Shun Lee Estate, Monday morning. A delivery van stops half-up the pavement on Kwun Tong Road, hazards blinking, driver gone to the lift lobby. Nobody minds. That changed over the weekend: a minibus mounted a pavement in Yuen Long on Sunday and killed a woman walking home, and now the Transport Department is running the usual "we are reviewing" line while the kerb at that stretch sits exactly as it was. The cocaine seizure out of Kwai Chung Customs on Saturday was the largest in twelve months -- 42 kilograms, street value around HK$47 million, packed inside a shipment declared as calcium powder -- which at least suggests somebody is paying attention at the cargo terminal even if nobody is painting any kerbs.

Chan Ka-leung told reporters on Monday that the new Five-Year Plan represents a "zero-to-one leap" for Hong Kong, a phrase he is apparently satisfied with. Baidu's chip unit is reportedly lining up a HK$50 billion IPO on the local exchange, which would be the largest tech listing here since 2021, and the Stock Exchange will need to decide by September whether the listing structure clears its revised dual-class rules. The electricity news is quieter but it costs more: the power companies flagged that Middle East conflict is keeping LNG spot prices elevated into Q3, and the rate review window opens in October. That is when CLP and HKE file their tariff submissions for 2027.