Hong Kong's colorful Bun Festival is back after three years of COVID-19 restrictions. Visitors packed the tiny island of Cheung Chau to watch children parade in costumes and to eat buns stamped with the Chinese characters for “peace” and “safety.
Hong Kong’s bun festival returns after pandemic hiatus
STORY: At the stroke of midnight, the 12 brave participants scrambled up a 60-foot tower made of buns. The person who successfully retrieved the bun at the top of the structure would bring luck to ...
Hong Kong hits back at UK call for security law to be scrapped
Hong Kong authorities on Friday condemned a British government call for the removal of a China-imposed national security law that Britain said had been used to persecute, "silence and discredit" ...
Hong Kong-flagged vessel briefly blocks Egypt’s vital Suez Canal
A Hong Kong-flagged ship briefly blocked Egypt’s vital Suez Canal on Thursday morning, authorities said, the latest such incident in the busy waterway. According to Leth Agencies, a canal services company that oversees the waterway,
Hong Kong man, 21, sentenced for anti-government bomb plot he participated in as a teen
A young Hong Kong man was sentenced to more than five years in prison for participating in a thwarted bomb plot that aimed to build resistance forces, in a closely watched case involving high school ...
21-year-old sentenced to 5 years for thwarted bomb plot that aimed to build Hong Kong resistance
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to more than five years in prison for participating in a thwarted bomb plot that aimed to build resistance forces, in a closely watched case involving high school students accused of serious crimes following the 2019 anti-government protests.
Hong Kong-flagged vessel briefly runs aground in Egypt’s vital Suez Canal, later refloated
A Hong Kong-flagged ship briefly ran aground in Egypt’s vital Suez Canal, though authorities said they were able to refloat it after it momentarily disrupted the waterway
Authorities and tracking data say a Hong Kong-flagged ship has run aground in Egypt’s vital Suez Canal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Authorities and tracking data say a Hong Kong-flagged ship has run aground in Egypt's vital Suez Canal.
Cathay CEO says Hong Kong’s image damaged by cabin crew discrimination incident
A passenger had recorded flight attendants joking about a Mandarin-speaking customer’s English language ability. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Asia markets set to fall ahead of Bank of Korea decision, Hong Kong stocks at two-month low
Most notably, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index looks set to breach its two month low, with futures standing at 18,878 compared to its last close of 19,115.93. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 is set to fall for a ...
Woman injured, 2 others hurt in fall from escalator in Hong Kong at Wong Tai Sin MTR station
Three women were hurt after one of them lost balance and they fell backwards on an escalator at a Hong Kong railway station on Wednesday afternoon. The MTR Corporation said an escalator connecting the concourse to exit B at Wong Tai Sin MTR station briefly shutdown at about noon, before restarting at 1.50pm.
Marcum Asia To Expand In Hong Kong As U.S.-China Tech War Shifts IPOs
Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, a joint venture between Marcum LLP and Bernstein & Pinchuk, plans to hire up to 25 people before the end of 2023, Co-Chairman Drew Bernstein said in an interview on Tuesday.
Cross-boundary railway travel recovers to 70 pct of pre-pandemic level: Hong Kong MTR
Hong Kong's MTR Corporation announced on Wednesday that the patronage of cross-boundary railway services recovered to 70 percent of the pre-pandemic level, and the patronage of local railway services has returned to around 90 percent before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hong Kong protesters withdraw from organ donor register over mainland transplants
Hong Kong police are investigating a high number of withdrawals from the organ donor register in what is suspected to be a protest over a proposed transplant programme with mainland China.