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\r\n Hong Kong issues amber rainstorm warning as storms follow record heat<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 6, 2026 2:43 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
The Hong Kong Observatory issued an amber rainstorm warning on Saturday morning as thundery showers and strong gusts swept across the city, following the hottest day of the year so far.\nThe amber alert, the lowest in a three-tier rainstorm warning system, was issued at 10am. It indicates that more than 30mm (1.2 inches) of rain has fallen or is expected to fall within an hour across Hong Kong.\n\u201cA broad trough of low pressure is bringing showers and thunderstorms to the coast of Guangdong,\u201d the...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Don\u2019t dream it\u2019s over: mainland students rethink Hong Kong over costs, culture<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 6, 2026 1:00 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
Weeks before mainland Chinese student Carol Chen graduated from Baptist University in Hong Kong in July, the 22-year-old did the math and weighed the cost of living in the city against returning home.\nRenting a room in the city would consume around half of the HK$20,000 (US$2,552) starting salary she expected as a junior data analyst.\n\u201cIf I go back to Shanghai, I will only need to worry about daily expenses,\u201d said Chen, a maths and statistics graduate.\nLanguage barriers compounded the problem....<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Hong Kong parents of undocumented baby Danny confident of regaining custody<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 6, 2026 12:00 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
The Hong Kong parents of undocumented baby Danny have expressed confidence that they can obtain legal guardianship of their son, who is now in a care home, as immigration authorities could process his birth certificate as early as Saturday.\nThe unmarried couple also said they saw a \u201cglimmer of hope\u201d in resolving the custody case of their four-year-old daughter Lily, whom Swedish authorities have taken into care over child welfare concerns.\n\u201cWe believe the social workers will handle the matter in...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly groping schoolgirl on bus<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 3:33 pm<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
Hong Kong police have arrested a 65-year-old man in connection with a suspected indecent assault case in Mong Kok hours after footage appeared online showing a passenger harassing a schoolgirl sitting in front of him on a bus.\nPolice said officers intercepted the suspect at the boundary checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.\nThe victim, 17, is understood to be a Form Three student.\nThe incident took place at around noon on Friday as the KMB bus was stopping near an intersection of Mong...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Hong Kong ideal platform for Uzbek firms to spread wings globally, John Lee says<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 2:59 pm<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
Hong Kong serves as an ideal platform to help Uzbek enterprises expand through its world-class professional services and international business environment, the city\u2019s leader has told the Central Asian country\u2019s prime minister as he wrapped up a five-day regional tour.\nSources said Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Friday also invited Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov to be a keynote speaker at the coming Belt and Road Summit to be held in Hong Kong in September.\nIt was understood that during a...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Hong Kong tutor who plotted to murder flight attendant gets 3-year jail term reduction<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 12:44 pm<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
A Hong Kong private tutor found guilty of orchestrating a failed plot to murder his business partner eight years ago has secured a three-year reduction to his 27-year jail sentence, but lost an appeal against his conviction.\nIn a written judgment on Friday, the Court of Appeal found that the sentence imposed on Stephen So Hon-to was too high, despite the egregious nature of the offence and the need to ensure a \u201ccontinuing danger to society\u201d would be removed from society for \u201ca very considerable...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Hong Kong tour guide stripped of licence over coercing visitors into shopping<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 11:00 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
A Hong Kong tour guide who coerced visitors into shopping has been struck off for damaging the sector\u2019s reputation and breaching professional conduct, in the second disciplinary action of its kind in less than two months.\nThe Travel Industry Authority said on Friday it revoked Siu Man-chung\u2019s tour guide licence after investigating complaints that Siu made \u201cinappropriate remarks\u201d to pressure mainland Chinese visitors into shopping during tours between February and April.\nThe authority said on...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Hong Kong taps banks, lawyers and crypto firms to help rewrite rules for tokenised bonds<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 10:45 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
Hong Kong\u2019s de facto central bank has formed a group of industry experts to help remove legal and regulatory hurdles to tokenized bonds, as authorities seek to move beyond pilot projects and encourage wider adoption from private issuers.\nThe Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Friday it had established a Tokenised Bond Expert Group comprising 21 institutions spanning banks, law firms, market infrastructure providers and digital asset companies to support the development of the city\u2019s...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Australian fined, given suspended jail term for dining and dashing in Hong Kong<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 10:34 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
An Australian man, who claimed to be a lawyer, has been fined HK$2,000 (US$255) and given a suspended sentence by a Hong Kong court for repeatedly leaving restaurants without paying.\nSamuel Anthony Monkivitch, 50, was also ordered to pay HK$2,039 in compensation to two Shangri-La hotels in Admiralty and Tsim Sha Tsui, as well as a Japanese restaurant, after skipping out on bills on four occasions between April 24 and May 5.\nEastern Court heard on Friday that Monkivitch used various excuses to...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n No cap on HK$2 transport scheme trips as costs outweigh savings: Hong Kong minister<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 9:35 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
Hong Kong authorities will not cap the monthly number of subsidised trips that eligible elderly residents and people with disabilities can take under a revamped transport fare scheme, largely because implementation costs would exceed the savings.\nSecretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han revealed the decision on Friday, as data showed that an average of only about 450 people took more than 240 trips a month under the scheme between May last year and April this year, out of about 2.7...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Hong Kong police arrest man after repeated bottle-throwing from flat injures 2<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 9:30 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
Hong Kong police have arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of repeatedly throwing glass bottles from the windows of his Ma On Shan flat over more than two years, injuring two pedestrians.\nOfficers from the Sha Tin district crime unit arrested the man on Friday at his home on Sai Sha Road following an investigation into multiple reports of glass bottles being thrown from flats at the high-rise estate.\nThe man allegedly threw bottles from his flat on eight occasions between 2024 and May 2026....<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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\r\n Hong Kong records hottest day of year so far as hail warning issued<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
\r\n Jun 5, 2026 8:52 am<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
Hong Kong sweltered through its hottest day of the year so far on Friday as temperatures hit 34.6 degrees Celsius (94.3 Fahrenheit) in the afternoon, with the city\u2019s weather forecaster warning of hail.\nThe Hong Kong Observatory said that this marked the highest temperature recorded on Grain in Ear, the Chinese summer solar term, since records began.\nBy 4.20pm, temperatures had reached 34.4 degrees in Yuen Long Park and 34.1 degrees in Tuen Mun and Wetland Park.\nThe forecaster issued the \u201cvery...<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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