Aaron Busch

IRD says tax revenue increased 22% for the year 2025/26 to HK$458.3 billion, as it issued 2.77 million tax return forms, including 1.85 million paper forms and 920,000 e-returns. The increase was partly driven by a 61% growth in stamp duty revenue to HK$102.6 billion. news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…

Property owners and residents of Wang Fuk Court will be waived from the balance of tax payable for the year of assessment 2024/25 and the tax payable for the year of assessment 2025/26. IRD will issue tax returns for individuals to the above mentioned persons in the third quarter of this year to assess their provisional tax for the year of assessment 2026/27.

Three construction workers charged with theft from a Wang Fuk Court apartment appeared in Fanling Magistrates' Court on Monday. The three were not required to enter a plea, did not request bail, remanded in custody until next court appearance on June 29th. Ming Pao (Chinese): news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%…

Hong Kong men's foil team claimed bronze at the Foil World Cup in Istanbul, defeating World No. 2 side the United States 45-40 for their third consecutive podium finish. news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…

Aerial view of the Ham Tin Wan campground over the Labour Day Golden Week. 📸 : AFCD Facebook

John Tse Chun-chung, a former police chief superintendent during the 2019 protests, will be the new head of the Information Services Department, replacing Apollonia Liu Lee Ho-kei who was recently promoted to permanent secretary for security scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

Now do @HKJA_Official, since they’re the largest journalist union in Hong Kong. You can even make a chart on how many press releases they’ve put out on said topics recently! I’ll wait…

Uber confirms media reports that it has purchased Hong Kong taxi app FlyTaxi. uber.com/hk/en/newsroom…

Sing Tao Daily reports Hong Kong taxi app FlyTaxi has been acquired by Uber. The Next Web says the transaction has not yet been independently confirmed by Uber or FlyTaxi and the financial terms have not been disclosed in the available reporting. thenextweb.com/news/uber-fly-…

no changes to acute wards, and patient visitor limits remain at 2 persons per patient maximum.

New non-acute public hospital ward visiting hours to increase, with rollout starting in May thru to end-July: • paediatric wards: increase from 4 to 24 hrs • rehabilitation, convalescent, infirmary, palliative, hospice wards: from 4 to 9 hrs news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…

The three defendants all appeared in West Kowloon Magistrates' Court on Thursday. Case adjourned to June 25th. Leung Ka-man, 52, and his girlfriend Lau Wai-yin, 42, granted bail of $100,000. Leung's younger brother Leung Ka-hing, 50, granted bail of $50,000.

Hong Kong's government surplus for 2025-26 will be revised to HK$11 billion, up from the projected $2.9 billion made during the Budget Speech • Financial secretary Paul Chan's appropriation bill for the 2026-27 budget passed today with no votes against scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

Hong Kong ran a trade deficit of HK$89.1 billion in March, the largest monthly deficit on record since 1952 • Hong Kong relies on fossil fuels for power generation and has to import nearly all of its energy • Demand in AI tech also led to higher imports bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

MIRROR's Keung To turns 27th on Thursday so you all get free tram rides.

With the April 30th prohibition deadline looming, a poll of current alternative smoking product users has found 90% will continue to smoke, and only 10% are considering quitting. 55% said they will continue to vape. scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

@alipinsahk i believe this 2018 case was the catalyst to change the laws. So between then and the Central case, there were amendments.

@tripperhead Yet the Filipina helper (not on the wheel) was sentenced to jail for 27months 🤷‍♂️

Coroner Stanley Ho has ruled the 5 deaths in the 2018 school bus crash in North Point were accidental, since the bus driver was not at the wheel at the time of the crash. Sing Tao Daily (Chinese): stheadline.com/society/356666…

@tom989aha Correct. But for the coroner's report, he can only decide if it was accidental or deliberate. Different from prosecution.

@tripperhead ? if bus driver is not driving. then has responsibility to park in safe way so no harm happens

Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong says the government won't force Wang Chi House residents to move, but staying on will be very difficult. • maintenance issues including large payments • lease issues