Some 500 guests are expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) finance ministers’ meeting in Hong Kong in October, the first to be held in the city, with authorities set to appoint a team led by two senior officials to oversee planning for the event. Speaking at a Legislative Council meeting on Monday, Secretary…
Hong Kong authorities will hold three logistics department officers accountable over their roles in a bottled water procurement scandal, with the former director, set to have his Silver Bauhinia Star revoked, cleared of direct oversight. Civil service chief Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan said a probe into the scandal involving the HK$166 million bottled water procurement…
Two Hong Kong students secured championship titles on Saturday in the first storytelling competition for global youth, delivering impassioned speeches on education and AI before an audience of about 100 people. Vanessa Jane Wong, a Form Four pupil from the Independent Schools Foundation Academy, won the top award in the senior category, while Wan Ruixi,…
Nearly three-quarters of enterprises from Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area cities will speed up their expansion into the Asean market as a primary strategy to mitigate risks from international trade frictions and shifting global supply chains, according to a survey. The survey and research findings, co-published by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and…
Hong Kong has taken a significant stride towards cross-border drone flights by teaming up with Nansha in mainland China to develop unified standards, policies and validation pathways through joint tests and trials – an effort that could set a global benchmark. The collaboration follows an accord signed on December 25 between the Hong Kong Productivity…
The Maldives International Business Center was officially inaugurated on January 5 in Nansha, Guangzhou, marking a significant step in strengthening economic ties between China’s Greater Bay Area and the Maldives. This makes the Maldives the second country, following Madagascar, to establish a dedicated trade and economic office at the China-Africa Economic and Trade Greater Bay…
Hong Kong ranked fourth in a university study on air transit connectivity at 16 aviation hubs across the Asia-Pacific in 2023. Researchers from the National Taiwan Ocean University’s transport science department also said Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou experienced declines in connectivity following the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper was published in the Asian Journal of Shipping…
From healing snowmen in the icy north to cheerful mascots in the sunny south, these viral icons provide international visitors with fun, unexpected ways to experience China’s regional contrasts. “Mr. Snowman” at the 38th Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo (Photo: Xinhua) The giant snowman at the Qunli music park in Harbin (Photo: Xinhua) In…
Direct flights have resumed between the Northern Territory and China for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, with three weekly services from Darwin to the city of Guangzhou. The China Southern Airlines flights began earlier this month and come at the end of a year in which the NT capital has also added new…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s “rabid hatred” of the Communist Party of China has led him down a “thorny path”, according to the judges who found him guilty on three counts of national security offences. The 855-page full judgment released on Monday started with the “rags-to-riches” success story of Lai, but was…