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Tens of thousands of spectators descended on the Hong Kong harbourfront for a National Day-themed drone show on Saturday evening, with visitors and locals alike expressing excitement. “Galloping Horses in the Sky” was the theme of the show that started at 8pm over Victoria Harbour, drawing locals and tourists undeterred by heavy rain earlier in…
A taxi driver in Hong Kong has been slapped with the highest demerit points possible for overcharging in the first week of a new penalty system aimed at keeping cabbies on their best behaviour. A Transport Department spokesman told the Post on Saturday that since the demerit point system’s launch on Sunday, one taxi driver…
A Hong Kong physical fitness chain has said the landlord of its Central branch is no longer pursuing legal action over nearly HK$14 million (US$1.8 million) in unpaid rent, charges and fees, and sought to reassure its customers that all of its gyms were operating as usual. Pure Fitness said on Saturday it had “amicably…
This week’s broadcast of Eye on Travel is from the iconic Grande Dame of Hong Kong, The Peninsula Hotel. Peter has all the travel updates. CNN’s Lilit Marcus on the evolution of Hong Kong in the post pandemic world. Writer Doug Lansky talks overtourism around the world — what different destinations are doing to manage the growing number of visitors they’re receiving….
In the second of a two-part series, Jiaxing Li, Aileen Chuang and Salina Li explore the effects of high interest rates and other factors on the city’s commercial property market. In the heart of Causeway Bay, a bustling Hong Kong shopping district that was once a more expensive retail destination than Fifth Avenue in Midtown…
Hong Kong police have charged two hospital staff members involved in a three-minute stitching procedure on a four-year-old girl who suffered from a cardiac arrest afterwards. A spokesman from the Hospital Authority confirmed on Saturday that the two employees of Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan, who were arrested in the morning, had been suspended…
A waterspout over Victoria Harbour was reported on Saturday afternoon, according to the Observatory. The weather forecaster announced the sighting at around 12.30 pm, where a rapidly rotating water column was spotted at sea near the North Point section of the Island Eastern Corridor. The weather watchdog warned earlier that an upper-air disturbance…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested five suspected smugglers and seized about 10 million black market cigarettes worth around HK$45 million from a fishing boat. The Customs and Excise Department revealed on Saturday that officers had intercepted a suspicious fishing boat in the waters off Hong Kong’s southernmost island, Po Toi, the previous morning and…
Hong Kong police have charged two hospital staff members involved in a three-minute stitching procedure on a four-year-old girl who suffered from a cardiac arrest afterwards. A spokesman from the Hospital Authority confirmed on Saturday that the two employees of Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan, who were arrested in the morning, had been suspended…
Authorities must crack down harder on wealthy residents abusing public housing rules to live in flats they do not need, Hong Kong’s leader has said after visiting Sha Tin to gauge views ahead of his policy address next month. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu delivered the instructions on Saturday as he inspected a refurbished rental…