Crowds built up at Hong Kong’s busiest border checkpoint, Lo Wu, on Sunday afternoon following a three-day long weekend, with many residents bringing back delicacies such as hairy crabs and consumer goods. Tens of thousands were making their way back to Hong Kong from tomb sweeping across the border, short breaks and shopping in Shenzhen,…
Nearly 600,000 Hongkongers left the city on the first day of the three-day Chung Yeung Festival break, an almost 30 per cent increase from the start of the long weekend last year. Immigration statistics showed that 598,677 residents left Hong Kong on Friday, up by 28 per cent from 466,851 recorded on the first day…
Hong Kong authorities will deploy drones to detect hill fires for the first time during the Chung Yeung Festival on Friday as part of their emergency response measures, warning of a high risk of blazes because of dry weather. Twenty-two teams comprising 220 members in total would be sent to patrol various areas and put…