The Hong Kong Jockey Club has partnered with China Travel Service (CTS) to offer tour packages which include visits to its racecourses in the city and on the mainland, targeting visitors from neighbouring Chinese cities to boost racing tourism. The club signed a memorandum of understanding with the travel agency on Wednesday to promote tourism…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hongkongers woke up to cool weather on Sunday as temperatures fell to about 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit) in urban areas, while…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong will experience a big drop in temperatures later this week, with the mercury falling to as low as 14 degrees Celsius after a balmy Sunday of 25 degrees or above in some…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong will experience a big drop in temperatures later this week, with the mercury falling to as low as 14 degrees Celsius after a balmy Sunday of 25 degrees or above in some…
Purton Breaks Whyte’s Hong Kong All-Time Win Record Home » Archive » Top News Europe » Purton Breaks Whyte’s Hong Kong All-Time Win Record Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 11:09 am | Back to: Europe, Top News Europe Douglas Whyte (left) and Zac Purton after the latter equaled Whyte’s record. Purton would go on to…
Horse racing in Hong Kong is well ahead both as a sport and attraction for tourists. Racing organisers are now spurring on the city with news that the sector is set to collect again on its global reputation for equine excellence that has outpaced most similar operations overseas. Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said…
Tropical Storm Toraji may have seemed largely a non-event to those braced for violent weather. What set it apart is that the city’s stock exchange broke with past practice by trading normally. By contrast, the Jockey Club abandoned the last three races of a nine-race card at Happy Valley on Wednesday night ahead of a…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will lower the No 8 typhoon signal at 10.20am on Thursday, as Tropical Storm Toraji is set to weaken gradually and education authorities announce that classes of afternoon schools will…
The big bosses at DBS Bank and HSBC’s money-management unit became new owners of luxury homes in Hong Kong in October amid a revival in optimism and stock market wealth, helping drive the property market to its busiest month since May. Transactions involving new and lived-in homes, offices, shops, car parks and industrial spaces jumped…
Three luxury Hong Kong homes changed hands this week for between HK$49.4 million (US$6.36 million) and HK$114 million, an indication that well-heeled buyers have returned to the market for exclusive addresses as interest rates come down. Sebastian Paredes, the CEO of DBS Bank (Hong Kong), paid HK$49.4 million for a 1,249 sq ft, three-bedroom flat…