Amber Rainstorm Warning Signal issued 11.20am 32nd Rainstorm Warning of June, equalling the most rainstorm warnings issued in one month (August 2025).

A Hong Kong court has placed Baby Danny under the care of the Social Welfare Department for the next three years, following an assessment that labeled his situation as one of child neglect.  His parents are restricted to one visit per week.

K-pop group Stray Kids will perform at Kai Tak Stadium for one show on December 5th as part of their "Run It" world tour. Ticketing details tbc.

Hong Kong Grade A office vacancy (end-May 2026): • Overall office vacancy rate declined to 13.3% at end-May, with vacancy in Wanchai/Causeway Bay and Hong Kong East trending downwards. • Wanchai / Causeway Bay vacancy rate returns to single digit for the first time in 10 months

Provisional Visitor Arrivals to Hong Kong for May 2026: • Non-Chinese Mainland long haul +22% Year-On-Year • Chinese Mainland +12% Y-O-Y • Jan-May 22,989,794 visitors; +14% Y-O-Y

Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Xia Baolong, will visit Hong Kong for two days starting Tuesday, coinciding with the start of public consultation on the SAR government's first five-year plan.

The following Hong Kong businesses were added to US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction list on Wednesday for links to the Iranian military. • DOMUS TRADING HK LIMITED • SHANGSHUN HONG KONG LTD • SOLOS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...

K-pop group BIGBANG will perform three shows at Kai Tak Stadium on November 13th, 14th, and 15th. Details on ticket sales have yet to be released.

Since the ban on vaping and heated cigarettes came into force on April 30th, TACO has issued 51 fixed penalties notices worth $153,000. One person fined did not hold a HKID. www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...

Seven people and two companies have been charged with a total of 25 offenses over the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po, including manslaughter, conspiracy to defraud, money laundering, attempting to pervert the course of public justice and tax evasion.

Google AI pricing table for Hong Kong, including current Google One 2TB customers moving to Google AI Plus.

International Montessori School HK statement to parents on an alleged indecent assault against a young student: The letter says that an exhaustive Social Welfare Department and police investigation found the allegation was "Not Established" as child maltreatment. SCMP: buff.ly/ufFc4bs

ExCo has approved a 2% pay increase for civil servants, after unions asked for a 4+% rise. Secretary for Civil Service, Ingrid Yeung, explained that financial restraints due government expenditure and on-going geo-political instability were deciding factors in the 2% figure.

HKO: There is severe rainstorm in Sha Tin District. It may cause serious flooding. Hourly rainfall is expected to exceed or has exceeded 100 millimetres in the above regions.

First Black Rainstorm of 2026 issued at 8.35pm.

A deputy chief of Macau’s Public Security Police Force is among 12 suspects remanded in custody over an alleged prostitution syndicate operating behind sauna businesses.

9 new names for tropical cyclones have been added to an updated list for storm systems, with HK contributing the name "Dim-sum". Kong-rey, Toraji, Man-yi, Usagi, Yagi, Ewiniar, Krathon and Trami have been replaced. Jebi has been retired due to an inappropriate meaning in other languages.

Changes to the $2 fare scheme have save the government $69 million in the first month alone.

Baby Danny has officially obtained a Hong Kong birth certificate after his parents attending Immigration Dept HQ in TKO on Saturday.

CHP reporting a probable local case of measles in a 19-year-old female. The patient reported having the measles vaccine in her place of birth outside Hong Kong. 85 individuals have been identified as close contacts. www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...

Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau: Currently hailing in Zhuhai.

The Hang Seng Index has lost more than a thousand points since Wednesday, closing under 25k for the first time since March 31st.

34.4℃ recorded at Hong Kong Observatory on Friday is the highest maximum temperature to be recorded on "Corn on Ear", a solar term. "Corn on Ear" is a minor solar term falling between major solar terms "Corn Forms" and "Summer Solstice", when the sun's longitude is 75°.

IndiGo suspends operations to Hong Kong from July 1st until September 30th. www.ndtv.com/india-news/i...

Hong Kong police are launching another bad driving/jaywalking blitz for the next two weeks starting today. Which means it's time to bring out the 15m rule. Remember, crossing the road within 15m of a crosswalk or over/under pass may cost you $2k.

Cathay Pacific has announced that effective October 1st, current Chief Financial Officer Rebecca Sharpe will resign, and current financial director of Swire Bulk Holdings Gavin March will take over. www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/lis...

DNA tests have confirmed baby Danny is the biological son of the "Save Lily" parents.

The 2025 LegCo elections cost $236 million, with ~34,000 civil servants deployed for the poll. With a turnout of 1,317,682 voters, that equates to ~$180 per vote.

I used it earlier this year when I finally got round to applying. It's the most useful, easy-to-follow guide out there. Thanks for posting it!

Just a reminder if you never got around to applying, the Tripperhead's Somewhat Helpful Guide to a Non-Chinese Mainland Travel Permit is still free to read at tripperhead.com Pinned to the top on the website; go to Posts in the Substack app and it's pinned there.

A school principal who abused a security guard in Singapore has been fired, after the school did not accept his resignation. "If he were to stay on as principal until August 31, the school's normal operation would be severely impacted, hindering teachers and students from moving on."

🇭🇰🌞🌦️⛈️ Hong Kong weather May 2026: "A cloudy and relatively hotter May" • 🌡️ mean daily max 29.2°C, 0.4° above normal • 🌡️ mean daily min 26.8°C, 0.5° above normal • 🌧️ 227.2mm, 63.4mm below normal • 🥵 6 consecutive hot nights starting from May 23 www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...

To celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival 50th anniversary, this year's festival will be extended to 13 days, spanning from 19 June (Dragon Boat Festival) to 1 July. • ‘Sun Life Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races’: June 27-28 • “50th Anniversary Fishermen Invitational Cup”

Hong Kong authorities cannot rule out theft in 16 of 142 lost property reports filed by residents of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court housing estate, according to Secretary for Security Chris Tang.

Physician-scientist Professor King Li has been announced as the founding dean of the new HKUST school of medicine. Li previously served as the founding dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2016 to 2021.

✅️ : record high number of school top 3 choice placements ❌️ : steepest decline of applications on record SCMP: 86% of Hong Kong primary school children get preferred places as applications plunge 16%

Boston Consulting Group: For the first time, Hong Kong has overtaken Switzerland as the world’s largest cross-border booking center. Cross-border wealth rose 10.7% to $2.9 trillion, driven by mainland China. www.bcg.com/publications...

Four out of 15 public primary schools in Hong Kong with insufficient enrolment will cease operations, eight will merge with other schools, while two others will operate self-financing Primary One classes in September, according to education authorities.

The new Terminal 2 at HKIA officially opens today, with Hong Kong Airlines becoming the first airline to operate out of the new terminal. And wherever there is a new airport terminal, there is of course a new McDonald's.

Hong Kong to set ride-hailing permit quota at 10,000 under regulatory push. The number is a third of what Uber was asking for.

Standard & Poors says the Northern Metropolis will cost more than HK$360 billion over the next 5-6 years, with around 39% of that being covered by government-related entities.

HKBN has announced they will terminate 2G services from June 23rd.

The Centre for Food Safety has ordered the operator of a licensed ice-cream van near the Central Ferris Wheel to stop selling soft ice-cream immediately after a sample was found to have coliform bacteria levels more three times the legal limit.

The Security Bureau has added DRC to the red list of Outbound Travel Alerts. "Hong Kong residents should avoid non-essential travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to the large outbreak of Ebola disease." www.sb.gov.hk/eng/ota/note...

Dominic Lai Kai-ming, co-managing director of CK Hutchison, said that the group has no plans to sell its supermarket chain PARKnSHOP currently.

Cathay Pacific April 2026: • CX 17% more passengers April Y-O-Y, up 19% YTD • UO 5% Y-O-Y, up 14% YTD • CX Cargo 8% Y-O-Y news.cathaypacific.com/the-cathay-g...

It is understood that HK$30 million in repair costs are needed for Wang Chi House – the only block at Wang Fuk Court that was not affected by November’s inferno. At a briefing held by Hop On Management the firm said initial estimates showed that renovation works would take ~9 months to complete.

Anthony Chau Tin-hang, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, will succeed Maggie Yang Mei-kei as the Director of Public Prosecutions with effect from May 21. Yang Mei-kei will start pre-retirement leave on the same day after 32 years at the DoJ. www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...

HSBC CEO Georges Elhedery says AI will destroy and create new jobs, urges staff to embrace change.

MTR has announced new guidelines for train services during typhoons with strengths greater than T8, with underground lines continuing with limited service. www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corp...