Tickets from Hong Kong to many mainland Chinese destinations connected by cross-border high-speed rail services are nearly sold out for the first two days of the five-day holiday over Easter and the Ching Ming Festival. The mainland cities have become an alternative for travellers, with the escalating war in the Middle East triggering a global…
Hong Kong’s retail sales in May jumped by 2.4 per cent year on year, reversing a 14-month contraction, with the uptick boosted by a surge in visitors during several “golden week” holidays. Provisional figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Wednesday showed total retail sales in May reached HK$31.3 billion (US$3.9 billion). The…
A Hollywood film topped ticket presales for China’s Dragon Boat Festival, but latest data points to a subdued box office for the holiday season as the industry grapples with a string of underwhelming performances. The box office revenue for Saturday, the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, was estimated at 122 million yuan…
Hong Kong blockbuster The Last Dance has won two awards in Italy’s popular Udine Far East Film Festival, the latest in a string of other recent accolades. It is the only Hong Kong film to win an award at this year’s festival, the organiser announced on Saturday. The drama earned nearly HK$170 million (US$21.9 million)…