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1. Hong Kong customs seizes 760 suspected endangered reptiles worth HK$580,000

   Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a male driver after intercepting a goods vehicle at the Shenzhen Bay checkpoint and finding 760 suspected endangered reptiles, with an estimated market value of about HK$580,000 (US$74,059), hidden inside. The Customs and Excise Department on Monday said it found 106 turtles and 654 lizards hidden in his truck, believed to be endangered species protected...

2. Hong Kong expands heat stress monitoring to better protect outdoor workers

   Hong Kong’s labour authorities have expanded heat stress monitoring to include data from 10 sites, enabling faster alerts to better safeguard outdoor workers. Deputy Commissioner for Labour Vincent Fung Hao-yin said on Monday that the department would incorporate data from the Hong Kong Observatory’s newly added monitoring stations at eight sites across the city. The move is intended to provide...

3. HKTVmall’s Ricky Wong breaks silence after protests over animal research methods

   Hong Kong online shopping platform HKTVmall founder Ricky Wong Wai-kay has broken his silence over a science project involving controversial animal experiments, saying that the research he supported was meant to reduce elderly patients’ suffering from illness. Wong, vice-chairman and group chief executive officer of Hong Kong Technology Venture Company, the platform’s parent company and a listed...

4. Trump’s Hormuz blockade may target China along with Iran

   The US announced a blockade against ships calling at Iranian ports, ramping up pressure on the Middle East nation after marathon peace talks over the weekend ended without a deal. Action was due to start Monday at 10am New York time (10pm Hong Kong), according to US Central Command. Vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports won’t be affected, it said. President Donald...

5. 3 satellites to track all? Chinese radar images confirm US military fears

   Off the northern boundary of the Spratly Islands, winds howl and waves surge. A Japanese-flagged oil tanker ploughs through these disputed waters in the South China Sea. The Towa Maru, measuring roughly 340 metres (1,115 feet) long and 60 metres wide, rivals an aircraft carrier in sheer bulk. A Chinese satellite locks its gaze upon the vessel, 35,800km (22,245 miles) overhead. Last month, China...

6. Why Singapore’s property slowdown is the envy of the rest of Asia

   Singapore is at the sharp end of the energy crisis. Imported natural gas accounts for an estimated 95 per cent of the city state’s electricity generation. According to Nomura, Singapore is the fourth most vulnerable Asian economy to the energy shock emanating from the war in Iran, based on a set of criteria that includes the share of fossil fuels in energy consumption and the proportion of...

7. Hong Kong court clears woman of forging qualifications in talent scheme application

   A mainland Chinese woman has been acquitted of forging academic qualifications in her application for Hong Kong’s talent scheme, with the judge saying she could have been defrauded by her agent during the process. Xu Lina, 36, was cleared of any charges at Sha Tin Court on Monday after Magistrate Raymond Wong Kwok-fai said the defendant might have been negligent in failing to check her...

8. Safety and quality ‘top priorities’ for China’s highly sensitive megadam in Tibet

   A mega-dam in Tibet must make ecological integrity and safety a priority, Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing said during a visit to the project. The dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo will be the world’s largest hydropower facility and it is a key element of China’s plans to exploit the potential of the Tibetan Plateau by boosting regional growth through green energy and infrastructure. India has...

9. Mentally ill son who killed mother detained indefinitely at psychiatric hospital

   A mentally ill Hongkonger has been sentenced to an indefinite period at a psychiatric hospital for killing his 50-year-old mother and hiding her body under the bed while under the delusion that she was a “monster lizard”. The High Court on Monday accepted recommendations from two psychiatrists and imposed a hospital order on Wong Chun-kit on one count of preventing the lawful burial of a body...

10. China, the Iran war and the chemical suddenly stoking global supply fears

    China’s reported decision to halt sulphuric acid exports, together with the failure of peace talks between the United States and Iran over the weekend, risks driving prices higher and disrupting global mining and fertiliser supply chains that have few readily available alternatives. Beijing had indicated it would halt shipments of sulphuric acid from May, according to reports from Acuity...