On a humid September afternoon, the Metropol Restaurant in Admiralty was packed wall to wall—office workers in tailored shirts, elderly couples nursing tea, and overseas Filipinos trickling in from nearby floors of the United Centre. Everyone seemed to have heard the news: after 35 years, the iconic dim sum hall would serve its last meal […]

Domestic helpers in Hong Kong are seeing their pay increase. The average monthly salary offered by employers rose 7.9% to HK$5,722 (US$735) in 2025, according to a survey by recruitment platform HelperChoice. Employers are increasingly willing to pay more for helpers with childcare or elderly care experience, particularly those already living in the city. “Employers […]

Come Sunday, the glass-and-steel austerity of Hong Kong loosens its collar. Along the city’s sidewalks and plazas, a quiet transformation takes place: folding chairs appear where bankers stood; the scent of adobo and pancit mingles with the sea breeze; and voices — bright, unhurried, unbossed — rise above the drone of traffic. This is “Little […]