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Hong Kong will welcome 1.45 million mainland Chinese visitors to the city over the Lunar New Year period, about 15 per cent more than in 2024, a travel industry leader has forecast, citing a slew of mega-events and recently relaxed visa restrictions. The Travel Industry Council’s new chairman, Tommy Tam Kwong-shun, shared his prediction with […]
A cross-border battle is under way between retailers looking to attract Hongkongers, as mainland Chinese operators offer free coaches to Shenzhen in the run-up to Lunar New Year, while shopping centres in the financial hub splash out to boost sales. Stores are not the only ones trying to grab the attention of shoppers amid a […]
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A 36-year-old man has died after he collapsed on an escalator outside a Hong Kong wet market, injuring a woman as he fell backwards. Police said they received a report from the man’s mother, who was accompanying him as he rode an escalator connecting Sha Kok Market and Sha Kok Commercial Centre in Sha Tin […]
Hong Kong’s finance chief has cautioned against asking transport operators to cover the cost of the HK$2 (26 US cents) concessionary fare scheme for elderly and disabled residents, saying it may lead to higher ticket prices for other commuters. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said authorities were still reviewing the scheme, which cost taxpayers […]
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation is urgently “reinventing” its business model to fulfil a HK$165 billion (US$21.2 billion) financial commitment to improve and expand rail services amid a struggling property market, the Post has learned. A source said on Thursday that the company was revising its proven “rail-plus-property” business model by finding new sources of revenue, […]
Visitors heading to Hong Kong from New Year’s Day onwards will have to pay out more for hotel accommodation and air travel under revised tax and fee arrangements to help swell public coffers. Authorities on Wednesday reintroduced a 3 per cent Hotel Accommodation Tax that had been waived since 2008, while all travellers using the […]
This article was first published on December 30, 1993. Hong Kong gained its place in the atlas of religion yesterday when a crowd of thousands watched as monks from 13 countries invited Buddha to bless his giant statue at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau. At the height of the two-hour ceremony, a procession of 100 […]
The number of local residents leaving Hong Kong between December 25 and 26 increased by about 50 per cent from last year, while the city also recorded a slight uptick in incoming mainland Chinese tourists over the Christmas holiday. Immigration Department data showed that 905,035 local residents had left Hong Kong on Christmas Day and […]
Hong Kong police aim to install up to nearly 6,400 sets of surveillance cameras over the next three years, with the force revealing that the more than 600 devices already set up under the initiative’s first phase have helped to crack 97 cases so far. Superintendent Leung Ming-leung laid out the plan at a meeting […]