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Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation (MTRC) has been exploring ways to cut costs and diversify income streams as it seeks to fulfil an investment commitment amounting to HK$165 billion over the next decade, local media have reported. The MTR Corporation logo. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Citing an MTRC source, multiple outlets reported on Friday that the […]
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 […]
A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, leaving all but two people plucked from the wreckage feared dead. Rescue personnel work near the tail section of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan […]
Hong Kong’s bus fares will rise by up to 7.5 per cent next year, the government has announced though it said the majority of customers would not see fares rise by more than HK$1. Buses outside department store Sogo in Causeway Bay. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In a press release on Tuesday, the government said […]
A 37-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a panda installation, one of two reported missing from a Christmas exhibition set up in Kwun Tong. Wai Chi-sing, the managing director of Urban Renewal Authority (URA), said on an official blog on Sunday that the URA had installed 80 pandas of varying sizes at […]
The installation of surveillance cameras in all Hong Kong taxis will help drivers and passengers handle disputes and will not intrude on personal privacy, an industry leader has said. Hong Kong urban taxis and New Territories taxis. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The government on Monday said all taxis in the city will be required to […]
Crossing the Shenzhen border on an early morning in mid-October, a joyful Joseph finally set foot in Hong Kong, where his two children have lived for over 10 years, with the right to work. In his mid 30s and from mainland China, Joseph has landed a job as a waiter in a New Territories restaurant […]