Artists from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region perform during the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration in Manhattan, New York, the United States, Dec. 31, 2022. Artists from Hong Kong ...
Pre-war tenement houses in Hong Kong caught between development and preservation | Video
Pre-war tenement houses in Hong Kong, otherwise known as "tong laus" are caught between development and preservation with less than 1 per cent of these buildings having evaded demolition so far. CNA's ...
Hong Kong is in a state of turmoil before reopening its borders with mainland China
At Hong Kong International Airport on December 28, 2022. PETER PARKS / AFP. After three years of near-total closure of the inland border between Hong Kong and th ...
New home for new year: underprivileged Hong Kong youth call for authorities to tackle housing shortage, increase payouts from subsidies
NGO poll of 5,000 youngsters rates government performance as 19 out of 100, with respondents saying housing shortage is top concern School students from impoverished households speak out about cramped living conditions,
Hong Kong selects 40 payload specialist candidates in preliminary screening
A total of 40 candidates from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) have passed the preliminary screening for payload specialists that could possibly join China's future space missions,
Bargain hunters flock to final day of expo of Hong Kong brands and products
More than 1 million visitors visit Victoria Park Hong Kong products showcase and generate HK$1 billion in sales Many vendors report increased sales after last month's relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions Thousands of bargain hunters flooded into Hong Kong's Victoria Park for big discounts on the last day of one of the city's largest annual outdoor ...
New Year’s Day Hong Kong bus crash injures 13, including 2 children
A New Year’s Day bus crash in Hong Kong has injured 13 people, including two children. Police said six males and seven females suffered minor injuries and were taken to Tseung Kwan O Hospital. About 30 passengers were rescued from the bus.
Hong Kong police investigate New Year’s Eve alleged attempted murder and suicide
A 44-year-old woman died on New Year’s Eve after she suffered injuries to her neck in an alleged attempted murder and suicide incident, Hong Kong police revealed on Sunday. The 44-year-old husband of the woman called police at around 9pm on Saturday and said his wife was injured and had collapsed at their home in ...
A new way to fly? Hong Kong ready to commit to long-term expansion of Zhuhai airport for passengers, cargo and new aviation park
Hong Kong’s Airport Authority wants to deepen its commitment to mainland China’s Zhuhai airport by owning assets there, as part of a plan to consolidate the city’s aviation status in the Greater Bay Area,
Hong Kong Eyeing Jan 8 to Resume Cross-Border Travel With Mainland China
Chan was the clearest indication yet that the Hong Kong government is aiming to restore quarantine-free, cross-border travel after a three-year hiatus ...
Hong Kong’s John Lee to visit Middle East to forge economic ties, says he is ‘racing against the clock’ for business and concedes Singapore’s ‘advantage’
Chief Executive John Lee in New Year's Day speech says two main targets are to get city out of the Covid shadows and implement blueprint measures He stresses need to 'let people's lives return to ...
Food frights: from bugs and rats to tainted horse meat — ‘devil’ spinach scare raises spectre of Hong Kong’s contaminated past
Potentially deadly contaminated spinach has been pulled from shelves across Australia; While most of Hong Kong's food is imported, globalised supply chains have opened up the worl ...
Japan’s policy requiring declaration from Hong Kong arrivals will be reduced to simply a ‘gesture’, tour agents say
Tour agents have questioned the effectiveness of requiring arrivals from Hong Kong and Macau to declare at three Japanese airports opened to them that they have no recent travel history to mainland ...
New Year travel checklist: Visit Hong Kong restriction-free
Inbound travelers to Hong Kong are now only required to present negative results from PCR tests conducted within 48 hours or rapid antigen tests (RAT) within 24 hours before their flights to Hong Kong ...