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Malaysian media and timber tycoon Tiong Hiew King, who built a newspaper empire spanning Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, has died aged 91. Media Chinese International, which owns the Chinese-language daily Ming Pao in Hong Kong, issued a notice on Tuesday announcing the death of its honorary chairman. “The board of directors of Media Chinese International Limited announces with deepest sadness that Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Hiew King, a substantial shareholder and honorary chairman of the company,...

Candidates in the Hong Kong Legislative Council election have called for more local jobs and faster development of transport infrastructure in a megaproject near the border, using the third government-run forum to pitch their solutions to long-standing problems. At Wednesday’s forum for the New Territories North constituency, which covers the North District and Tin Shui Wai, all five candidates pledged to push forward the development of the Northern Metropolis. The project located in the...

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hongkongers should brace for cooler weather next week, as a northeast monsoon is expected to push temperatures down to about 16 degrees Celsius (60.8 Fahrenheit), the local forecaster has said. The Hong Kong Observatory said on Wednesday that the dry northeast monsoon would bring mainly fine weather to the region over the next few days, before temperatures...

China International Capital Corporation (CICC) forecasts that Hong Kong’s initial public offering (IPO) market will remain vibrant through 2026, fuelled by listings from high-end manufacturing and technology firms, even as the bull run in the A-share market draws some issuers back to the mainland. “We believe the heat in Hong Kong’s IPO market will continue next year, particularly in sectors aligned with national priorities such as robotics and advanced manufacturing,” Shi Qi, deputy head of...

A postgraduate finance student in Hong Kong has lost more than HK$1 million (US$128,652) in a phone scam, the Post has learned, as police revealed they had received over 1,700 reports involving university attendees so far this year, with HK$180 million in losses. A police source said on Wednesday that the victim, a mainland Chinese student in his first year of a Master of Finance programme at Polytechnic University (PolyU), was swindled on August 20. “Recently, a university student let down his...