Nothing is worse than not being able to meet the four basic needs – food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Many Hongkongers went through the tribulation of not having the last one this week. Commuters and motorists have...

At least two of Hong Kong’s leading conglomerates are reeling from the impact of the raging political conflagration that broke out five months ago. There’s Jardine Matheson’s Dairy Farm International, which has a 50 percent stake...

Just how dire the situation is for WeWork right now could be seen in its operations here in Hong Kong, where its business model seemed well-suited given the stratospheric rates of office spaces in the international...

Wearing a mask could get you into trouble these days. Sultry cantopop singer Joey Yung, 39, learned this recently when she posted on Instagram a picture of hers wearing a white surgical mask while seated aboard...

Most people seemed too preoccupied with the protests that the Halloween snowball for Mark Six came and went with no one winning the jackpot. The protesters did celebrate Halloween by wearing all sorts of masks in...

As we head into the shopping season, a Chinese e-commerce giant has come up with a seemingly novel idea to entice wealthy Hongkongers into investing in real estate on the mainland. JD.com, China’s No. 2 online...

Attending a reception and dinner hosted by a newly-wed couple last weekend, I couldn’t help but think about the impact the social unrest may have had on the marriage plans of many young locals. Invited to...

Do you want to live in a unit with Victoria Harbour view? Well, such lodgings are only a dream for most of us, given the sky-high property prices in the city. Yet there is a way...

Checking your cellphone while attending a solemn event is deemed not a nice thing to do as such action would raise questions of propriety and much else. So, it was a bit surprising to hear that an...

If love means never having to say you’re sorry, we can say the police have been giving a lot of love over the past four months. On Sunday police deployed a water-cannon truck to disperse protesters...

Not too many landlords were smiling over the past four months in view of the political unrest that has dealt a telling blow to the property business as a whole. Take the case of a certain flat...

Does anyone really care about what Carrie Lam said in her policy address today? The embattled Hong Kong leader, who was forced to deliver her speech via video after being shouted down in the Legco by...

It may not be the best time to launch an initial public offering in Hong Kong these days, but it surely is for political donations in this financial hub. Since June, when protests against the now-withdrawn...

An old friend yesterday invited me for dinner. “But let’s set the time first. You name the venue, I pay the bill,” he said in a text message. As it turned out, the difficult part was...

Things could not be worse for Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah. The detested duo, who are being blamed for unleashing the chain of events leading to the current...

More people wore their masks on the streets over the long weekend after the SAR government implemented the ban against wearing masks during public assemblies. That’s how effective the administration has been in using its colonial-era...

The start of the National Day “Golden Week”, normally a time when mainland tourists pour into Hong Kong’s shopping districts in full force, saw 30 shopping malls and 47 MTR stations shuttered on Tuesday. Instead of...

It must be one of the hottest “investment themes” in Hong Kong.  I’m talking, of course, about investing overseas or, more precisely, thinking of moving to another place because one is having second thoughts about staying...

Anti-government activists appear to have escalated their protest, targetting not only police and MTR stations but also mainland businesses and commercial establishments deemed supportive of the administration in the ongoing political turmoil. New Town Plaza in...

The number 150 seems to bear some special significance to the HKSAR government. Otherwise why would it pick only 150 people for the first “open dialogue” that Chief Executive Carrie Lam will hold next Thursday at...