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Hong Kong quietly becomes major tennis hub for the world

HONG KONG HAS QUIETLY become a top global hub for tennis, one of the world’s biggest sports. Many of the number one players in the various categories of the game are in the city right now—and hundreds of participants came with families, giving the city a tourism boost. A recent series of major tennis…

November 7, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News Opinion

3-parent baby case led to one of the oddest reviews in HK legal history

A boy in Hong Kong ended up with three parental figures. Top brains in the legal sector tried to unravel the legal issues this raised—but initial success was overturned by an unexpected judgment. This is the second section of a two-part report by top legal mind Henry Litton. Click this line to read part one.…

October 23, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

Culture Hong Kong News Opinion

Hong Kong’s balancing act on same-sex marriage

Hong Kong is performing a tricky balancing act on same-sex marriage. While some legal practitioners push towards western liberal attitudes, other community representatives feel Hong Kong, as part of Asia, will naturally be more traditionally family-focused. But there are also legal issues at stake, with the judicial and executive branches of the government each needing…

July 15, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

Hong Kong News Opinion

Hong Kong, now safe from hostile interventions, is back on the map

Hong Kong is number one on the global economic freedom index, number one in a study of best university cities, number one in the world IPO chart, and so on. There's much to celebrate on its 28th post-colonial birthday, says Grenville Cross. TODAY, THE HONG KONG Special Administrative Region celebrates the 28th anniversary of its establishment. With…

July 1, 20250Comments ByGrenville Cross

Hong Kong News

Hong Kong edges back up global financial charts

STOCK PRICES of dual-listed international companies are rising in Hong Kong and falling in New York. "This should be reason enough for companies to re-list in Hong Kong and maintain listings in both Hong Kong and New York, in our opinion," said financial analysts writing in Forbes yesterday. CASH FLOWING SOUTH This divergence is interesting,…

May 1, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News Opinion

US is sanctioning the Hong Kong people who stood up against violence

How do you react when brave investigators successfully arrest arsonists and bombmakers? Most people would be happy. If you're the US government, you punish Hong Kong police chiefs. If you're a western journalist, you look the other way. Grenville Cross reports. “GREAT POWER INVOLVES great responsibility,” said the former US president Franklin D Roosevelt.…

April 3, 20250Comments ByGrenville Cross

Culture Hong Kong News

China museum craze has bosses queuing for their own shows!

WHEN YINA SONG, the international boss of Chinese tech powerhouse Silkroad Visual Technology, decided to visit one of her firm’s immersive museum exhibits in mainland China, she was in for a shock. “I called the museum to say I wanted to come, the museum director told me I would have to join the two-month…

March 31, 20250Comments ByJames Ockenden

Features Hong Kong News

Caring neighbors add holiday magic to a program that feeds the needy

A penniless man asked a small restaurateur if there were leftovers he could have. Yes, the owner said. Word spread about this generous act, and the needy began lining up for free meals. Then the local Rotary Club saw what was happening, and stepped in to make a spontaneous act of generosity into a model…

March 18, 20250Comments ByGillian Kew

Culture News Opinion

Dealing with conflict in Asian boardrooms and bedrooms: Allison Heiliczer

SOME PEOPLE READ an article that changes how they boil an egg or make a salad. Allison Heiliczer read an article that changed the direction of her life. She was a 16-year-old New Yorker who had just moved to California, when she picked up a magazine and started reading a profile of a Japanese-American family…

March 10, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Hong Kong News

Time to accelerate tech integration between Hong Kong and Shenzhen

Plans exist to integrate Asia's financial capital, Hong Kong, with Asia's tech capital, Shenzhen. Time to accelerate that operation for the benefits it will bring, argues Herman Hu, writing from the Two Sessions meeting in Beijing. ASIA'S FINANCIAL CAPITAL and tech capital are teaming up. The dynamism of Hong Kong and Shenzhen are set to…

March 7, 20250Comments ByHerman Hu