Hong Kong workers received smaller pay rises this year as Guangdong’s wage growth picked up, with the starting salaries of university graduates edging closer to those of sub-degree holders, an annual survey has found. Findings from the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Pay and Benefits Survey, released by Hong Kong’s Baptist University on Thursday, showed that companies in Hong Kong and Macau slowed pay rises this year. The survey findings coincided with government data showing...

A controversial lighting project along a walking trail on The Peak “is not set in stone yet”, authorities have said, with the South China Morning Post learning that related works have been suspended amid mounting complaints that the installations are damaging the environment. The project’s future remains uncertain after residents accused the Tourism Board of removing trees and flowers to make way for the installations, while a lawmaker said a district councillor from the city’s largest political...