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  • The destroyed facade of the towers following a fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Tai Po district in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades has killed at least 128, city officials announced shortly after making fresh arrests in connection with the blaze. Photographer: Leung Man Hei/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAsia

    What we know about Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades

    By Shawna Kwan and Bloomberg
  • This photo taken on November 10, 2024 shows an aerial view of development in San Tin in northern Hong Kong, on the border with the Chinese city of Shenzhen (back). For almost half a century, Kwok Hoi-yin’s humble cottage on Hong Kong’s border with mainland China was surrounded by leagues of fishponds and green fields, buffering the modern highrises of megacity Shenzhen to the north. In recent years his village has shrunk, nibbled away by roads and bridges as the government claims land for its Northern Metropolis project, an ambitious plan to urbanise the border area that has proceeded despite concerns from locals and environmentalists. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) / TO GO WITH: HONG KONG-CHINA-ENVIROMENT-URBAN-PLANNING, FOCUS by Xinqi SU (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Hong Kong bets the future on a vast tech zone by China’s border

    By Shawna Kwan and Bloomberg
  • Adrian Cheng, chief executive officer of New World Development Co., speaks during the Hong Kong Fintech Week in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The conference runs through Nov. 4. Photographer: Bertha Wang/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Adrian Cheng, member of one of Asia’s richest families, resigns as New World CEO after the Hong Kong developer posts $2.5 billion loss

    By Shawna Kwan and Bloomberg
  • HONG KONG, CHINA – 2024/06/19: Pedestrians walk past the Italian multinational luxury fashion store Prada logo and store at Harbour City in Hong Kong. (Photo by Serene Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Finance

    Prada is building a huge Hong Kong store 4 years after shuttering its flagship there as luxury brands creep back

    By Shirley Zhao, Shawna Kwan, and others
  • Office workers walk on a street in the Central district in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. In a bad year for deals globally, the value of mergers and acquisitions in mainland China and Hong Kong has fallen 6% to about $185 billion, Bloomberg-compiled data show. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSuccess

    Some Hong Kong workers are demanding raises if forced to return to the office full-time, survey finds

    By Shawna Kwan and Bloomberg
  • Adrian and Henry ChengFinance

    Hong Kong’s third-richest man brushes back succession theories: ‘If there’s no family member suitable, we can hire from the outside’

    By Shawna Kwan, Shirley Zhao, and others
  • The Peak Tram, a funicular railway in operation since 1888, arrives at the Peak in front of a view of Victoria Harbour and the skylines of the Kowloon district (background L) and Hong Kong island (C) on January 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)Infographics

    A Hong Kong house makes real estate history, renting for $2 million a year

    By Shawna Kwan and Bloomberg
  • Inside A Henderson Land Micro-Apartment Show HomeInternational

    ‘Nano’ apartment sales soar in world’s most expensive housing market

    By Shawna Kwan and Bloomberg
  • A man walks along a line of security barriers set up outside the central government offices in Hong Kong on October 16, 2019, ahead of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam planned annual policy address after a summer of huge and increasingly violent democracy protests across the city. - The address is an annual speech at the opening of the city's legislature where the pro-Beijing leader lays out policies and bills for the year ahead. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)International

    As Protests Mount, a Hong Kong Parking Space Sells for Almost $1 Million

    By Shawna Kwan and Bloomberg
  • Demonstrators walk on a bridge during a strike rally in the Central district of Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.Politics

    Hong Kong Stocks Soar as Regional Leader Withdraws Bill That Launched Protests

    By Iain Marlow, Blake Schmidt, and others