A Hong Kong woman has been rescued from a scam farm in Myanmar, with the city’s Security Bureau vowing to ensure she will return home as soon as possible. The bureau confirmed the rescue on Sunday evening, hours after Thai media reported authorities in the country had rescued the 31-year-old Hongkonger. She was found on…
Hong Kong’s education minister has said authorities would not raise tuition fees for non-local university students significantly despite the government’s fiscal deficit, so top candidates would not be deterred. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin told a radio programme on Saturday that having the best students come to Hong Kong was important in maintaining the…
A Hong Kong tour guide died after being thrown from a coach that crashed in bad weather on a Shanghai highway heading to the airport on Friday. Sixteen tour group members also aboard the bus escaped the crash unharmed, according to trip organiser Miramar Travel, although Shanghai police said two passengers sustained minor abrasions. Shanghai…
A Hong Kong tour guide was killed when the coach taking him and more than a dozen travellers to the Shanghai Pudong International Airport crashed on a highway on Friday. The accident took place at around 2pm at the end of a six-day trip by the 16-member tour group organised by Miramar Travel. The coach…
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US President Donald Trump’s threat to slap 10 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods could spell bad news for Hong Kong’s biggest exports to the country, telecoms and technology equipment, experts warned on Wednesday, calling it a lose-lose situation. The city’s academics and business operators said the knock-on effects of tariffs could mean inflationary pressures…
Photofairs organiser Creo has scrapped plans for a Hong Kong version of the contemporary art fair for photography in March 2025, citing logistical issues, the Post has learned. The Hong Kong fair was announced in July by London-based Creo, shortly after the cancellation of Photofairs New York, and was seen as a vote of confidence…
Hong Kong’s tourism minister has brushed aside concerns that offering multiple-entry visas to more than 10 million Shenzhen residents might trigger a resurgence in parallel trading, speaking a day before the new policy takes effect. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said on Saturday that the visa scheme would benefit Hong Kong’s…
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HONG KONG (AP) — A former Hong Kong reporter of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday said she’ll sue the publication for sacking her because she joined a trade union. Selina Cheng lost her job in July after a senior editor told her that her position was eliminated due to restructuring. However, Cheng believed the…