Non-Chinese residents of Hong Kong and Macau will be able to enter mainland China more easily after Beijing eased visa rules to further integrate the semi-autonomous cities into national development ...
Hong Kong: It’s started as a long fulfilled dream but turning up as a turbulent road since handover
HONG KONG (AFP): Hong Kong has endured a turbulent history since being handed over from Britain to China 27 years ago. On July 1, at midnight, Hong Kong is returned to Chinese sovereignty after 156 ...
Beijing to send pair of giant pandas to Hong Kong in gift to mark July 1 handover anniversary
The first pair of pandas – An An and Jia Jia – were gifted to Hong Kong by Beijing on the second anniversary of its return to Chinese rule in 1999. They were the oldest giant pandas in captivity at ...
Hong Kong has ranked as the world’s most unaffordable city in 2024
According to the Demographia International Housing Affordability report, Hong Kong is the world’s most ‘impossibly unaffordable’ city in 2024 – a title that we have been crowned with for ...
China marks Hong Kong handover anniversary with panda gift
China will gift a pair of giant pandas to Hong Kong as the finance hub marked its 27th year under Chinese rule, city leader John Lee announced Monday.
July 1 celebrations: 2 new pandas arriving in Hong Kong from Beijing ‘in months’, John Lee says
Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Beijing has agreed to send a pair of pandas to Hong Kong which will arrive “in months”, the chief executive has announced, as the city ...
Hong Kong has ‘changed so much’ in the 27 years since handover
HONG KONG -- A few years after the handover of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China on July 1, 1997, local authorities launched a branding campaign as "Asia's world city." The message was ...
Top Three Dividend Stocks In Hong Kong For June 2024
In this context, dividend stocks in Hong Kong could appeal to investors looking for potential stability and income generation in their portfolios. Name Dividend Yield Dividend Rating Chongqing Rural ...
Hong Kong film ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ explores themes of identity
Photo: Golden Scene As Sasha Chuk Tsz-yin and her friends sat in a taxi in Hong Kong, switching between Cantonese and the Hunan dialect, she remembered the driver asking: “You speak both languages ...
To boost investor enthusiasm for China, start with Hong Kong tycoons
The mainland and Hong Kong stock markets fell after the forum. Indeed, how to restore investors’ confidence and get the international investment community to once again accept China’s continued ...
Long traffic jams greet Hong Kong tourists trying out new Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link
Hong Kong residents taking cross-border buses for an inaugural trip on a new mega link over the Pearl River Delta faced longer journey times than expected amid heavy congestion on the much-anticipated ...
Can Hong Kong be a ‘super moneymaker’ to remain distinct from other Chinese cities?
This was the question raised during a recent gathering with a group of Hong Kong-based foreign guests – neither unexpected nor surprising, but a question that is asked more frequently these days. The ...
Hong Kong investment arm to unveil 2 new innovation projects in next 2 months: Paul Chan
The government-owned Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) will unveil two new innovation projects related to medical technology and green development in the next two months, the finance minister ...
Hong Kong Earthshot Prize winner GRST to work with Leoch on climate-friendly battery tech
Leoch International Technology, a supplier of batteries to some of the world’s biggest telecommunications operators, has teamed up with GRST, the Hong Kong green tech start-up that won Prince ...