The US Government has criticised Ford’s increasingly close ties to China in the same week that the manufacturer revealed a China-centric plan for Australia. Ford’s Australian arm revealed plans to import two vehicles from China this week – the hybrid-powered Bronco Basecamp SUV, and an electric van for delivery companies. It’s part of a push…
Hong Kong will introduce standardised cigarette packaging from March next year, with a nine-month transition period before full enforcement in December, as the city strips all branding and decorative design from packs and updates health warnings to reduce smoking rates. The Department of Health announced on Thursday that the new rules for smoking products will…
A seemingly innocuous message on a social media platform has snowballed into a man being jailed for foreign interference. Alexander Csergo, 58, was jailed for three years and six months on Thursday after being found guilty by a jury in March of helping Chinese spies. With time served, he will be eligible for parole in…
Kevin Rudd says Australia should join the United States in deterring China from invading Taiwan, but refused to be drawn on whether Canberra would participate in a potential conflict. The former prime minister delivered a wide-reaching address at the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday, canvassing everything from Australia’s former automotive industry to sovereign…
The Parramatta Metro precinct will include condo units, a commercial tower, student housing and a hotel (Image: NSW government) Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation and Malaysia’s Gamuda have won an A$880 million ($636.7 million) government contract to build a metro station and 970 housing units in western Sydney’s Parramatta area. The deal to design and build…
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has won a bid as part of a consortium to design and build an underground metro station and develop property in Sydney’s second central business district. The company said on Tuesday that it and its two partners – both subsidiaries of Malaysian engineering firm and developer Gamuda Berhad…
A cabinet secretary fretting about his daughter’s university choice might once have been considered a private family matter. In Donald Trump’s America, it has become official content. US transport secretary Sean Duffy recently appeared with his family in a road trip series carried on the department’s YouTube page. In one episode, his daughter, Paloma, said…
Australia and Palau say they will press Pacific leaders to issue a clear condemnation of China’s recent ballistic missile test when they meet later today, rejecting claims from Kiribati and Naoero that it is unfair to single out Beijing. The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting finishes today in Palau, with leaders holding their annual retreat…
Hong Kong, a city of overachievers, especially when it comes to the young, is also filled with children who take to social media early. Almost 35 per cent of kindergarten pupils log at least one hour of recreational screen time daily. By the junior forms, 60 per cent exceed the international two-hour daily limit. The…
Yung, an elderly Hong Kong resident, has spent hours hanging out at a neighbourhood shopping centre in Kwai Chung all summer. But he has not been going there to shop, instead taking refuge from the sweltering heat in the mall’s soothing air-conditioned arcade. The retiree, who lives in a 100 sq ft subdivided flat with…