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HK has another hit movie. Can such flicks save the industry from terminal decline?

Actor Raymond Lam (centre) in Hong Kong’s latest hit flick Back To The Past.
Actor Raymond Lam (centre) in Hong Kong’s latest hit flick Back To The Past.

‘So eager to show off’: Hong Kong official fired after boasting about free travel upgrades

Hong Kong’s Tianjin office chief, Ricky Cheng, was removed from his role late on Jan 21, a day after local media drew public attention to his social media posts.
Hong Kong’s Tianjin office chief, Ricky Cheng, was removed from his role late on Jan 21, a day after local media drew public attention to his social media posts.

Direct flights to China too ‘atrocious’? Fly to Hong Kong first, then switch to high-speed rail

The new destinations will connect Hong Kong with popular tourist cities, including Nanjing and Wuxi in Jiangsu province, and Hefei in Anhui province.
The new destinations will connect Hong Kong with popular tourist cities, including Nanjing and Wuxi in Jiangsu province, and Hefei in Anhui province.

Another hit flick, but is it enough to save Hong Kong’s film industry?

Actor Raymond Lam (centre) in Hong Kong’s latest hit flick Back To The Past.
Actor Raymond Lam (centre) in Hong Kong’s latest hit flick Back To The Past.

How a 1920s fable can help us understand what went wrong in the Tai Po fire 

mfletter22 - As the sun sets and the lights come on in Hong Kong on Dec 17, 2025, the dark outlines of the charred towers of Wang Fuk Court look particularly stark, brutal even, against the Tai Po skyline, as if determined to remind every passer-by of the city’s recent sorrow.
ST PHOTO: MAGDALENE FUNG
mfletter22 - As the sun sets and the lights come on in Hong Kong on Dec 17, 2025, the dark outlines of the charred towers of Wang Fuk Court look particularly stark, brutal even, against the Tai Po skyline, as if determined to remind every passer-by of the city’s recent sorrow.
ST PHOTO: MAGDALENE FUNG

‘My daughter keeps asking where’s grandma’: Son mourns Indonesian helper’s death in HK fire

Ms Darwati with her four-year-old granddaughter posing in matching pink T-shirts outside their house in Majenang district, Cilacap regency, Indonesia.
Ms Darwati with her four-year-old granddaughter posing in matching pink T-shirts outside their house in Majenang district, Cilacap regency, Indonesia.

Hong Kong grapples with mental health crisis after Tai Po inferno

Volunteers sit in front of the flowers left by mourners for the victims of a deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Tai Po district of Hong Kong on December 8, 2025.  PHOTO: AFP
Volunteers sit in front of the flowers left by mourners for the victims of a deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Tai Po district of Hong Kong on December 8, 2025.  PHOTO: AFP

People versus power? Hong Kong’s fire fallout risks reopening societal divide

mfsplit - The burnt buildings and the sole unburnt one (far left) of Wang Fuk Court housing estate, site of the deadly blaze in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Dec 2, 2025. 

CREDIT: COURTESY OF BENJAMIN THAM
mfsplit - The burnt buildings and the sole unburnt one (far left) of Wang Fuk Court housing estate, site of the deadly blaze in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Dec 2, 2025. 

CREDIT: COURTESY OF BENJAMIN THAM

Simplified Chinese in Hong Kong schools? Pragmatic perhaps but surely a pity

mfnational - Primary schoolers run past a board at the national security exhibition gallery in Hong Kong.
mfnational - Primary schoolers run past a board at the national security exhibition gallery in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong fire: Is foam, mesh, bamboo, or blatant disregard for safety to blame? 

Police cordons are placed at the scene of the Wang Fuk Court housing estate fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Nov 28.
Police cordons are placed at the scene of the Wang Fuk Court housing estate fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Nov 28.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.