Hong Kong’s first five-year plan will map out ways to tackle the city’s shortcomings, improve residents’ lives and create better jobs, including through leveraging AI, the finance chief has said ahead of a public consultation on the blueprint. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday that a key task for the plan would be upgrading and transforming the city’s economy, while also vowing to make the Northern Metropolis a “spatial carrier” for emerging and future industries. “Hong Kong’s...

A four-month-old baby has died after being discovered unconscious at a home in Hong Kong, prompting police to open an investigation. The force said on Sunday that it received a report from the boy’s father at 7.15am, who said the baby was found unconscious in bed at their flat in Tin Shui Wai’s Tin Chung Court. The baby was rushed to Tin Shui Wai Hospital but was later certified dead. Police said they were investigating the cause of the boy’s death.

Hong Kong authorities have hit out at The Washington Post for making “groundless allegations” about amendments to the city’s home-grown national security law in an editorial, while stressing that foreign businesses have no cause for concern. The government issued a statement late on Saturday night in response to the American newspaper’s piece titled “Hong Kong’s nightmare gets darker”. The editorial described as “repressive” the introduction of a mechanism under the Safeguarding National...