Hong Kong monitors fuel prices as Iran war sparks ‘premature and unfair’ hikes

Authorities are communicating with local oil companies to monitor how the war in the Middle East is affecting Hong Kong’s fuel market, amid a public backlash over what has been called premature price hikes. Responding to a South China Morning Post inquiry on Tuesday, the Environment and Ecology Bureau also said the government had been urging oil companies to provide more data on auto-fuel prices. “In light of the ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, the government has been in tou...

By Connor Mycroft