4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (325+ words) Sun Hung Kai Properties' (0016) underlying net profit for the year ended June 30, which excludes the effect of fair-value changes on investment properties, rose 4.55 percent year-on-year to HK$22.85 billion, boosted by strong property sales in Hong Kong. Net profit also grew…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (274+ words) Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first Chief Executive and former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, passed away at the age of 89. As a former vice-national leader, attention has turned to whether he will…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (292+ words) thestandard.com.hk North Korea ruling party revisions bolster Kim Jong Un's control, report says North Korea's revision of rules governing the Workers' Party lays the groundwork for more centralised control under the reclusive state's leader Kim Jong Un, a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (348+ words) Legislative Council member Nixie Lam Lam has called for a high-level population policy task force to coordinate Hong Kong’s fertility measures, after the number of births fell below 30,000 over the past year. Speaking on a radio program on Wednesday, Lam…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (136+ words) thestandard.com.hk A total of 5,768 sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration in August, down 10.7 percent compared to last year, according to data released by the Land Registry on Wednesday. Among all, 4 019 were for residential…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (354+ words) South Korean foreign exchange authorities bought about US$20 billion (HK$156 billion) in US dollars that SK Hynix sold after its US$26.5 billion American depositary receipt listing in July, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (394+ words) The U.S. will aim to persuade G-20 members to take a hands-off approach to regulating AI, according to a Trump White House official, at a gathering of industry titans and commerce ministers that begins on Tuesday in North Carolina. Leaders are convening…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (748+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump's order to scale back joint military drills with South Korea has revived one of the most contentious issues from his first term, underscoring how his deal-focused approach continues to test the more than 70-year-old alliance. Here's a…...