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Majority of toothbrushes fail bristle safety standards in new Consumer Council report

Hong Kong residents are being warned to choose their dental tools carefully after a massive consumer watchdog study revealed that nearly half of the tested manual toothbrushes failed basic safety requirements for bristle smoothness.

Conflicting testimony over fire system shutdown notice at Wang Fuk Court hearing

Conflicting accounts emerged at the Wang Fuk Court fire hearing over whether a shutdown notice for the estate’s fire safety system had been requested, with the property management company insisting no such request was received.

Taxi fare tussle: New e-payment rules spark debate over extra charges

A new mandate requiring all Hong Kong taxi drivers to offer at least two forms of electronic payment has hit a speed bump just one day after its implementation, as a controversy erupts over a three percent transaction fee being passed on to passengers.

Carriage Lau arrested over 11 alleged indecent assaults across Hong Kong

A 29-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with 11 alleged indecent assaults targeting women across multiple districts over the past four days, police said.

Govt moves to seize assets linked to Jimmy Lai’s National Security conviction

The Hong Kong government launched a legal bid in the Court of First Instance on Thursday to confiscate assets belonging to Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, following his recent conviction on three high-level national security charges. 

Business Today

Hong Kong home sale value jumps 42.2 percent in March

Hong Kong’s home sales jumped by 42.2 percent year-on-year to HK$55.2 billion in value in March, official data showed.

Tesla's China-made EV sales rise 8.7 percent in March

Sales of Tesla's China-made electric vehicle grew 8.7 percent from a year earlier to 85,670 vehicles in March, extending gains for a fifth month, as the U.S. automaker navigated intensifying competition and increasingly pivoted beyond EVs.

Light at last for Hong Kong's Central office market after 7-year slump

Hong Kong's Grade-A office market in the city's financial core is finally hitting a floor after nearly seven ​years of decline, buoyed by a roaring capital market that is boosting demand from both mainland Chinese and multinational firms, realtors said.

Oil jumps over 4 percent after Trump says US to keep up attacks on Iran

Oil prices climbed more than US$4 on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the United States would continue to attack Iran, including energy and oil targets over the next few weeks, and did not commit to a specific timeline to end the war.

World/China

Chinese airlines to raise fuel surcharges on domestic flights

Several Chinese airlines, including national carrier Air China, said they will raise their fuel surcharges on domestic flights from Sunday, as the war in the Middle East drives up oil prices globally.

US man arrested over Facebook posts threatening to kill Trump

An American man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Donald Trump, federal officials said Wednesday, outlining a series of Facebook posts targeting the US president.

Indonesia issues fresh summons for Google, Meta over teen social media ban

Indonesia issued a second round of summons letters on Thursday to Google and Meta for allegedly flouting a days-old ban on social media access for under-16s.

On birthright citizenship, Trump's restrictive immigration agenda hits a rare roadblock

President Donald Trump took the short trip from the White House to the U.S. Supreme Court with his signature priority of cracking down on immigration largely intact, given repeated interventions by the nation's highest judicial body in his favor. By the time he left, his luck may have run out.