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The full implementation of Hong Kong’s waste-charging scheme, which was already delayed to August earlier this year, will not go ahead as scheduled, local media reported on Sunday citing sources. Sources said authorities will not impose the municipal solid waste tax on August 1, and will not set a date for the scheme’s citywide roll-out following a two-month trial run. The plan was first raised two decades ago. The government will continue to distribute designated garbage bags to public housing estates for six months to allow residents to get used to using the designated bags. Private housing ...
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With an investment of over HK$1.6 million, Adrian Lai and his partner Tiffany Ha ventured into Hong Kong’s century-old flower market last November. “We were optimistic about its business prospects – all shops here are street-front shops, and the pedestrian traffic is bustling,” Lai told HKFP in Cantonese. While Lai has been an entrepreneur for years, Ha is good with cut flowers. The young couple in their 30s opened a shop at the junction of Sai Yee Street and Prince Edward Road West, which showcased blooms and greenery from all over the world: mainland China, the Netherlands, South Africa, Ecu...
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After Hong Kong lifted all Covid-related travel curbs last year, more and more people made bookings at Mansfield Hui’s restaurant for farewell parties – a last gathering with friends and family before leaving the city for good. At one time there were eight to ten bookings for farewell feasts a week, the owner of Hopers’ Base, a Cantonese restaurant based in North Point since 2013, told HKFP. “At the height we could see two, three, or even four tables booked every night,” Hui said. But the business came with a price. Hopers’ Base lost a sizable portion of its regular diners, Hui said, adding th...
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The Hong Kong government said its waste charging scheme had become a “public disturbance” over the course of a two-month trial run. In a paper submitted to the Legislative Council on Friday, the Environment and Ecology Bureau and the Environmental Protection Department said residents found the waste tax to be a hassle and the designated rubbish bags to be overpriced. Frontline cleaners reported an “significant increase” in their workloads and raised concerns that they may inadvertently break the law by handling rubbish incorrectly. Some even said they would quit their jobs upon the official la...
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The head of Hong Kong’s weightlifting and powerlifting body has resigned after mistakenly referring to Hong Kong as a country twice in less than two months. In a two-sentence statement titled “apology declaration” published on Friday, the Hong Kong, China Weightlifting and Powerlifting Association said chairperson Josephine Ip had resigned “due to personal reasons.” During the opening ceremony of the Asian Equipped Powerlifting Championship & Asian University Cup 2024 in early May, Ip told crowds that “lifters and officials from 13 countries” were taking part in the competition. The participan...
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A Hong Kong woman targeted in a spying case in the UK allegedly stole HK$164 million from her ex-employers in the city, a court has heard. Monica Kwong did not attend a civil proceeding lodged by her former employers HK Yearshine Investment Limited and Twt Global Limited at the High Court on Friday. The firms sought to extend an injunction order banning her from transferring the allegedly stolen money. Kwong was believed to be the woman whose UK home was allegedly surveilled and forced into on May 1 – an incident which prompted UK authorities to prosecute Bill Yuen, 63, Peter Wai, 38, and Matt...
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The Hong Kong government said it had not received any application from a “former Korean artiste” under the city’s talent admission schemes after reports emerged that a disgraced K-pop star had moved to Hong Kong after being released from prison last year. Citing sources local media reported that Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun and who was a member of K-pop group Big Bang, had recently relocated to the city. Lee was jailed in August 2021 over his involvement in a high-profile sexual abuse scandal that shocked the Korean entertainment industry. After Lee was released from Korean priso...
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Authorities in the UK should “let the public know the truth” behind the death of a British man accused of spying for Hong Kong, the city’s commerce and economic development chief has said after meeting with a British Consulate-General representative. The UK should handle the high-profile national security case involving three men linked to Hong Kong’s trade office in London “fairly,” Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said in a statement on Thursday evening. First official moveThe statement came after the minister met with Deputy Consul-General in Hong Kong Sarah Robi...
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Only about 20 per cent of residents in one housing block taking part in Hong Kong’s waste charge trial were using the government’s pay-as-you-throw bags to dispose of waste, the estate’s property manager has said. Hong Kong is set to implement a waste charging scheme on August 1 after multiple delays. But the scheme has sparked controversy over its feasibility and enforcement, as opinion polls suggest a majority oppose introducing it as scheduled. Stephen Poon, the chairperson of the Hong Kong Association of Property Services Agents, said on Thursday that authorities should consider further po...
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Almost 70 per cent of Hong Kong’s small- and medium-sized restaurants are still offering disposable utensils for free, the government has said as the city marked one month of its single-use plastics ban. The Environment and Ecology Bureau (EEB) said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that while most major chain restaurants had adopted non-plastic alternatives, smaller eateries had yet to make the switch. Most small- and medium-sized restaurants still provided disposable utensils for free. Others charged HK$1 or HK$2 for plastic cutlery, the bureau said. “The restaurants that have not made the swi...
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