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Hong Kong’s cruise arrivals are expected to reach pre-Covid levels in 2026, the head of the city’s cruise terminal operator has said, as the government highlighted cruise tourism in a five-year sector development blueprint. Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. File photo: GovHK. Jeff Bent, the managing director of Worldwide Cruise Terminals, which operates Hong Kong’s Kai […]
Legislating Hong Kong’s homegrown national security law was the biggest challenge of his career, the city’s security chief has said. Secretary for Security Chris Tang announces the beginning of the public consultation period for Hong Kong’s homegrown security law, Article 23, on January 30, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In a Facebook video shared on Sunday, […]
Did you notice the odd thing about the two latest appointments to the upper ranks of the government? Both of the women appointed to secretarial posts were career civil servants, who were recruited to the administrative officer ranks in (coincidentally) 1989. Chief Executive John Lee (centre) swears in the new Secretary for Transport and Logistics […]
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism. US Department of State. Photo: US Department of State. The Global Engagement Center, a State Department unit established in 2016, shuttered on Monday at a […]
More than 160 Chinese workers have been saved from “slave-like conditions” in Brazil, where they had been building an electric car factory for Chinese giant BYD, officials said Tuesday. This handout picture released by Brazils Workers Public Ministry (MPT) shows an operation that rescued 163 workers from slave-like conditions” in Brazil where they had been […]
Hong Kong national security police have issued a fresh round of arrest warrants for six people living overseas, including self-exiled activists, a former pollster and an ex-actor. A reward of HK$1 million has been offered for information leading to their arrests. A national security law poster. Photo: GovHK. Police on Tuesday issued arrest warrant against […]
China said Sunday it “firmly opposed” US President Joe Biden’s approval of US$571.3 million in defence assistance for Taiwan. US President Joe Biden. File photo: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz. The White House said Friday that Biden had authorised the drawdown “of up to $571.3 million in defence articles and services of the […]
By Joe Jackson As Britain’s new Labour government bids to reset long-fraught ties with China amid a suspected spy scandal, another issue could mar relations: Beijing’s controversial plans to open the largest embassy in the UK. An artist’s impression of the proposed Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court, in London. Photo: Town Hamlets Council. China […]
What, I wonder, is a mega event? This question arises from a Legislative Council answer provided by our newly minted Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law. Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi. File photo: Jared Polin/Flickr. Credit: Stephen Eckert Law gave a glowing report on her branch’s efforts to boost tourism. You might even wonder, […]
The president of Hong Kong’s legislature has denied that lawmakers wasted time by tabling “empty” motions in 2024, as he praised them for passing almost 50 per cent more bills in the first three years of their term than their predecessors did in the same period. Hong Kong Legislative Council President Andrew Leung leads a […]