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Hong Kong’s cap of 10,000 vehicle permits for ride-hailing services is a “prudent and safe starting point”, and the government will dynamically adjust the quota based on operational data, the city’s transport minister has said. The quota, revealed on Tuesday, prompted lawmakers to call for frequent reviews in the initial months after the scheme’s launch and swift government intervention if services proved insufficient. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Secretary for Transport and Logistics [...]

Hong Kong health authorities have deployed an AI chatbot developed by a local university to help residents quit smoking, after missing their target despite a clampdown on tobacco products. The Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office also said on Wednesday that the city’s smoking rate had dropped to 8.5 per cent as of last year, one of the lowest among developed economies. The office unveiled its “Chat to Quit” chatbot pilot initiative as part of its annual “Quit in June” campaign. The drive also [...]

Veteran industrialist Sunny Chai Ngai-chiu has been appointed as chairman of a government-owned company tasked with developing Hong Kong’s San Tin Technopole – a key pillar of the Northern Metropolis megaproject. Authorities said on Wednesday that the San Tin Technopole Company would be created in the first half of 2026, with Chai starting his three-year term as board chair on July 1. His tenure as chairman of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation will end on June 30, with [...]

A 68-year-old construction worker is in critical condition after being struck by an electric chain hoist at a Hong Kong government site undergoing drainage replacement works on Wednesday morning. The site on Yen Chow Street in Sham Shui Po is part of the government’s drainage pipe replacement project that spans from Tsuen Wan to West Kowloon. The project is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Police said they received a report from the site at 8.30am. One of the victim’s colleagues [...]

Four of 15 public primary schools in Hong Kong with insufficient enrolment will cease operations, eight will merge with other institutions and two others will operate self-financing Primary One classes this September, according to education authorities. Representatives from a schools council and a principals’ association said on Wednesday that they expected more institutions that fell short of enrolment quotas to seek mergers to avoid “last minute” problems, adding that schools could create [...]