Hundreds showed up for the annual dragon boat race in Hong Kong, with festivalgoers cheering competitors on in over two dozen races. U.S. Open 2024: Pinehurst No. 2 - 9th Hole U.S. Open 2024: Pinehurst No. 2 - 8th Hole U.S. Open 2024: Pinehurst No. 2 - 7th ...
Dreams take off on unforgettable C919 flight from Hong Kong
For Halifee Kwok, a sophomore at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), nothing could be more memorable and exhilarating than being taken high up to the sky in a Chinese homegrown C919 passenger jet. This was the maiden cross-border ...
A British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s top court says the rule of law is in ‘grave danger’
A British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s top court last week says he stepped down because the rule of law in the city is in "grave danger." ...
Canadian judge to quit Hong Kong top appeals court next month
Since 1997, Hong Kong has appointed foreign judges to sit on the five-person ... were convicted for subversion amid a national security crackdown on dissent in the financial hub. One of the judges ...
Former chief justice Beverley McLachlin to step down from controversial Hong Kong court
Former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, has announced her retirement from the controversial Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
Drones light up Hong Kong sky to mark Dragon Boat festival
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2 arrested at Hong Kong S20 Songkran Music Festival for alleged drug offences
Officers on patrol intercepted man, 33, and woman, 34, after they were spotted acting suspiciously at water-themed festival.
Hong Kong’s South Lantau tourism planning to draw from mainland China, overseas: authorities
Hong Kong will look to overseas and mainland China national parks as a reference for the development of South Lantau into a tourist destination, authorities have said. Wu Kwok-yuen, head of the ...
Fierce competition as annual dragon boat racing festivals held in Beijing and Hong Kong
Amateur athletes competed in dragon boat races in Hong Kong and Beijing to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on Monday.
Hong Kong waste recyclers ‘barely holding on’, industry veterans say after policy shelved
Hong Kong’s only recycler of drinks cartons has at last settled into a new home near the border, eight months after a government-backed landlord told the company to leave its old site in Yuen Long.
HSBC Partakes in MVP Stage of mBridge Project
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced that the mBridge project entered the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage. Lewis Sun, Global Head of Domestic and Emerging Payments for Global Payments ...
HSBC China Rolls Out e-CNY Services for Corporates, Signalling Foreign Banks’ Dive into Digital Yuan
HSBC launched e-CNY for corporates in China, the first foreign bank to offer CBDC service to both retail and corporate sectors in the nation.
Hong Kong launches ‘smile offensive’ to boost flagging tourism
Five years after the world watched pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong meet with fierce repression, authorities in the territory think they have worked out how to get tourists back – everyone needs to ...
Hong Kong police arrest 17 in crackdown on dangerous drivers amid Dragon Boat Festival
Hong Kong police have arrested 17 people after setting up roadblocks across the city during the Dragon Boat Festival extended weekend in a bid to clamp down on dangerous drivers. Officers manned ...