Cathay Pacific has introduced a special aircraft livery called “Spirit of Hong Kong – 80th Anniversary Edition,” designed to showcase the city’s arts and cultural identity to a global audience. The design was revealed on 9 March 2026 at Hong Kong International Airport and has already entered commercial service on a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The…
The Hong Kong women’s football team made it home safely on Friday night after several anxious days stranded in Dubai following the US-Israel attacks on Iran, with members expressing relief at their return but disappointment about having to withdraw from a tournament. Twenty-seven players and staff landed in Hong Kong via Bangkok, where they had…
TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Few cities embrace the Chinese New Year with the same energy and colour as Hong Kong. This February, Hong Kong will welcome the Year of the Horse by once again transforming into a festive playground filled with beloved characters, dazzling spectacles and family-friendly experiences, inviting visitors of all…
Hong Kong’s old Yau Ma Tei police station, a century-old building and popular selfie spot among mainland Chinese tourists, will host a new film-related exhibition, with tickets going on sale from Saturday. Opening on January 2, the exhibition is the first to be held inside a police station and aims to promote tourism and culture…
The next operator of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal will manage the entire site, including public areas, and face financial penalties if it underperforms, according to a new government tender aimed at transforming the area into an attractive tourist destination. Authorities on Wednesday launched an open tender for the next operator of the terminal…
Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably preserved section of an ancient imperial highway built more than 2,200 years ago—an infrastructure marvel now being hailed as the ancestor of modern expressways. The discovery sheds new light on the extraordinary engineering capabilities of the Qin Dynasty, the empire that unified China for the first time in history….
Japan’s “Empress of Pop” Ayumi Hamasaki stood alone on a brightly lit stage in Shanghai, her voice echoing through a stadium filled with empty seats. Hours before showtime, she was informed that her concert could not proceed with an audience for “an inevitable reason”. The vague explanation has become familiar to organisers of Japanese cultural…
Bold. Striking. Experimental. These three words describe The Agency’s “Into The Matrix” fashion show, held on Friday, Nov. 21. “I think events like these are very important because I think it’s good to show people what’s out there,” Zoie Daughtry, the creative director of The Agency, said. “I think that there’s so much out there…
If the good people of Hampshire, England’s sixth most populous county of 1.8 million, want the answer to a burning question about pride, they’ll find it above the urinals at Carshalton AFC in what was formerly the neighbouring county of Surrey. The citizens of Southampton or Portsmouth may disagree, but there, on a Carshalton cistern,…
Before Franz Kafka died in 1924, he had a simple wish for his friend and literary executor Max Brod: burn all of Kafka’s unpublished writing and papers. Fortunately for the rest of the world, Brod largely ignored what Kafka had said, which is why today we have works like The Castle and The Trial, not…