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Customers of Hong Kong’s CLP Power are set to pay higher power bills next month, as the company increases its fuel costs for a third consecutive month to 42.6 HK cents (5.4 US cents) per unit of electricity, up 5.4 per cent from May. CLP Power, which serves over 80 per cent of Hong Kong’s population, announced its fuel cost for June at 42.6 HK cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on Tuesday, up from 40.4 HK cents in May. CLP’s monthly fuel cost has been rising steadily since March. The charge for June [...]

Three elderly Hong Kong hikers who were reported missing in Sai Kung have been found following a rescue operation that lasted more than 12 hours. The Fire Services Department called off the operation at 11.05am on Tuesday after the trio, all in their seventies, were located. None required hospital treatment. The early morning search prompted the development of a government helicopter. Police earlier said they received the initial report at 10.15pm on Monday from members of a hiking group, who [...]

Singapore authorities are investigating a Hong Kong principal after he was seen swearing at security guards during a student trip to the city state, with his secondary school saying sorry for the dispute that sparked “public concern and unease”. In response to queries from the South China Morning Post, Singapore police said on Sunday evening that they had received a report and that investigations were under way. Asked how the investigation could proceed given the suspect had already returned to [...]

The Reverend Canon Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming was blunt when he said, “Once there are no political issues, everything in Hong Kong is a livelihood issue.” He was also correct. Housing is this city’s biggest livelihood issue. It is also the hardest to tackle by far. The current administration has probably done more in this area than previous ones. Since Beijing’s top official for Hong Kong affairs Xia Baolong directly called for the eradication of subdivided flats and cage homes in 2021, the [...]

HSBC is targeting an increase in its Hong Kong client base to match the city’s population of 7.5 million, a goal to be driven mainly by international investors, according to its Hong Kong CEO Maggie Ng. Hong Kong has already seen almost 2 million new customers sign up to the HSBC Hong Kong office over the past two years, bringing its total customers to 7 million at the end of last year. “It is my short-term target to see the total customers reach 7.5 million. As Hong Kong only has a population [...]