More than 1,500 Hong Kong residents reported feeling mild tremors on Monday evening after a magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck northern Guangdong province. The Observatory recorded the quake at 6.48pm. Its epicentre was located in Qingyuan, about 57km (35 miles) north of Guangzhou and 180km northwest of Hong Kong, at a depth of around 10km. The…
More than 1,500 Hong Kong residents reported feeling mild tremors on Monday evening after a magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck northern Guangdong province. The Observatory recorded the quake at 6.48pm. Its epicentre was located in Qingyuan, about 57km (35 miles) north of Guangzhou and 180km northwest of Hong Kong, at a depth of around 10km. The…
Elderly Hongkongers will be able to use healthcare vouchers for medical services at two hospitals in mainland China’s Zhuhai later this week under a government subsidy scheme, part of a plan to expand the coverage of the project across the border. The Hong Kong government on Monday announced that the Elderly Health Care Voucher Greater…
The abrupt closure of a three-decade-old congee restaurant chain in Hong Kong has left around 20 imported workers from mainland China facing eviction from their dormitory and worried about being sent home without collecting unpaid wages. The mainland workers, who arrived in Hong Kong through the city’s supplementary labour scheme in May last year, were…
The number of people travelling in tour groups to mainland China via high-speed rail from Hong Kong may increase by 30 per cent this year, amid growing demand for the new transport mode, a leading travel agency has said. Wing On Travel released the findings of a survey about travellers’ interest in the high-speed rail…
Songs by Hong Kong singer-songwriter Khalil Fong have topped the charts of music-streaming platforms in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan in the days after the announcement of his death at age 41. Fong’s music surged in the number of plays on various streaming platforms since his record label announced on Saturday that he “left…
These include Zhengzhou, capital of the central province of Henan, where the city’s Communist Party chief An Wei urged senior city officials to “deeply study and master the use of AI models such as DeepSeek, and make full use of AI to support decision-making, analysis and problem-solving”, according to the city’s official newspaper. The local…
A company in southern China has sparked public outrage for mandating that its staff use the toilet during specific time slots, contending that this policy aligns with an ancient Chinese medicine text. Three Brothers Machine Manufacturing Company, situated in Foshan, Guangdong province, introduced the Toilet Usage Management Rule on February 11, aiming to maintain order,…
A city of 9.6 million people roughly 130km (80 miles) from Hong Kong, Foshan is full of cultural heritage and culinary delights. The city is already known for having one of China’s best private art museums. The He Art Museum, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, is owned by the family behind electrical appliance giant…
Hong Kong’s No 2 official has clarified that business leaders taking part in a fact-finding trip are not obliged to commit to investing in the Northern Metropolis, although he noted the response gathered for “zoned” projects has been positive. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki said on Wednesday that the trip had met its goal of…