The privacy commissioner has sent warning letters to three foreign domestic helpers for misusing their employers' personal data for loan applications without consent. The letters were issued after the employers complained. Janice Lo reports.

The privacy watchdog says it has issued warning letters to three foreign domestic helpers for misusing their employers' personal data. The helpers admitted to giving their employers' names, addresses and phone numbers without their consent to lenders for loan applications. Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Complaints and Criminal Investigation, Rebecca Ho, told Janice Lo that even though relevant complaints have increased in the first half of this year, it only accounted for a small proportion of the total number of complaints the office received each day on average.

The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong will launch 24-hour inpatient services at its facility in Tseung Kwan O from December 11. It will initially offer a mix of 60 government-subsidised beds, 33 beds priced according to market conditions, two high dependency beds and 20 beds for those undergoing clinical trials. Elvis Yu reports.

Hong Kong’s external trade continued to expand last month, with year-on-year increases in both exports and imports. Wallis Wang reports.

Local electricity bills will rise next month as the city's two power suppliers hike fuel adjustment charges. Hailey Yip has details.

The latest round of flat selections under the Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme has kicked off, drawing eager crowds to the sales office in Kwun Tong. Public housing tenants and Green Form certificate holders arrived early, hoping to secure one of the discounted units on offer. Hailey Yip reports.

An economist has said that the SAR's reinforced its status as Asia's leading sustainable fashion hub. The statement comes after the Hong Kong Trade Development Council released its latest Environmental, Social, and Governance -- or ESG -- index. It showed that the benchmark for the fashion industry rose to 65.5 this year, an increase of 2.3 percent from last year. Speaking on RTHK's Backchat programme, the council's senior economist, Nicholas Fu, said more than half of businesses offering ESG-related products or services had done well.

There's been a modest turnout on the first day of a pilot reservation scheme for the Po Pin Chau trail in the Sai Kung East Country Park. As of 6pm on Monday, about 200 of the 2,000 daily slots had been booked for the first weekend of September. That's just 10 percent of the quota. Officials suspect that the hot weather is deterring visitors, but expect the number to rise later. Hailey Yip reports.

The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, or Cosh, has recently launched the Smoking Cessation Promotion Project for Construction Industry. The programme aims to proactively encourage people to quit smoking and provides initiatives to assist workers who are trying to kick the habit. Henry Tong, the head of the council, spoke on RTHK's Backchat programme.

The Travel Industry Authority has banned a shop from receiving tour groups for 30 days. Kaiser Jewellery International Limited was found to have failed to prevent forced shopping involving a group of mainland visitors in February. DAB lawmaker Nixie Lam welcomed the ban, saying any misconduct that harms tourists’ interests and damages Hong Kong’s image must be punished. She spoke to Wallis Wang.

China and India have agreed to continue dialogue and seek a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement" of their border issue. That’s after a twenty-fifth round of talks on the border question between senior diplomats in Beijing. Jamie Clarke has more.

China has proposed formulating at least 100 key standards for the humanoid robot industry by 2028. That's according to draft guidelines from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. A month-long period for public comments is now under way. Marcus Lum reports.

The nation has set a dedicated chapter on autonomous vehicles in its draft revisions to the Road Traffic Safety Law, seeking to strengthen the legal framework for its rapidly developing autonomous driving sector. Aaron Tam has the details.

Palestinian parents in Gaza have decried having to stop their children in displacement camps from flying kites in the war-ravaged enclave. For children in the besieged enclave, handmade paper kites have long been one of the very few accessible pastimes. They serve as a powerful symbol of hope, childhood resilience, and a desire for freedom. The Israeli military claims that Hamas may send incendiary kites across the border to start fires in Israel, and have threatened a forceful response. Abdul-nabi Dawas is a displaced Palestinian parent.

US country music legend Dolly Parton, who grew up poor in Tennessee and became a household name with hits such as "Jolene" and "9-to-5", has died at the age of 80. Her family did not give a cause of death but the singer had spoken about her recent ill-health. Her husband Carl Dean died last year. Nazvi Careem has more.

Canada has announced counter-tariffs on US goods ranging from fifteen to fifty percent. That’s as the trade war between the North American neighbours intensifies. Jamie Clarke has more.

A company based in the United Kingdom is trying to champion the role of soil in protecting crops and supporting food security. Both issues have been heightened by changing climate around the globe, and with heat records for countries and regions being smashed annually. Jamie Clarke has more.