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1. Australian teens bypass social media ban, PM Albanese admits bumpy roll-out

   Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese acknowledged some young people were still on social media a day after a world-first ban on under-16s went live, saying the roll-out was always going to be bumpy but would ultimately save lives. A day after the law took effect, Australian social media feeds were flooded with comments from people claiming to be under 16, including one on the prime...

2. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng University joins property rush with US$11.6 million office deal

   Hong Kong’s Hang Seng University has acquired office units in a commercial building in the New Territories for HK$90 million (US$11.6 million), making it the latest school to purchase real estate amid a government push to turn the city into a global education hub. The acquisition covers 16 office units measuring 19,139 sq ft on the 11th floor of Metropole Square in Sha Tin, together with four...

3. Balancing rights and responsibilities: child custody in Hong Kong demystified

   The classic legal drama Kramer vs Kramer tells a very sad story of a couple, played by Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, fighting over who gets to keep their young son upon the breakdown of their marriage. Those who watched the 1979 production, which clinched five Academy Awards, will no doubt remember the high level of hostility portrayed in the courtroom scenes. Fast forward more than four...

4. Does collapse of Thailand-Cambodia truce expose Asean’s limits?

   The collapse of the fragile truce between Thailand and Cambodia has plunged one of Southeast Asia’s most volatile border disputes back into crisis, renewing scrutiny of whether Asean can contain the fast-escalating conflict between two of its own members. The ceasefire – mediated in July by Asean chair and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and reinforced by a peace accord signed before US...

5. How Hong Kong became the trusted bridgehead for China firms going out

   A quiet transformation is weaving itself into the fabric of Hong Kong. In recent years, the city’s social and business circles have been energised by a wave of newcomers from across the Chinese mainland. They have brought with them a culinary revolution – restaurants serving flavours from fiery Sichuan to delicate Zhejiang now dot neighbourhoods once dominated by Cantonese fare. And these tables...

6. Hospital Authority reports alleged fake device certificate to Hong Kong police

   The Hospital Authority has reported to police an alleged fake equipment certificate submitted by a subcontractor involved in the Princess Margaret Hospital expansion project and suspended the company from its duties. The authority revealed on Wednesday night that Novox submitted the certificate through the main contractor to verify the accuracy of vibration monitoring systems. But the...

7. Panchen Lama says reincarnation must follow Chinese laws, be endorsed by Beijing

   Reincarnation must follow Chinese laws and be endorsed by Beijing, Tibetan Buddhist leader Panchen Lama has said in an apparent reference to the succession of the Dalai Lama. Speaking at an official symposium in Shigatse on Monday, the Panchen Lama – the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism after only the Dalai Lama – stated that reincarnated “living Buddhas” must be identified within China...

8. Video of China woman evading lover’s wife by scaling high-rise wall to hide next door goes viral

   A Chinese woman escaping from a high-rise flat, reportedly to avoid being caught by her lover’s wife, has gone viral online. Video footage showed her scaling the building’s exterior walls and water pipes while wearing a miniskirt. The death-defying scene has shocked people on mainland social media. The incident took place on November 30, at a residential complex in Guangdong province, southern...

9. Bar Association is first Hong Kong delegation to visit Beijing after fire, poll

   The Hong Kong Bar Association will travel to Beijing next week to meet mainland Chinese officials, becoming the first delegation to visit the capital since the city’s deadliest fire in decades and its recent Legislative Council election. Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet told the Post on Wednesday that the delegation would be happy to discuss possible legal reforms brought by the deadly Tai Po...

10. Late casino tycoon Fu Tak-iam’s family buys Hong Kong serviced flats for US$71 million

    A company linked to the family of late Macau casino pioneer Fu Tak-iam bought a serviced-apartment property in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district for about HK$550 million (US$71 million) amid renewed investor appetite for rental assets in the city. Pleasure Properties was identified as the buyer of CHI 138, a 107-unit serviced-apartment property at 136 Johnston Road and 2 Stone Nullah Lane, according...