Hong Kong’s annual New Year’s Day rally was off to a controversial start on Tuesday afternoon, with pro-independence activists complaining of harassment. The Hong Kong National Front, a pro-independen... ( read original story ...)
A 2019 ‘fake news’ chronology: Predictions for Hong Kong’s year ahead
The opening of a road tunnel to ease downtown traffic – the Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link – is further delayed as its name is deemed to be too short. A task force its set up ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong welcomes 2019 with 340,000 revellers lining Victoria Harbour for HK$14 million fireworks and light show
Watch: Hong Kong’s New Year fireworks display Looking ahead ... and you may succeed “I hope in 2019 there will be more pleasant things and fewer negative [news] reports like traffic accidents or suici... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour lit up by spectacular NYE fireworks display
Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour was the site of a spectacular fireworks display, with thousands of fireworks filling the sky with a rainbow of colours. ( read original story ...)
HNA Group sues company linked to subsidiary Hong Kong Airlines for more than HK$850 million as bad news piles up for struggling carrier
China’s debt-ridden aviation conglomerate HNA Group has sued a company connected to its subsidiary Hong Kong Airlines for more than HK$800 million (US$102.6 million), just two weeks after news surface... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bus driver behind crash that injured 19 admits to dangerous driving, citing fatigue from caring for sick wife
A Hong Kong bus driver behind a crash which left 19 injured admitted on Monday to dangerous driving and said he had dozed off behind the wheel because he was tired from nursing his sick wife. The Dist... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong filmmaker Ringo Lam Ling-tung, director of 1987’s City on Fire, found dead at 63
Hong Kong’s film and TV industry after 40 years of China’s opening up and reform: once ‘Hollywood of the East’, does future now lie in being mainland’s supporting cast? “The news came very suddenly. I ... ( read original story ...)
Give the job of finding land to a dedicated body to solve Hong Kong’s land shortage crisis, says advisory task force
Hong Kong should have a dedicated body to fast track land creation and build up a land reserve sustainedly, free from economic cycles, to tackle the city’s land shortage crisis, government advisers su... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang Chi-wai says policeman’s car was ‘totally out of control’ in Japan Christmas Day crash, reveals his ribs fractured
Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang Chi-wai has shed light on a road accident in Japan last week that left a top policeman from the city seriously injured, saying the officer’s van slid out of control and cras... ( read original story ...)
Inspection work questioned after even more shoddy work unearthed on Hong Kong’s Sha Tin-Central link
The quality of supervision during construction on Hong Kong’s costliest rail project was called into question again on Saturday, after more shoddily built reinforcement bars were found in the walls of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cold snap kills one, temperatures plunging to 6.3 degrees Celsius on Lantau Island
The Hong Kong cold snap claimed one life on Sunday, after six people were sent to hospital with hypothermia, as the temperature dropped below 10 degrees Celsius in several parts of the city. The Hospi... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam failing on youth poverty, says children’s group
Hong Kong’s leader has failed miserably to improve the lives of the city’s poor children this year, a community youth group said on Sunday, giving the government just 23 points out of 100 in that area ... ( read original story ...)
The mainland Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai for just 50 yuan each
Qin Zhihong, 50, was on his tenth tour to Hong Kong in the past five years. The Henan province native paid just 50 yuan (US$7) for a five-day trip to the city, as well as Zhuhai and Macau. The mainlan... ( read original story ...)
Heritage gas lamps that ‘witnessed Hong Kong’s development’ remain in disrepair after Typhoon Mangkhut
Four iconic gas lamps in the heart of Hong Kong’s Central remain in disrepair more than three months after they were wrecked by a monster storm, with officials still looking into ways to restore the h... ( read original story ...)