The Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Benjamin Chan, said that any taxpayers, whether a company or individual, may be invited by the department for a tax review or audit. His comment came after several journalists and media organisations reported they were selected for an audit of their previous tax returns. Chan spoke about the matter after an event…

Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk said on Saturday that the nine tourism projects the government unveiled this week are designed to meet changing travel patterns. They include tours of Kowloon City, Central, and factory visits. Cheuk, who heads a working group on developing tourist hotspots, said tourists now want more culture, history, and lifes…

Digital Policy Commissioner Tony Wong on Saturday said his office plans to review newly-published guidelines on artificial intelligence use at least once a year. Last month, the Digital Policy Office released a document on generative artificial intelligence aimed at developers, service providers, and users. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, Wong…

The vice president of the Hong Kong Construction Association says inspectors should use technology to sign off on safety documents to prevent fraud. Stephen Lee was speaking on a radio programme on Saturday, three days after the ICAC arrested 10 people on suspicion of graft related to inspection work at an Anderson Road construction site in Kwun To…

Customs officials have arrested two women and a man for suspected money laundering involving HK$61 million. The arrests were made following a dangerous drug investigation last year and the discovery of suspicious transactions in the personal bank accounts of one of those arrested. Further investigations then found large amounts of money had flowed …

SAR tourism officials and film veterans on Friday hailed the launch of a new exhibition that allows people to take a deep dive into iconic 1980s life at Kowloon Walled City using replica movie sets, saying the attraction will create new economic benefits. The launch of the three-year show – "Kowloon Walled City: A Cinematic Journey" – came after th…

The DAB has urged MTR Corporation to offer free rides to compensate passengers hit by the suspension of services along the entire Tseung Kwan O line that began with the evening rush hour on Thursday. DAB lawmaker Stanley Li said on Friday the rail firm would likely be fined more than HK$10 million due to the incident but stressed that this does not…

Several people were killed when a small plane crashed in a California neighbourhood before dawn on Thursday, destroying a home and setting more than a dozen cars on fire. At least 10 houses were hit by debris and vehicles on both sides of a street went up in flames when the Cessna 550 slammed into the ground, spewing burning jet fuel in a part of S…

Record floods stranded more than 50,000 people in eastern Australia on Thursday, killing three as a muddy tide swept through towns and swollen rivers cut off roads. Police have pulled three bodies from rising floodwaters on the Mid North Coast, a river-braided region of rugged hills and fertile valleys about 400 kilometres north of Sydney. Authorit…

Authorities issued the amber heat stress warning for outdoor workers on Thursday, the lowest of the three-level system. According to the Observatory, an anticyclone has made it very hot over the coast of Guangdong, as local temperatures over many places rose to 33 degrees Celsius or above around noon. At around 2pm, the mercury at weather stations …

The director of the central government's liaison office has called for greater efforts in promoting arts and culture while the city's leader urged the sector to make use of technology to reach audiences at home and abroad. Zheng Yanxiong, who heads the liaison office in Hong Kong, emphasised the need to thoroughly integrate patriotism into the arts…

The SAR government investment vehicle on Thursday revealed that several of the companies it has invested in are considering or have filed applications to list in Hong Kong this year. It did not specify which firms. This came as the Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) hosted its inaugural "International Forum for Patient Capital (IPC)" to attrac…

The Chinese University of Hong Kong said on Thursday it is the first in the world to make use of robotic arms to help doctors remove a tumour in the bladder in one piece rather than fragmenting it. The success came after researchers from CUHK’s faculty of medicine unveiled a new surgical technique, called en bloc resection of bladder tumour (ERBT),…

A major accident occurred at a launch ceremony for a new North Korean naval destroyer, state media KCNA reported on Thursday, with leader Kim Jong-un saying the mishap was a "criminal act". At a ceremony to launch a new 5,000-tonne destroyer in the eastern port city of Chongjin on Wednesday "a serious accident occurred," the Korean Central News Age…

Canada has been holding "high level" talks with its southern neighbour about joining US President Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" missile defence system, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. "We are conscious that we have an ability, if we so choose, to complete the Golden Dome with investments in partnership [with the United States]," he said on…

The UN confirmed on Wednesday that it had collected and begun dispatching around 90 truckloads of aid into Gaza, marking the first aid arrival in the besieged Palestinian territory since early March. Three days after Israel announced it would allow in limited aid, the United Nations on Wednesday "collected around 90 truckloads of goods from the Ker…

Brennan Johnson's scrambled goal ended a 17-year Tottenham trophy drought with a battling 1-0 win over Manchester United in the Europa League final. Spurs, who had not won European silverware since 1984, will play in next season's Champions League, while failing to qualify for it is a severe financial set-back for Manchester United. Despite their t…