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As major cities worldwide accelerate climate action, Hong Kong faces pressure to match ambitious peers in waste reduction, renewable energy, and urban planning.
As the government unveils ambitious plans for New Territories development, planners, academics and industry figures are divided on whether the strategy will truly ease the city's chronic affordability crisis.
From the 2016 Mong Kok riots to pandemic pressures, a look at the critical incidents that transformed how authorities prepare for crises.
Senior officials and urban planners reveal diverging views on how to tackle soaring property prices and transport infrastructure priorities ahead of next year's policy address.
Fresh data shows applications to top institutions have declined 12% while living costs for students surge, reshaping the city's educational landscape.
As global instability drives new waves of arrivals, local communities face both opportunities and pressures that will reshape housing, schools, and services across the city.
Long-time community members in one of Hong Kong's oldest districts speak out as property values surge and traditional businesses face displacement.
Community leaders and everyday residents in Sham Shui Po and beyond are pushing back against surface-level sustainability efforts, calling for systemic change.
As the MTR expansion stalls and aging infrastructure demands billions in upgrades, authorities face pivotal choices on funding, routing, and integration that will determine whether the city remains a model of connectivity or slides into congestion.
While Western universities grapple with ChatGPT policies, Hong Kong's institutions are charting a pragmatic middle ground that's earning international attention.
As the government accelerates redevelopment plans for one of Hong Kong's oldest districts, community groups warn that long-time residents face displacement without adequate protections.
While European and Middle Eastern cities grapple with integration challenges, Hong Kong's pragmatic approach to its 600,000+ foreign residents offers lessons—and cautionary tales.
Community voices reveal growing anxiety over street violence, while local business owners and residents call for increased police presence in densely-packed neighbourhoods.
Government transport officials and urban planners are divided on whether proposed MTR extensions or road tolling should tackle record foot traffic in Hong Kong's financial district.
Decades of constrained land supply, spiralling property prices, and competing urban visions have created today's acute shortage—a retrospective on the decisions that brought us here.
As inflation bites and employment sectors contract, workers from Southeast Asia and South Asia share their stories of navigating Hong Kong's increasingly precarious economic landscape.
Decades of planning, false starts, and evolving needs have shaped the city's current infrastructure race—and the stakes have never been higher.
New statistics on local revitalisation projects across Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po and beyond show how data-driven initiatives are reshaping Hong Kong's oldest districts.
This week's policy announcements signal accelerated redevelopment efforts across Kowloon, while residents' concerns about displacement and heritage preservation grow louder.
As the city grapples with landfill capacity running out by 2035, communities across Hong Kong are demanding real action—not just government slogans.
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