Home » Hong Kong News » PATA Networking Event Highlights Hong Kong’s New Tourism Industry 2.0 Strategy Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Hong Kong’s tourism sector is gearing up for a significant shift with the launch of the “Development Blueprint for Hong Kong’s Tourism Industry 2.0.” This transformative plan was unveiled by Angelina Cheung, JP, Commissioner…
Elon Musk’s vast stake in Tesla is no longer his most valuable asset as the electric car company continues to endure a sharp stock market sell-off. Musk’s stake in SpaceX, his private rockets and satellites business, is now the billionaire tycoon’s largest asset for the first time in five years, according to Forbes, which still…
The U.K. hopes that the U.S. will provide drones and satellite surveillance to monitor the border zone between Ukraine and Russia if a ceasefire agreement is reached, the Times reported on March 18, citing unnamed British diplomats. The U.S. military has 247 military satellites and thousands of commercial satellites, providing an “unrivaled picture” of eastern…
On Sunday, retailer Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy. While the fate of its approximately 350 brick-and-mortar stores is still unclear—they will most likely shutter, but could live on in some kind of digital space, competing with Shein, whose existence is surely one reason for the brand’s demise—it seems safe to say that the days of…
Art Market Hok hang Cheung Hong Kong’s marquee Art Week is approaching at a pivotal moment for the Special Administrative Region. This year’s events—which includes the 12th edition of Art Basel Hong Kong, the city’s homegrown fair Art Central, and a flurry of museum and gallery openings—will be a watershed one for the city, testing…
Responding to today’s release of Chinese labour activist Wang Jianbing after he served a three-and-a-half-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state power”, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “Wang Jianbing, alongside his co-defendant, the #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin, was convicted in an unfair trial following extended pre-trial detention. His release today should mark the…
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia agreed on Tuesday during a phone call with President Trump to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the Kremlin said in a statement, but restated his concerns about a broader 30-day cease-fire that the United States and Ukraine had agreed upon and proposed to Russia. The result seemed to…
Dehradun: Three men were arrested for allegedly snatching mobile phones and gold chains from commuters in the Patelnagar area of Dehradun, police said on Tuesday.The accused – identified as Kuber Gupta, 21, Vishal, 21, and Shubham Jalal, 27 – all residents of Dehradun, were committing the crimes to fund their drug addiction and gambling habits,…
Spencer Platt | Getty Images Individual investors, whose assets are more tied to the stock market than ever, have abandoned their tried-and-true dip-buying mentality as the S&P 500 recently fell into a painful, 10% correction. Retail outflows from U.S. equities rose to about $4 billion over the past two weeks as tariff chaos and mounting…
California salmon fishing season is in jeopardy again California salmon fishing season is in jeopardy again 02:19 William Smith has long fished the California coast for salmon, taking avid anglers out on his boat in hopes they’ll get to wrestle with and reel in the prized catch. But not anymore. Smith, known as “Capt. Smitty,”…