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Hong Kong power firms to give residential customers rebates as bills soar

Hong Kong’s two major electricity suppliers will provide rebates to eligible households between August and October to reduce their bills and ease financial pressure after the US-Israel war on Iran pushed up energy prices. HK Electric said on Friday that it would provide a special subsidy of 8 HK cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for three consecutive months to residential customers with a monthly electricity consumption of 450 kWh or less. A spokesman said the initiative would benefit around half of

unclassifiedchina · asia · usa
20d06/26

When geography is destiny, Gulf states must diversify their defence, expert says in Dalian

The Gulf states should prioritise diverse defences and domestic capability-building to hedge against uncertain US commitments and volatility in the Middle East, according to an expert at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Dalian in northeastern China this week. Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House, said on Wednesday that regional governments remained deeply reliant on the United States for security but were increasingly uneasy about...

unclassifiedchina · asia · usa
20d06/26

Kazakhstan Cuts Gas Output after Drone Strike on Russian Processing Plant

Kazakhstan has slashed by a quarter natural gas production at the huge Karachaganak oil and gas field after Ukraine earlier this week hit with drones a Russian plant processing part of the gas, Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said on Friday. “Naturally, we have reduced the gas intake,” Reuters quoted the minister as telling reporters today. Gas supply to Kazakhstan hasn’t been disrupted, Akkenzhenov added. Oil production at Karachaganak, which is operated by international superma

unclassifiedmiddle-east · russia · usa
20d06/26

Hong Kong, mainland police smash HK$16.8 million cross-border phishing syndicate

Hong Kong police and mainland authorities have smashed a cross-border phishing syndicate that swindled victims out of HK$16.8 million (US$2.14 million) by impersonating the Water Supplies Department, resulting in 15 arrests between March and June. The joint enforcement action, code-named Operation Boldhawk, targeted a criminal chain that sent malicious text messages to residents in the city, Superintendent Hui Yee-wai of the police cyber security and technology crime bureau said on Friday. “This

unclassifiedchina · asia · usa
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