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Hong Kong police have frozen HK$2.75 billion (US$352 million) in assets, including cash, stocks and funds, believed to be the proceeds of crime from a cross-jurisdictional telecoms fraud and money laundering network. The measure targeted the network of Fujian-born Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi and his company, Prince Holding Group, both the subjects of sanctions by…
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has regained its position as Asia’s best in a regional ranking after 15 years, overtaking a mainland Chinese counterpart, with five local institutions making the top 10 for the first time. British-based education information firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) said Hong Kong’s model – anchored in internationalisation, research excellence and…
A man has collapsed and died while clearing a drainage channel in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district. The 68-year-old man, who ran a drainage firm, was found unconscious on Tuesday afternoon by his sister in a back alley off Portland Street near Changsha Street. He was found lying next to a one-metre-deep (3.2 feet) opening…
A video of a Chinese mother kissing the gravestone of her son, who died from a rare genetic disorder at the age of three, has captured hearts online. The 34-year-old woman from Henan province, central China, using the handle @jubaomama, lost her son, Jubao, to a type of ARX gene mutation, a rare condition that…
Maybe what happened in Tuesday’s election was an anomaly. You could certainly make that case, as many Georgia Republicans have tried to do. It was, after all, an odd-year election, with relatively low turnout, for two low-profile statewide races. So even if the resulting margins were spectacular – Democrats won two seats on the five-member…
Sales of new and second-hand homes – as well as office units, shops, industrial properties and parking spaces – rose 4.7 per cent to 7,190 units, up from 6,870 units in September, according to data released by the Land Registry on Tuesday. That was the most since July’s total of 7,212 units. “Property sales have…
Ukraine is having a tougher-than-usual time at the moment. On the front lines, the battle of Pokrovsk is raging and it does not look like Ukraine is winning. Nor do things look good for the country’s energy resilience after months of an intensive Russian air campaign targeting key infrastructure. According to the UN, this could…
China is elevating its digital competitiveness on the world’s stage, according to the latest rankings from a Swiss academic institute, while those behind the findings caution that trade fragmentation is weighing on economies’ digital prowess globally. The world’s second-largest economy has reached an all-time high of 12th place among 69 economies in terms of overall…
A self-styled Taoist priest has secured permission to lodge an appeal against his murder conviction over the death of a mentally incapacitated woman following a series of “exorcism” rituals at a Hong Kong village house six years ago. The Court of Appeal agreed to examine Dunsany Cheung Chi-choi’s conviction on a technical issue arising from…
A man has been arrested for splashing red paint in the lobby of a landmark Hong Kong skyscraper, with the Post learning that the suspect had demanded to meet tycoon Li Ka-shing beforehand. Police said a security guard reported at 10.36am on Tuesday that he was allegedly attacked by an emotionally agitated man who had…
