Month: December 2025

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

     The Intellectual Property Department (IPD) signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) on December 4 separately with the Department of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia to establish a framework for collaboration in the field of intellectual property (IP) aimed at driving innovation and economic development.
 
     Witnessed by the Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Dr Bernard Chan, and the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia, Mr Ouk Prachea, the Director of Intellectual Property, Mr David Wong, signed an MOU with the Director of the Department of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia, Mr Suon Vichea.
 
     Later in the afternoon, Mr Wong signed a separate MOU with the Director General of the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, Mrs Yusnieza Syarmila Yusoff.
 
     The two MOUs were signed on the sidelines of the Business of Intellectual Property (BIP) Asia Forum held in Hong Kong with an aim to deepen Hong Kong’s co-operation with Cambodia and Malaysia in areas such as the creation, protection, management and commercialisation of IP, and enhance the critical role of IP in driving innovation and creativity, as well as in seizing business opportunities.
 
     Under the MOUs, Hong Kong and the two places will engage in diverse forms of collaboration, such as fostering the exchange of IP-related information, enhancing personnel training and capacity building, and organising seminars and conferences to boost professional capabilities in IP businesses.
 
     “Hong Kong enjoys the distinctive advantage of having strong support from the motherland and being closely connected to the world under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle. Our business environment is highly market-oriented and internationalised, underpinned by the rule of law, with a robust and effective IP system in place. The IPD looks forward to joining hands with the IP authorities of Cambodia and Malaysia to strengthen co-operation in the field of IP. Sharing a common vision, we are jointly committed to leveraging the IP system to encourage industries to create and innovate, and promote economic development,” Mr Wong said.
 
     Jointly organised by the Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the BIP Asia Forum is an annual IP flagship event in the region that brings together IP professionals and leaders from Asia and around the world. This year’s forum was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on December 4 and 5 under the theme “Leverage IP to finance business growth”, featuring over 100 renowned speakers. They included senior officials from the China National Intellectual Property Administration and the World Intellectual Property Organization, as well as speakers from the IP authorities of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

     The results of the 2025 Legislative Council General Election are:

Functional constituency: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deputies to the National People’s Congress, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and representatives of relevant national organisations
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No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
ZN 1	Lai Tat Shing (Rex)	121
ZN 2	Chan Yung*	414

* elected

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

     The results of the 2025 Legislative Council General Election are:

Functional constituency: Labour
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No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
H 1	So Pak Tsan	281
H 2	Chau Siu Chung*	521
H 3	Tam Kam Lin	297
H 4	Lee Kwong Yu*	485
H 5	Lam Wai Kong*	506

* elected

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

Regarding the sentencing in a fatal industrial accident, the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts today (December 8) handed down a review decision, accepting the prosecution’s application for review of an earlier court sentence, increasing the fines imposed on the contractor and shortening the duration, with higher amounts for the monthly instalment of the fines.

The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on May 7, 2022, at a residential unit under renovation in Jordan. A scaffolder, while preparing to erect a truss-out bamboo scaffold on an external wall, fell to the ground and died.

The contractor was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for the violation of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations, and was fined $90,000 and allowed to pay the fines in 90 instalments of $1,000 per month at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts on November 8, 2024.

After the sentencing, the prosecution filed a review application with the court regarding the sentences imposed on the relevant contractor. The review hearing was brought up today before the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts. The fines imposed on the contractor were increased to $160,000 and were payable in 74 instalments of $2,000 per month after deducting the fine of $12,000 that has already been paid.

A spokesman for the LD said that the ruling will disseminate a strong message to all contractors that they have to protect workers’ safety and health at work in accordance with the laws. The prosecution will continue to pay attention to court rulings and will file review or appeal applications for cases where the sentences are manifestly inadequate and/or wrong in principle.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

The Government announced today (December 8) that, in accordance with section 4(3) of the Legislative Council Ordinance, the Chief Executive in Council has specified January 1, 2026, as the commencement date of the Eighth Term Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

In addition, under section 9(2) of the Ordinance, the Chief Executive has specified that the 2026 legislative session will begin on the first Wednesday after the President of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is elected in accordance with Article 71 of the Basic Law and Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Chief Executive has also, in accordance with section 10(1) of the Ordinance, specified that the first meeting of the Eighth Term LegCo will be held at 11am on the first Wednesday after the President of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is elected in accordance with Article 71 of the Basic Law and Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Notices announcing the commencement date of the Eighth Term LegCo, the commencement date of the 2026 legislative session, and the date and time of the first meeting of the Eighth Term LegCo are published in the Government Gazette today.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

     The eighth Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been successfully formed, as all 90 seats have been filled following the smooth completion of the election yesterday (December 7).

     The elected members are:
 

Geographical constituencies
Hong Kong Island East	Ng Chau Pei
	Chik Kit Ling Elaine
Hong Kong Island West	Chan Judy Kapui
	Chan Hok Fung
Kowloon East	Tang Ka Piu
	Cheung Pui Kong
Kowloon West	Leung Man Kwong
	Cheng Wing Shun Vincent
Kowloon Central	Yang Wing Kit
	Lee Wai King Starry
New Territories South East	Ip Ngo Tung Chris
	Fong Kwok Shan Christine
New Territories North	Tam Chun Kwok
	Yiu Ming
New Territories North West	Chow Ho Ding Holden
	Chong Ho Fung
New Territories South West	Kwok Fu Yung
	Chan Wing Yan
New Territories North East	Chan Hak Kan
	Lee Tsz King Dominic

 

Functional constituencies
Heung Yee Kuk	Lau Ip Keung Kenneth
Agriculture and fisheries	Chan Pok Chi
Insurance	Chan Pui Leung
Transport	Lam Ming Fung Lothair
Education	Tang Fei
Legal	Chan Hiu Fung Nicholas (Nick)
Accountancy	Ng Kam Wah Webster
Medical and health services	Lam Tzit Yuen David
Engineering	Bok Kwok Ming Aaron
Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape	Lau Man Kwan Julia
Labour	Chau Siu Chung
	Lee Kwong Yu
	Lam Wai Kong
Social welfare	Chan Man Yee Grace
Real estate and construction	Wong Ho Ming Augustine
Tourism	Kong Man Wai Vivian
Commercial (first)	Lamport Jonathan Stuart
Commercial (second)	Yao Cho Fai Andrew
Commercial (third)	Yim Kong (Erik Yim)
Industrial (first)	Wong Wing Wai
Industrial (second)	Ng Wing Ka
Finance	Chan Chun Ying
Financial services	Lee Wai Wang Robert
Sports, performing arts, culture and publication	Fok Kai Kong Kenneth
Import and export	Chung Ki Fung
Textiles and garment	Tan Sunny
Wholesale and retail	Shiu Ka Fai
Technology and innovation	Chiu Duncan
Catering	Leung Chun (Jonathan)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deputies to the National People’s Congress, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and representatives of relevant national organisations	Chan Yung

 

Election Committee constituency

Yiu Pak Leung

Lee Ka Kui (Elvin Lee)

Man Wing Yee Ginny

Ng Kit Chong

Ng Wun Kit

Lau Chi Pang

Tang Ming Sum Michelle

Lau Ka Keung

Fan Hoi Kit

So Shiu Tsung Thomas

Hung Kam In

Ho Chun Yin Steven

Koon Ho Ming Peter Douglas

Wu Yingpeng

Wong Kam Fai William

Chan Wing Kwong

Lee Chun Keung

Ho Kwan Yiu (Junius)

Lam Siu Lo Andrew

Chan Han Pan (Ben)

Ho King Hong Adrian Pedro

Ngai Ming Tak

Fan Chun Wah Andrew

Chan Chung Yee Alan

Chan Hoi Yan

Leung Tsz Wing Dennis

Quat Elizabeth (EQ)

Chu Lap Wai

Chan Siu Hung

Lam Lam Nixie

Chuang Ka Pun Albert

Lee Hoey Simon

Lam Chun Sing

Wong Kwok Kingsley

Wong Kam Leung

Kan Wai Mun Carmen

Leung Mei Fun (Priscilla)

Chan Man Ki Maggie

Chan Cho Kwong

Chen Chung Nin Rock

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     The overall results of the 2025 Legislative Council General Election are as follows:
 

Geographical constituency: Hong Kong Island East
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Ng Chau Pei*	39,707
2	Chik Kit Ling Elaine*	22,054
3	Kwok Ho King Calvin	17,344
4	Yuen Kin Chung Kenny	21,696
5	Lee Ching Har	16,458

 

Geographical constituency: Hong Kong Island West
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Young Chit On Jeremy	10,675
2	Chan Judy Kapui*	30,033
3	Wong Chau Ping	7,384
4	Chan Hok Fung*	30,543
5	Kwok Wai Keung	25,643

 

Geographical constituency: Kowloon East
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Tang Ka Piu*	53,675
2	Cheung Pui Kong*	29,116
3	Ngan Man Yu	24,250
4	Chan Chun Hung	3,855
5	Leung Sze Wan	28,834

 

Geographical constituency: Kowloon West
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Guan Weixi (Haywood)	13,592
2	Lau Oi Sze	15,708
3	Leung Man Kwong*	25,692
4	Pong Chiu Fai	7,285
5	Cheng Wing Shun Vincent*	41,767

 

Geographical constituency: Kowloon Central
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Lee Chiu Yu	7,615
2	Yeung Nok Hin	15,734
3	Yang Wing Kit*	28,163
4	Lee Wai King Starry*	53,529
5	Yau Yiu Shing	12,527
6	Tam Lee Yee	12,487

 

Geographical constituency: New Territories South East
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Ip Ngo Tung Chris*	26,250
2	Lee Ching Yee Janet	16,636
3	Fong Kwok Shan Christine*	58,828
4	Cheung Mei Hung (Chris)	18,681
5	Chan Chi Ho	18,797

 

Geographical constituency: New Territories North
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Tam Chun Kwok*	41,657
2	Tsang King Chung Kent	17,930
3	Shum Ho Kit (Wilson Shum)	22,415
4	Liu Tsz Chung Michael	9,880
5	Yiu Ming*	33,389

 

Geographical constituency: New Territories North West
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Chow Ho Ding Holden*	42,347
2	Chong Ho Fung*	34,756
3	Leung Ming Kin	25,936
4	Kam Man Fung	11,893
5	Luk Chung Hung	23,282

 

Geographical constituency: New Territories South West
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Lo Yuen Ting	34,138
2	Kwok Fu Yung*	37,020
3	Chan Wing Yan*	52,900
4	Cheung Man Ka	16,417
5	Mok Yee Ki	8,383

 

Geographical constituency: New Territories North East
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Chan Hak Kan*	41,612
2	Lee Tsz King Dominic*	42,749
3	Wong Wing Ho Allan	11,951
4	Ku Wai Ping	18,003
5	Tang Siu Fung Calvin	15,319

 

Functional constituency: Heung Yee Kuk
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
HYK 1	Lau Kai Hong	23
HYK 2	Lau Ip Keung Kenneth*	119

 

Functional constituency: Agriculture and fisheries
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
AF 1	Chan Pok Chi*	82
AF 2	Yeung Sheung Chun	79

 

Functional constituency: Insurance
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
IN 1	Chan Pui Leung*	48
IN 2	Lam Yat Tung (Simon Lam)	40

 

Functional constituency: Transport
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
TR 1	Feng Jiapei	27
TR 2	Lam Ming Fung Lothair*	162

 

Functional constituency: Education
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
A 1	Cheung Chak Chung (Prof Ray/Dr Ray)	11,206
A 2	Tang Fei*	13,759

 

Functional constituency: Legal
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
B 1	Lee Wing Cheung Virginia	753
B 2	Chan Hiu Fung Nicholas (Nick)*	1,543

 

Functional constituency: Accountancy
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
C 1	Ng Kam Wah Webster*	4,389
C 2	Wong Chun Sek Edmund	3,618

 

Functional constituency: Medical and health services
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
DE 1	Lam Tzit Yuen David*	11,739
DE 2	Leung Lai Yin John	4,889

 

Functional constituency: Engineering
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
F 1	Fok Wai Tung Wilton	2,377
F 2	Bok Kwok Ming Aaron*	3,058

 

Functional constituency: Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
G 1	Lau Man Kwan Julia*	2,157
G 2	Lam Ka Fai Francis	2,040

 

Functional constituency: Labour
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
H 1	So Pak Tsan	281
H 2	Chau Siu Chung*	521
H 3	Tam Kam Lin	297
H 4	Lee Kwong Yu*	485
H 5	Lam Wai Kong*	506

 

Functional constituency: Social welfare
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
K 1	Fong Fu Fai	1,755
K 2	Chu Lai Ling	723
K 3	Chan Man Yee Grace*	2,179

 

Functional constituency: Real estate and construction
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
L 1	Wong Ho Ming Augustine*	316
L 2	Chao Howard	150

 

Functional constituency: Tourism
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
M 1	Kong Man Wai Vivian*	131
M 2	Ma Yat Chiu	23

 

Functional constituency: Commercial (first)
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
N 1	Lee Kar Chung Felix	283
N 2	Lamport Jonathan Stuart*	404

 

Functional constituency: Commercial (second)
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
P 1	Yao Cho Fai Andrew*	194
P 2	Wong Ivan Siu Kei	33

 

Functional constituency: Commercial (third)
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
Q 1	Yim Kong (Erik Yim)*	199
Q 2	Cheung Ki Tang	106

 

Functional constituency: Industrial (first)
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
R 1	Wong Wing Wai*	153
R 2	Hui Man Chun (Terrence)	86

 

Functional constituency: Industrial (second)
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
S 1	Ng Wing Ka*	246
S 2	Wong Wai Leung	62

 

Functional constituency: Finance
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
T 1	Ip Tsz Kin	33
T 2	Chan Chun Ying*	42

 

Functional constituency: Financial services
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
U 1	Lee Wai Wang Robert*	227
U 2	Lian Shaodong	162

 

Functional constituency: Sports, performing arts, culture and publication
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
V 1	Fok Kai Kong Kenneth*	193
V 2	Lo Kwong Ping	34

 

Functional constituency: Import and export
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
W 1	Chung Ki Fung*	137
W 2	Lee Shuk Woon Sophia	108

 

Functional constituency: Textiles and garment
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
X 1	Tan Sunny*	202
X 2	Shiu King Wah	29

 

Functional constituency: Wholesale and retail
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
Y 1	Tse Annie Yau	149
Y 2	Shiu Ka Fai*	827

 

Functional constituency: Technology and innovation
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
Z 1	Mak Hin Yu	6
Z 2	Chiu Duncan*	65

 

Functional constituency: Catering
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
CA 1	Kong Chi Hang Maurice	22
CA 2	Leung Chun (Jonathan)*	101

 

Functional constituency: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deputies to the National People’s Congress, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and representatives of relevant national organisations
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
ZN 1	Lai Tat Shing (Rex)	121
ZN 2	Chan Yung*	414

 

Election Committee constituency
No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
1	Yiu Pak Leung*	1,397
2	Lee Ka Kui (Elvin Lee)*	1,193
3	Man Wing Yee Ginny*	1,308
4	Ng Yuen Ting Yolanda	970
5	Ng Kit Chong*	1,331
6	Ng Wun Kit*	1,164
7	Lau Chi Pang*	1,275
8	Tang Ming Sum Michelle*	1,073
9	Lau Ka Keung*	1,231
10	Fan Hoi Kit*	1,034
11	So Shiu Tsung Thomas*	1,076
12	Hung Kam In*	1,042
13	Orr Ka Yeung Kevin	813
14	Ho Chun Yin Steven*	1,267
15	Koon Ho Ming Peter Douglas*	1,233
16	Wu Yingpeng*	1,002
17	Chiu Kwok Wai (Anthony)	887
18	Kwok Chi Wah Andrew	947
19	Wong Kam Fai William*	1,329
20	Chan Wing Kwong*	1,269
21	Lee Chun Keung*	1,354
22	Ho Kwan Yiu (Junius)*	1,241
23	Fung Ying Lun	988
24	Lam Siu Lo Andrew*	1,189
25	Chan Han Pan (Ben)*	1,348
26	Tsang Chi Man	793
27	Lau Chun Kong	954
28	Ma Kwong Yu	934
29	Ho King Hong Adrian Pedro*	1,210
30	Ngai Ming Tak*	1,345
31	Chen Shaobo	937
32	Fan Chun Wah Andrew*	1,155
33	Chan Chung Yee Alan*	1,066
34	Chan Hoi Yan*	1,386
35	Leung Tsz Wing Dennis*	1,089
36	Quat Elizabeth (EQ)*	1,321
37	Chu Lap Wai*	1,144
38	Chan Siu Hung*	1,273
39	Lam Lam Nixie*	1,160
40	Tang Wing Chun	954
41	Chuang Ka Pun Albert*	1,194
42	Lee Hoey Simon*	1,360
43	Lam Chun Sing*	1,311
44	Wong Kwok Kingsley*	1,187
45	Wong Kam Leung*	1,201
46	Kan Wai Mun Carmen*	1,268
47	Leung Mei Fun (Priscilla)*	1,316
48	Chan Man Ki Maggie*	1,311
49	Chan Cho Kwong*	1,067
50	Chen Chung Nin Rock*	1,343

* elected

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

     The results of the 2025 Legislative Council General Election are:

Functional constituency: Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape
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No.	Candidates	No. of votes obtained
G 1	Lau Man Kwan Julia*	2,157
G 2	Lam Ka Fai Francis	2,040

* elected

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Housing Authority:
 
     The Commercial Properties Committee (CPC) of the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) today (December 8) approved to maintain the existing carpark charges and electric vehicle charging fees for one year from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026.

     The HA’s carpark charges are fixed at the market level, subject to an annual review with the approved charges taking effect from January 1 of the following year. “Market surveys conducted by the HA indicate that in the past year, the HA’s current carpark charges for all types of parking spaces are generally within the range of private comparable carparks at the market level,” a spokesman for the HA said.
 
     After balancing various market factors, the CPC endorsed to maintain the existing monthly and hourly carpark charges (including Day Pass and 24-hour Pass charges for private car parking spaces) for all types of vehicles for one year.