Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.

China’s 4 per cent increase in retail sales in the first two months of the year beats estimates of 3.8 per cent gain.

Pak Tin Estate in Beacon Hill, Kowloon. Rents in Hong Kong rose to a five-and-a-half-year high in February. Photo: Eugene Lee ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their media presentation in Ocean Park during a greeting ceremony ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lo Kin-hei, chairperson of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, seated, second from right, attends a press ...

By Tiffany May Reporting from Hong Kong On a recent eight-hour shift at a McDonald’s in Hong Kong, Luke Ching, 52, wiped tables, cleared trays of half-eaten fries, emptied cups of soda and milk ...

Hong Kong and Macau concertgoers, get ready because 2025 is about to be a thrilling musical ride. While we may have missed a few big concerts in 2024 (ehem… Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa), you can’t deny ...

TVB Jade 6:30pm news reporting on important local, cross-strait news from TVB City Kowloon, Hong Kong. News delivered via file transfer, in Cantonese. TVB Jade 6:30pm news reporting on important ...

Hong Kong plans to cut 10,000 civil service jobs and freeze public sector pay before 2027 to address its rising deficit. The government targets a 7% reduction in expenditure by 2028. An AI development ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hong Kong’s long-running property market downturn has become a growing threat to its low-tax hub status ...

Hong Kong has unveiled the 2025 edition of the Technology Talent Admission Scheme (TechTAS), aiming to streamline the entry of international professionals in key technological fields. This ...

The leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party have announced plans to dissolve what was once the city's largest opposition group. Members will soon vote on the final decision on whether to shut down ...