Measuring about 260 feet long, the colossal three-story Jumbo Floating Restaurant was famous for its gigantic green and red neon sign reading "foon ying gwong lam," Chinese for welcome. ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong school textbooks say city was not a British colony
New textbooks sent to Hong Kong secondary schools teach that the city was not a British colony, but an occupied territory — a recasting of history that is part of Beijing’s id ... ( read original story ...)
China rewrites textbooks to insist Hong Kong was never a colony
Hong Kong was never a British colony, new textbooks insist, as the Chinese government overhauls a subject blamed for inspiring recent pro-democracy protests. Students taking liberal studies lessons ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs arrests 51-year-old woman on suspicion of laundering more than HK$350 million over 3 years
Senior customs investigator says suspect had allegedly laundered illegal proceeds in series of more than 1,500 transactions between November 2018 and October 2021. ( read original story ...)
New textbooks say Hong Kong wasn’t British colony
New textbooks for Hong Kong schools will state the territory was never a British colony, local media report.Instead, the books declare the British "only exercised colonial rule" in Hong Kong - a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 1,047 new coronavirus infections
Hong Kong reported 1,047 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the first time the daily tally has topped 1,000 since mid-April, as cases crept up ahead of celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the ... ( read original story ...)
Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says
New textbooks approved by Beijing contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain. ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong textbooks ‘will claim city never was a British colony’
School books will reportedly say China never recognised the treaties that ceded it to colonial powers during opium wars ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ranks 5th in list of world’s most competitive economies, climbing 2 spots over improved performance amid Covid
Hong Kong has climbed two places this year to reclaim the fifth spot in an annual global ranking of the world’s most competitive countries and regions, on the back of improved economic performance ... ( read original story ...)
Why rising interest rates are bad news for Hong Kong’s housing market
Hong Kong’s homebuyers should be mindful of the impact of the upward cycle of interest rates in the US as local banks are likely to follow suit, thus reducing the appeal of the city’s property assets, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong woman scorches forehead while drinking Flaming Lamborghini
A woman in Hong Kong accidentally scorched her forehead while drinking a Flaming Lamborghini in a bar in Central on Wednesday, according to local media reports. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Jumbo Floating Restaurant towed away after 46 years
Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant was towed out to sea for good on June 14, years after its business continued on unprofitably even before the pandemic struck. Onlookers at the Aberdeen ... ( read original story ...)
Watch: Hong Kong residents bid farewell to Jumbo Floating Restaurant as it is towed to secret location
Admirers watched helplessly as the iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant was towed away from Aberdeen Harbor in Hong Kong on June 14. Founded in October 1976, Jumbo Floating Restaurant became the second ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s famed floating restaurant is towed away, sunk by COVID-19 after half a century
Hong Kong's famed Jumbo Floating Restaurant is no more, with the giant tourist attraction being towed from Aberdeen Harbour, making it the latest victim of the COVID pandemic. ( read original story ...)