Hong Kong authorities have predicted more than 7.3 million trips will be made across the city’s land checkpoints with mainland China during the Lunar New Year period, with the Lo Wu control point expected to be the busiest. A government spokesman said on Friday that between January 28 and February 4, 7.34 million travellers, including…
Homebuyers flocked to a new residential project by Early Light International Holdings in Hong Kong’s New Territories on Saturday, drawn by its value for money and investment potential ahead of the inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump. As of 3.30pm, 179 of the 280 units offered at The Reserve at Gold Coast Bay in Tuen…
China is about to open the latest addition to a growing network of mega transport links in the Greater Bay Area in the southern economic powerhouse of Guangdong province. The Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage – a 31km (19 mile) crossing connecting the cities of Zhuhai and Jiangmen in the Pearl River Delta – is scheduled to…
Hong Kong’s first set of 50 surveillance cameras installed by police at party district Lan Kwai Fong will have crowd counting capabilities for the coming Halloween festivities, with facial recognition technology to be added next year, the city’s police chief has revealed. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee told the Post in an exclusive interview…
Crowds built up at Hong Kong’s busiest border checkpoint, Lo Wu, on Sunday afternoon following a three-day long weekend, with many residents bringing back delicacies such as hairy crabs and consumer goods. Tens of thousands were making their way back to Hong Kong from tomb sweeping across the border, short breaks and shopping in Shenzhen,…
Nearly 600,000 Hongkongers left the city on the first day of the three-day Chung Yeung Festival break, an almost 30 per cent increase from the start of the long weekend last year. Immigration statistics showed that 598,677 residents left Hong Kong on Friday, up by 28 per cent from 466,851 recorded on the first day…