held on Tuesday, with some students saying it was not too difficult. The subject has replaced Liberal Studies and only has two grades of classification, either “attained” or “unattained”. Candidates are required to answer all questions in the paper and t…

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday said his administration would strive to focus on high-quality development, while calling on Hongkongers to stay flexible and chart their own paths in face of changes. His comments came a day after Beijing's top man on Hong Kong, Xia Baolong, told the opening ceremony of the National Security Education Day that th…

Penalties for failing to follow fire safety orders will be increased and the authorities will carry out work in private buildings themselves if owners don't rectify problems, Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday. His comments follow a fire in Jordan last week that left five people dead, with officials saying the residential building involved ha…