Home » TOURISM NEWS » Hong Kong Residents Can Now Enjoy Fast And Easy Weekend Escapes To Xiamen As StarCruises Rolls Out Six Autumn Sailings With No Airport Hassles Thursday, July 31, 2025 Hong Kong residents can now enjoy quick and effortless weekend getaways to Xiamen, thanks to StarCruises launching six exclusive autumn sailings that…
Wuxi AppTec, Asia’s largest provider of contract pharmaceutical research, has raised HK$7.70 billion (US$981 million) through a sale of additional shares in Hong Kong as it rides the wave of bullish appetite for Chinese biotechnology shares. The Shanghai-based company sold 73.8 million new shares to institutional investors at HK$104.27 each, a 6.9 per cent discount…
With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. “Typhoon Wipha Signal #10 Hits Hong Kong July 20,2025,” reads a Facebook post by a…
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said on Wednesday that the rapturous reception for his team at the Hong Kong Football Festival had given their new striker Viktor Gyokeres a “very good first impression” of the club. The Swede joined for an estimated US$74.2 million (HK$582 million) from Sporting Lisbon this week, as Arteta continued a spending…
Share prices of listed companies in related businesses have appreciated very significantly in both the US and Hong Kong. The trend appears unstoppable. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expects the stablecoin market alone to grow tenfold over the next few years from US$200 billion to US$2 trillion. While cryptocurrencies present new opportunities for investors, it…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) kept its base rate unchanged in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve, after the American central bank said it needed more time and data to monitor the potential inflationary impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. On Thursday, the HKMA maintained its rate at 4.75 per cent, hours after the…
Arsenal fans descended on Kai Tak Stadium on Wednesday for a first glimpse of their idols in the flesh at the Hong Kong Football Festival. The Gunners, who last played in Hong Kong 13 years ago, held a public training session at the 50,000-capacity Kowloon venue. Cheung Pak-ling, an Arsenal fanatic from the New Territories,…
A worker fell to his death while working on the rooftop of a three-storey Hong Kong village house on Wednesday, taking the number of industrial fatalities in July to 10, according to a concern group. Police said on Wednesday that the 44-year-old cleaning and maintenance worker was carrying out work on top of the house…
Hong Kong’s Sha Tau Kok Control Point will undergo demolition from Friday as part of redevelopment works, a lawmaker has revealed, while suggesting authorities should include travel and commercial facilities on the city’s side of the new complex. Lawmaker Edward Lau Kwok-fan, who represents New Territories North, on Wednesday said the redevelopment was initially expected…
Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura molested a female interpreter and made unwelcome advances after a fan event in Hong Kong earlier this year, a court has heard. Kamimura, a former member of Japanese boy band ONE N’ ONLY, returned to West Kowloon Court on Wednesday to stand trial for a count of indecent assault arising…