“Digital Trade Masterclass” spotlights digital financing, e-bills of lading and retail supply chain management – The HKTDC continues to help SMEs seize digital trade opportunities by co-hosting with the ICC DSI a masterclass on technologies such as electronic bills of lading and blockchain. More than 200 SMEs took part.– Prof Frederick Ma, Chairman of the…
Hong Kong’s rail giant has appealed to passengers to avoid engaging in behaviour that disturbs other commuters after a viral video appeared to show a man urinating inside a train carriage. The MTR Corporation said on Monday that it had received a report a day before about a passenger urinating on the floor of one…
Hong Kong health authorities have issued a food safety alert and suspended imports of a Japanese ice cream product after discovering coliform bacteria levels well above legal limits. The black tea-flavoured ice cream, branded as Kochi Ice and imported by Shin Tai Ho (Hong Kong) Company, was found to contain 140 coliform bacteria per gram,…
A Hong Kong dancer left paralysed after being hit by a falling giant screen at a concert by popular Cantopop boy band Mirror in 2022 is suing a government department and 11 other parties involved in the show’s production for an undisclosed amount of compensation. The defendants have been accused of negligence and breaching their…
Hong Kong’s rail giant has appealed to passengers to avoid engaging in behaviour that disturbs other commuters after a viral video appeared to show a man urinating inside a train carriage. The MTR Corporation said on Monday that it had received a report a day before about a passenger urinating on the floor of one…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will recruit more pilots from mainland China to diversify its workforce after the first batch of 30 cadets from across the border finished training and started flying. Chris Kempis, the airline’s director of flight operations, said on Monday that 60 mainland cadets from a pool of more than…
Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong have queued for Chiikawa toys that come with McDonald’s Happy Meals as part of a promotional tie-up between the fast food chain and an exhibition featuring the famous Japanese manga. Some 20,000 customers were in line on the McDonald’s reservation website at certain points on Monday after…
Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong have queued for Chiikawa toys that come with McDonald’s Happy Meals as part of a promotional tie-up between the fast food chain and an exhibition featuring the famous Japanese manga. Some 20,000 customers were in line on the McDonald’s reservation website at certain points on Monday after…
Hong Kong has long been recognised as a global financial hub, but in recent years, it has also rapidly emerged as an innovation and technology (I&T) centre. The unique combination of world-class research and development (R&D) facilities, government initiatives aimed at developing I&T-related industries, and strategic connectivity to both mainland China and the rest of…
Hong Kong’s newly crowned world fencing champion Ryan Choi Chun-yin returned to the city on Monday and expressed his gratitude after his triumph in Georgia last week. On his arrival at Hong Kong International Airport, 27-year-old Choi was presented with a bouquet of flowers before describing his relief and joy at reaching the pinnacle of…