Mainland Chinese shoppers lose trusted Hong Kong veggie tag as customs revamp hits shelves
Mainland Chinese supermarkets, including US warehouse retailer Sam’s Club, have dropped the Hong Kong-bound vegetable la
bel under new customs rules. The change has triggered widespread concern among consumers, as the label had long served as a selling point for high quality amid frequent mainland food-safety incidents....
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Mainland Chinese supermarkets, including US warehouse retailer Sam’s Club, have dropped the Hong Kong-bound vegetable la
bel under new customs rules. The change has triggered widespread concern among consumers, as the label had long served as a selling point for high quality amid frequent mainland food-safety incidents....
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J-50 designers reveal leapfrog tech for China’s next-gen stealth fighters
China’s next-generation combat aircraft will be able to fly by themselves if a pilot loses consciousness, navigate witho
ut satellite signals and operate in self-reorganising large drone formations. That is the plan laid out by researchers from the Shenyang Aircraft Design & Research Institute, a top Chinese military ai...
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China’s next-generation combat aircraft will be able to fly by themselves if a pilot loses consciousness, navigate witho
ut satellite signals and operate in self-reorganising large drone formations. That is the plan laid out by researchers from the Shenyang Aircraft Design & Research Institute, a top Chinese military ai...
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Pritam Singh questions if high pay attracts top private talent to Singapore politics
Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh has called for a more modest increase to Singapore’s ministerial salaries, challenging
the argument that a higher pay was needed to attract top talent from the private sector. At Thursday’s parliamentary debate on changes to the political salary framework, Singh questioned if the city ...
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Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh has called for a more modest increase to Singapore’s ministerial salaries, challenging
the argument that a higher pay was needed to attract top talent from the private sector. At Thursday’s parliamentary debate on changes to the political salary framework, Singh questioned if the city ...
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Grab Singapore apologises over microdrama ad that raised passenger safety fears
Grab Singapore has apologised after a new promotional series formatted like popular Chinese microdramas raised concerns
over personal boundaries and passenger safety in the city state. Titled I Fell In Love With My Grab Driver, the video campaign stars local actress-model Regina Lim as Emily, a widow stretched thin by ...
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Grab Singapore has apologised after a new promotional series formatted like popular Chinese microdramas raised concerns
over personal boundaries and passenger safety in the city state. Titled I Fell In Love With My Grab Driver, the video campaign stars local actress-model Regina Lim as Emily, a widow stretched thin by ...
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Man, 61, dies in hospital after collapsing on board Hong Kong train
A 61-year-old man died in hospital on Thursday after collapsing on board a Hong Kong train earlier in the morning. Polic
e said they received a report at 7.39am from passengers who found the man collapsed on a Central-bound train as it arrived at Cheung Sha Wan station. The incident temporarily disrupted MTR services al...
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A 61-year-old man died in hospital on Thursday after collapsing on board a Hong Kong train earlier in the morning. Polic
e said they received a report at 7.39am from passengers who found the man collapsed on a Central-bound train as it arrived at Cheung Sha Wan station. The incident temporarily disrupted MTR services al...
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Chinese cousins in their 50s redesign, revitalise ethnic fabric, model, sell clothing globally
A pair of Chinese cousins in their 50s have redesigned ethnic brocade and promoted it by cross-dressing in women’s cloth
ing made from the fabric, despite facing objections from their family. Uncle Yang, 56, hails from Fujian province in southeastern China, while his older cousin, Uncle Song, is from Heilongjiang provin...
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A pair of Chinese cousins in their 50s have redesigned ethnic brocade and promoted it by cross-dressing in women’s cloth
ing made from the fabric, despite facing objections from their family. Uncle Yang, 56, hails from Fujian province in southeastern China, while his older cousin, Uncle Song, is from Heilongjiang provin...
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‘Too fast’, ‘too low’: pilot pressed on with landing despite warnings in Miami crash
One pilot of the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that crashed in Miami on Sunday cautioned they were flying “too fast” just
over a minute before touching down on the runway they overran, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The pilot continued to comment on the plane’s speed while automated warnings sounded in t...
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One pilot of the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that crashed in Miami on Sunday cautioned they were flying “too fast” just
over a minute before touching down on the runway they overran, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The pilot continued to comment on the plane’s speed while automated warnings sounded in t...
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4 Chinese nationals charged over Singaporean man’s Malaysia airport kidnapping
Four Chinese nationals, including a woman, claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Balik Pulau, Malaysia’s Penang state,
on Thursday to charges of kidnapping a Singaporean man. The accused: Liu Ting Jun, 46; Huang Jin, 39; Wang Hao Yu, 32; and Guan Siqi, 24, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to them in Mandar...
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Four Chinese nationals, including a woman, claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Balik Pulau, Malaysia’s Penang state,
on Thursday to charges of kidnapping a Singaporean man. The accused: Liu Ting Jun, 46; Huang Jin, 39; Wang Hao Yu, 32; and Guan Siqi, 24, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to them in Mandar...
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Toddler with heart and brain conditions dies after being found unresponsive in bed
A 23-month-old girl with heart and brain conditions has died after her parents found her unresponsive at their Hong Kong
flat, the South China Morning Post has learned. Police said they received a report from the infant’s mother at 5.30am, saying her daughter had passed out at their light public housing flat at 20 Olym...
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A 23-month-old girl with heart and brain conditions has died after her parents found her unresponsive at their Hong Kong
flat, the South China Morning Post has learned. Police said they received a report from the infant’s mother at 5.30am, saying her daughter had passed out at their light public housing flat at 20 Olym...
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August was hottest month ever recorded globally, scientists say
The EU’s climate monitor said on Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean te
mperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer. In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the UN warned that until humanity wean...
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The EU’s climate monitor said on Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean te
mperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer. In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the UN warned that until humanity wean...
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Trump touts ‘most successful’ presidency, promises US$5,000 to citizens in speech
US President Donald Trump kicked off the Republican Party’s midterm campaign season in Dallas on Wednesday night, headli
ning the opening of a highly unusual convention aimed at rallying voters ahead of November’s high-stakes battle for control of Congress. “This has been the most successful two years financially and ev...
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US President Donald Trump kicked off the Republican Party’s midterm campaign season in Dallas on Wednesday night, headli
ning the opening of a highly unusual convention aimed at rallying voters ahead of November’s high-stakes battle for control of Congress. “This has been the most successful two years financially and ev...
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AIIB eyes new platform to pool private capital for Asia’s US$1.7tr infrastructure needs
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is developing a new platform to pool capital from institutional investor
s, aiming to roughly quadruple the private capital it mobilises for infrastructure projects across Asia, according to a senior officer. The mechanism will allow insurers, pension funds, and other inst...
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is developing a new platform to pool capital from institutional investor
s, aiming to roughly quadruple the private capital it mobilises for infrastructure projects across Asia, according to a senior officer. The mechanism will allow insurers, pension funds, and other inst...
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Rubio defends US strikes on boats, warns of drug cartel ‘cancer’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended controversial strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats during a visit to E
cuador on Wednesday, arguing Latin American cartels would “eat these countries alive” if left unchecked. Hailing a new generation of conservative leaders emerging across the region who are allied with...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended controversial strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats during a visit to E
cuador on Wednesday, arguing Latin American cartels would “eat these countries alive” if left unchecked. Hailing a new generation of conservative leaders emerging across the region who are allied with...
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Is the Philippine military ‘massively underfunded’?
The Philippines’ military modernisation road map is set for delays over budget constraints, with critics calling out wha
t they say is President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s “lip service” approach and questioning his commitment to the ambitious project. In 2024, Marcos approved a revised 1.9 trillion Philippine pesos (US$30 b...
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The Philippines’ military modernisation road map is set for delays over budget constraints, with critics calling out wha
t they say is President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s “lip service” approach and questioning his commitment to the ambitious project. In 2024, Marcos approved a revised 1.9 trillion Philippine pesos (US$30 b...
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China’s Communist Party quietly signals social stability push with new high-level body
China’s ruling Communist Party has signalled a renewed push for social stability by quietly setting up a high-level part
y group about a year ahead of its 21st national congress. The creation of the Leading Group for Social Governance of the party’s Central Committee underscores the growing focus on internal security an...
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China’s ruling Communist Party has signalled a renewed push for social stability by quietly setting up a high-level part
y group about a year ahead of its 21st national congress. The creation of the Leading Group for Social Governance of the party’s Central Committee underscores the growing focus on internal security an...
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Fire engulfs Philippine ferry, killing 5 and leaving 87 missing
At least five people were killed and 87 remain unaccounted for after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspo
t in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coastguard said on Thursday. The fire aboard the MV June Aster broke out on Wednesday evening about 2.2km (1.3 miles) offshore, the coastguard said, adding...
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At least five people were killed and 87 remain unaccounted for after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspo
t in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coastguard said on Thursday. The fire aboard the MV June Aster broke out on Wednesday evening about 2.2km (1.3 miles) offshore, the coastguard said, adding...
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Social media must join the fight against teen suicides
As we observe World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, the global community reflects on a sobering reality: suicide
remains a leading cause of death among young people. Every year, more than 720,000 people die by suicide – each life a story cut short, a family shattered, a community left to grapple with unbearable...
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As we observe World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, the global community reflects on a sobering reality: suicide
remains a leading cause of death among young people. Every year, more than 720,000 people die by suicide – each life a story cut short, a family shattered, a community left to grapple with unbearable...
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China wife exposes husband’s US$1.5 million insurance-buying affair involving 180 hotel stays
A Chinese man’s seven-year affair with an insurance agent has ignited a legal dispute, revealing dramatic details uncove
red by his wife. Guo, from Liuzhou in Guangxi province, southern China, is married to Zhen, with whom he shares a two-year-old daughter, according to Hongxing News. In 2017, Zhen discovered flirtatiou...
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A Chinese man’s seven-year affair with an insurance agent has ignited a legal dispute, revealing dramatic details uncove
red by his wife. Guo, from Liuzhou in Guangxi province, southern China, is married to Zhen, with whom he shares a two-year-old daughter, according to Hongxing News. In 2017, Zhen discovered flirtatiou...
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Over 65% of cars sold in China are now EVs as Iran war drives electric shift
China’s electric vehicle (EV) adoption rate has hit an all-time high, as the Iran war drives motorists to shift away fro
m petrol cars despite a sluggish automotive market. A record 65.2 per cent of the 1.54 million cars sold in mainland China last month were either pure electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, data from th...
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China’s electric vehicle (EV) adoption rate has hit an all-time high, as the Iran war drives motorists to shift away fro
m petrol cars despite a sluggish automotive market. A record 65.2 per cent of the 1.54 million cars sold in mainland China last month were either pure electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, data from th...
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Softer focus on national security in Hong Kong’s 5-year plan? Why it won’t happen
In the first of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Natali
e Wong and Matthew Cheng look at the key political issues and the city leader’s hopes for a second term. When Hong Kong’s leader John Lee Ka-chiu steps up to the Legislative Council podium next Wednes...
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In the first of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Natali
e Wong and Matthew Cheng look at the key political issues and the city leader’s hopes for a second term. When Hong Kong’s leader John Lee Ka-chiu steps up to the Legislative Council podium next Wednes...
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