Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has urged hotels and online booking platforms to clearly outline their responsibilities in cases of reservation changes or refunds, after general complaints neared an annual average of 1,000 over the past three years. The Consumer Council also said on Monday that it had received 3,346 complaints about lodgings in the city since 2023, with 2,670 coming from non-local travellers. For the larger figure, about 58 per cent involved the termination and amendment of...

Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong have launched a month-long fundraising campaign to support families affected by a recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the southern Philippines, with organisers saying food, drinking water and medicine are urgently needed. Representatives from the Abra Tingguian Ilocano Society were collecting donations at various locations on Sunday, including outside City Hall in Central, aiming to raise at least HK$20,000 (US$2,550) for affected communities, particularly...