Paul Chan to Present 2025-26 Budget Tomorrow; Public Access Available Online and at Various Locations.

Budget-related materials to be available tomorrow

The Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, will deliver the 2025-26 Budget at the Legislative Council at 11am tomorrow (February 26). The full text of the Budget Speech and other related materials will be released simultaneously on the Budget website (www.budget.gov.hk). Members of the public may access the information online.

The public can also watch the live broadcast of the speech delivery by the Financial Secretary at the Legislative Council, the Budget-related press conference, a television forum and a radio programme on the above-mentioned website.

Copies of the Budget Speech and a leaflet highlighting key Budget proposals will be available for collection at the 20 Home Affairs Enquiry Centres (HAECs) of the Home Affairs Department after the delivery of Budget.

* 20 HAECs:

Central & Western Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Eastern Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Southern Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Wan Chai Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Kowloon City Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Kwun Tong Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Sham Shui Po Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Wong Tai Sin Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Yau Tsim Mong Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Islands Home Affairs Enquiry Centre (Cheung Chau)

Islands Home Affairs Enquiry Centre (Mui Wo)

Islands Home Affairs Enquiry Centre (Tung Chung)

Kwai Tsing Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

North Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Sai Kung Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Sha Tin Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Tai Po Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Tsuen Wan Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Tuen Mun Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Yuen Long Home Affairs Enquiry Centre

Copies of the highlights leaflet will also be available for collection at the following places after the delivery of Budget.

* 16 government office buildings:

Queensway Government Offices, Admiralty

Immigration Tower, Wan Chai

Revenue Tower, Wan Chai

Wanchai Tower, Wan Chai

North Point Government Offices

Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices

Ho Man Tin Government Offices

Lai Chi Kok Government Offices

Mongkok Government Offices

Trade and Industry Tower, Kowloon City

To Kwa Wan Government Offices

West Kowloon Government Offices, Yau Ma Tei

Sha Tin Government Offices

Tai Hing Government Offices, Tuen Mun

Tai Po Government Offices

Tsuen Wan Government Offices

* Seven public libraries:

Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway Bay

City Hall Public Library, Central

Kowloon Public Library, Kowloon City

Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library, Yuen Long

Sha Tin Public Library

Tsuen Wan Public Library

Tuen Mun Public Library

* Five museums:

Hong Kong Museum of Art

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Hong Kong Museum of History

Hong Kong Science Museum

Hong Kong Space Museum

* Offices of the Labour Department (10 Offices of the Labour Relations Division and 13 Job Centres):

14 Taikoo Wan Road, Taikoo Shing

Queensway Government Offices, Admiralty

Western Magistracy Building

North Point Government Offices

Trade and Industry Tower, Kowloon City

Mongkok Government Offices

Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices

Treasury Building, Cheung Sha Wan

Kowloon East Government Offices

Tower 1, Millennium City 1, Kwun Tong

Kwai Hing Government Offices

Tsuen Wan Government Offices

Sha Tin Government Offices

Landmark North, Sheung Shui

Tuen Mun Central Square

Victory Building, Tuen Mun

Tin Ching Amenity and Community Building, Tin Shui Wai

Yat Tung Shopping Centre, Tung Chung

* 67 shopping centres in public housing estates:

Hong Kong and Islands

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Siu Sai Wan Plaza, Chai Wan

Wan Tsui Shopping Centre, Chai Wan

Oi Tung Shopping Centre, Shau Kei Wan

Hing Tung Shopping Centre, Shau Kei Wan

Stanley Plaza

Shek Pai Wan Shopping Centre, Aberdeen

Wah Fu (II) Commercial Complex, Aberdeen

Fu Tung Plaza, Tung Chung

Kowloon

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Lei Yue Mun Plaza, Yau Tong

Yau Lai Shopping Centre, Yau Tong

Kai Tin Shopping Centre, Lam Tin

Tsui Ping North Shopping Circuit, Kwun Tong

Shun Lee Commercial Centre, Kwun Tong

Sau Mau Ping Shopping Centre, Kwun Tong

On Kay Commercial Centre, Ngau Tau Kok

Lok Wah Commercial Centre, Ngau Tau Kok

Tsz Wan Shan Shopping Centre

Choi Wan Commercial Complex, Ngau Chi Wan

Chuk Yuen Plaza, Wong Tai Sin

Temple Mall South, Wong Tai Sin

Fung Tak Shopping Centre, Diamond Hill

Lok Fu Place, Wang Tau Hom

Shek Kip Mei Shopping Centre, Sham Shui Po

Hoi Fu Shopping Centre, Mong Kok

Oi Man Plaza, Ho Man Tin

Homantin Plaza, Ho Man Tin

New Territories East

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Choi Yuen Plaza, Sheung Shui

Ching Ho Shopping Centre, Sheung Shui

Cheung Lung Lane, Sheung Shui

Queens Hill Shopping Centre, Fanling

Fu Shin Shopping Centre, Tai Po

Tai Wo Plaza, Tai Po

Fu Tip Shopping Centre, Tai Po

Heng On Commercial Centre, Ma On Shan

Yan On Shopping Centre, Ma On Shan

Mei Tin Shopping Centre, Sha Tin

Shek Mun Shopping Centre, Sha Tin

Hin Keng Shopping Centre, Sha Tin

Kwong Yuen Shopping Centre, Sha Tin

Sha Kok Commercial Centre, Sha Tin

Mei Lam Commercial Centre, Sha Tin

Wo Che Plaza, Sha Tin

Pok Hong Shopping Centre, Sha Tin

Yue Tin Court Commercial Centre, Sha Tin

Shui Chuen O Plaza, Sha Tin

Chun Yeung Shopping Centre, Sha Tin

TKO Gateway, Tseung Kwan O

Po Lam Shopping Centre, Tseung Kwan O

TKO Spot, Tseung Kwan O

New Territories West

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Cheung Fat Plaza, Tsing Yi

Lei Muk Shue Shopping Centre, Tsuen Wan

Kwai Chung Shopping Centre, Kwai Chung

T Town, Tin Shui Wai

Tin Ching Shopping Centre, Tin Shui Wai

Tin Shui Shopping Centre, Tin Shui Wai

Tin Yan Shopping Centre, Tin Shui Wai

Ping Yan Shopping Centre, Tin Shui Wai

Long Ping Commercial Centre, Yuen Long

Long Shin Shopping Centre, Yuen Long

Hung Fuk Shopping Centre, Hung Shui Kiu

Butterfly Plaza, Tuen Mun

Leung King Plaza, Tuen Mun

Tai Hing Commercial Centre, Tuen Mun

Siu Hong Commercial Centre, Tuen Mun

Yan Tin Shopping Centre, Tuen Mun

Ching Tin Shopping Centre, Tuen Mun

Wo Tin Shopping Centre, Tuen Mun

An unseasonably mild December

With the northeast monsoon over southern China generally weaker than normal for most of the time in the month, December 2025 was much warmer than usual in Hong Kong. The monthly mean maximum temperature of 22.4 degrees, monthly mean temperature of 20.2 degrees and monthly mean minimum temperature of 18.4 degrees were 2.0 degrees, 2.0 degrees and 2.2 degrees above their corresponding normals, and all of them were the second highest on record for December. This was also the first time that no Cold Weather Warning was in force in November and December in a year since the Cold Weather Warning System commenced operation in 1999. The month was also drier than usual with a total rainfall of 6.5 millimetres, only about 23 per cent of the normal of 28.8 millimetres. The annual total rainfall of 2 558.7 millimetres was about 5 per cent above the annual normal of 2 431.2 millimetres.

With a band of clouds covering the coast of Guangdong, the weather of Hong Kong was mainly cloudy with one or two rain patches on the first four days of the month. Under the influence of a dry northeast monsoon, the weather turned generally fine and dry on December 5 and remained so on the following four days. With the return of a cloud band, it turned mainly cloudy with one or two rain patches on December 10 and the next morning. It turned generally fine during the day on December 11 as the clouds thinned out. With plenty of sunshine, the maximum temperature at the Observatory rose to 26.0 degrees that afternoon, the highest of the month. A fresh to strong easterly airstream affected the coast of Guangdong the next day. Locally, the weather remained mainly fine and dry.

A cold front moved across the coast of Guangdong on the late afternoon of December 13. Under the influence of its associated strong northeast monsoon, winds strengthened from the north and temperatures fell progressively. It was rather cool on the mornings of the next two days. Additionally, while one or two rain patches occurred on December 13 under the influence of a broad band of clouds, the weather turned generally fine on the night of December 14 under the influence of a dry northeast monsoon and remained so on the next three days. It was also very dry on December 14 and 15, with the relative humidity over most parts of the territory staying around 30 to 40 per cent during the day. With the return of a broad band of clouds, the weather became cloudier with one or two rain patches later on December 18 and the next day. As the cloud band thinned out, the weather turned generally fine and dry during the day on December 20.

Under the influence of a fresh to strong northeast monsoon, it was windier on the following two days. While it was fine and dry on December 21, the weather turned mainly cloudy on December 22 due to the approach of a cloud band and remained so on the following four days. While there were one or two rain patches on the morning of December 25, with a replenishment of the northeast monsoon reaching the coast of Guangdong that morning, the local weather became dry and cool that day. It remained dry with rather cool mornings on the following two days, with the temperature at the Observatory falling to a minimum of 13.8 degrees on the morning of December 27, the lowest of the month. Under the influence of the dry northeast monsoon, the local weather turned mainly fine from December 27 to 29. With the moderation of the northeast monsoon, winds subsided on December 30, with visibility falling below 5 000 metres over parts of the territory that morning. An easterly airstream brought cloudier weather on the last day of the month.

Three tropical cyclones occurred over the South China Sea and the western North Pacific in December 2025.

Details of issuance and cancellation of various warnings/signals in the month are summarised in Table 1. Monthly meteorological figures and departures from normal for December are tabulated in Table 2.

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