The Hong Kong government recently completed a public consultation on the legalization of basketball betting, with results showing that over ninety percent (94%) of respondents support the establishment of basketball betting and suggest that 50% of the net betting amount be used as the gambling tax r
Recently, the Hong Kong police launched a large-scale law enforcement operation and successfully cracked a cross-border money laundering criminal network between Hong Kong and the mainland, involving an amount of up to 118 million Hong Kong dollars. A total of 12 suspects were arrested in this opera
The Hong Kong SAR Government is accelerating the legalization process of basketball betting. If implemented, this would be another major adjustment to Hong Kong's gambling policy since the legalization of football betting in 2003.In February this year, the Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, first ment
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has launched a consultation on the proposed regulation of basketball betting as part of its efforts to combat illegal gambling and strengthen the supervision of betting activities.Under the plan, the "Betting Duty Ordinance" will be amend
It is reported that Hong Kong is considering legalizing basketball betting to increase additional government revenue.Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, submitted the 2025-26 budget for Hong Kong, and it is reported that the legalization of basketball betting would help increase government r
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, stated that the government will explore the possibility of basketball betting and has invited the Hong Kong Jockey Club for discussions.The Hong Kong government announced the new fiscal budget, and it was anticipated that the government would address baske
Hong Kong's High Court has for the first time approved the use of blockchain technology to issue an order to freeze assets related to two wallets holding stolen cryptocurrency, marking a first in the city.Zhu Qiaohua, the lawyer and cybersecurity consultant for tech companies handling the case, said
According to reports from Wen Wei Po and other Hong Kong media, there are suspicions that Hong Kong residents were lured to Southeast Asian countries where they were illegally detained and forced into illegal work. So far, 17 people have returned to Hong Kong, while 11 are still awaiting rescue.John
Recently, the Hong Kong police reported a cross-border fraud case. A mainland female graduate student at the University of Hong Kong was deceived by criminals posing as government officials who repeatedly asked for transfers, eventually leading her to Thailand.The criminals then falsely claimed tha
Minister of State for Home Affairs and Social and Family Development, Sun Xueling, has called on online platforms to strengthen user verification to reduce the occurrence of fake accounts and better protect users from scams and criminal harm.Sun Xueling made this appeal at the opening of the second
Hong Kong police demonstrate deepfake technology.Recently, the Hong Kong police cracked a large-scale "online romance" scam syndicate, with victims including people from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. The media has described this as the Hong Kong version of the Myanmar scam base "KK Park".On the
