NewsVoir Advertisement Hong Kong, June 3: For culturally inclined travellers, Hong Kong provides plenty of opportunities to delve into the history and seek space in a unique cultural blend of old and new. So, don’t limit your Hong Kong itinerary to just sightseeing, shopping, and street food hopping. There’s certainly a lot more that it…
Expenditures by Chinese consumers failed to pick up during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday even though more people hit the road, reflecting subdued consumer confidence in an economy reeling from US tariffs, despite a trade truce. A total of 119 million trips were made domestically during the three-day holiday, rising 5.7% from a year earlier….
Lak spent years laying low, focused on projects outside of fashion, including a graphic novel and screenplay. He counts himself a true movie buff, with favorites like Eugene Kotlyarenko’s The Code, Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment Number 6, and Woody Allen’s Match Point, but he couldn’t quite turn the page completely. After publishing a book of his…
An eBay seller based in Dereham has listed an unopened McDonald’s straw from 2016 for £10,086.72. The fast food giant started phasing out its use of plastic straws in 2018 and the switch to paper was complete in the UK by 2019. McDonald’s phased out the use of plastic straws in 2018 (Image: eBay) The move came…
BMI is used by the NHS to assess whether people are a healthy weight and is calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by the square of their height in metres. For white people, a BMI of 25 or higher is classed as overweight, but for people from black or Asian backgrounds, this figure…
The French have a knack for coordinating color. In Paris it was more polished, but I even saw people abiding by this principle in the countryside with simple T-shirts and jeans. I noticed three color coordinating methods in particular: monochrome, matching accessories (a variation on sandwich dressing) and building the outfit around one color. I…
The government of Hong Kong is weighing additional incentives to attract more catastrophe bond issuers and investors, following its second annual insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference aimed at promoting the city as a global hub for alternative risk transfer, according to a recent article from South China Morning Post.“Hong Kong is the best investment hub for…
With the number of small businesses falling by 9% over the last five years – from a peak of 6 million in 2020 to 5.45 million in 2024 – the organisations are jointly calling for greater support for start-ups, and particularly businesses starting life as side-hustles. Research from Small Business Britain and eBay found that…
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A recent thirst among investors for Chinese makers of fresh drinks – after a slew of share offerings including the blockbuster Hong Kong listing of Mixue Group – could mean that too much money is chasing the same growth story, according to S&P Global Ratings. “China’s demand for fresh-made drinks is growing fast as marketing,…