HONG KONG/SEOUL/SHANGHAI: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has reversed its decision to suspend parcel shipments from China and Hong Kong, adding to the confusion surrounding President Donald Trump’s new tariffs and trade restrictions. The sudden policy shifts have left retailers and shipping companies scrambling to navigate the 10 percent tariff on all Chinese imports and […]
Hong Kong authorities have urged the US to “rectify” the imposition of additional tariffs on the city’s goods, saying the new policy targeting Chinese exports ignored Hong Kong’s status as a separate customs territory. A container terminal in Hong Kong. File photo: GovHK. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, the Hong Kong government expressed […]
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has received more than 750 complaints from the city’s residents relating to property purchases in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) over the past three years. Buildings in Hong Kong. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Clement Chan, chair of Hong Kong’s Consumer Council, told journalists on Wednesday that 709 cases – more than […]
Hong Kong’s former secretary for transport and housing Anthony Cheung has called for a pay freeze for public servants to reduce the city’s huge budget deficit. In an opinion piece published by Ming Pao on Tuesday, Cheung suggested that the government should freeze civil service salaries, instead of adopting a “one-size-fits-all approach” to cutting public […]
BANGKOK — Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday approved the second phase of the high-speed rail project that will connect the Southeast Asian country with China through Laos, with completion expected in 2030. Spanning five stations, the 357-km second phase of the railway will extend an under-construction segment linking the Thai capital Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima province […]
Ticket sales for a new Cristiano Ronaldo museum located at Hong Kong’s K11 Musea shopping centre will start from Wednesday, organisers have said, confirming an earlier report from the Post. They also said on Tuesday that the CR7 Life Museum’s opening day, which will be in July, would include international celebrity guest appearances in recognition […]
One more Hongkonger has been rescued from a scam farm in a Myanmar border town, days after a top Beijing official said 36 Chinese-run scam gangs are operating in the area. Myanmar’s flag. File photo: Gu Bra, via Pexels.com. The 31-year-old Hong Kong woman was rescued on Sunday from Myawaddy, a town in southeastern Myanmar […]
Gold prices and trading volume are set to rise in the new lunar year amid geopolitical conflicts and expected interest-rate cuts, according to the head of Hong Kong’s bullion bourse, which is eyeing a bigger role in the city’s initiative to become a commodities hub. Gold prices would test and even exceed US$3,000 per ounce […]
The retractable roof of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium will be opened for the first time during a test run on Tuesday, with 50,000 people to pack out the venue for a football match to assess the resulting noise levels. Officials coordinating the drills at Kai Tak Sports Park also defended the cost-effectiveness of spending […]
For years, Alison Chan had not seen a Hong Kong film more than once in the cinema, let alone twice in one day. A 27-year-old teacher, Chan enjoys going to the cinema to relax. When she went alone on a Saturday morning in November to watch The Last Dance – a melodrama set amid Taoist […]