Hong Kong’s lowest-paid workers received a pay rise on Thursday, with their hourly wage increasing by HK$2.10 (30 US cents), from HK$40 to HK$42.10, following a recommendation adopted by the government’s key decision-making Executive Council. The Post takes a look at the 5.25 per cent increase, the first since a new formula for adjusting the…
Hong Kong’s signature street food such as egg waffles and fish balls, as well as restaurants with local characteristics, are among popular dining choices for mainland Chinese tourists visiting the city at the start of the Labour Day “golden week” holiday on Thursday. Mainland visitors were seen queuing at traditional noodle shops, the city’s iconic…
Hong Kong’s lowest-paid workers received a pay rise on Thursday, with their hourly wage increasing by HK$2.10 (30 US cents), from HK$40 to HK$42.10, following a recommendation adopted by the government’s key decision-making Executive Council. The Post takes a look at the 5.25 per cent increase, the first since a new formula for adjusting the…
A Labour Day drone show featuring colourful tributes to Hong Kong traditions wowed thousands of residents and visitors along the Wan Chai temporary promenade on Thursday evening, with the intricate and creative portrayals of coming festivals sparking loud applause. The 12-minute show started at 8pm, with 1,000 drones weaving through the skies above Victoria Harbour,…
Hundreds of customers, including young parents, have taken to online platforms to complain about a popular clinic chain in Hong Kong suspected to have abruptly closed down earlier this week. Parents who had paid thousands of Hong Kong dollars in advance for their children’s vaccination at clinics under Alliance Medical Group scrambled to arrange jabs…
More than 213,000 mainland Chinese visitors flocked to Hong Kong on the first day of the Labour Day “golden week” holiday on Thursday, looking forward to some hiking, treating their taste buds at street food stalls and restaurants, and enjoying a dazzling drone show in the night sky above Victoria Harbour. Immigration Department data showed…
Hong Kong’s signature street food such as egg waffles and fish balls, as well as restaurants with local characteristics, are among popular dining choices for mainland Chinese tourists visiting the city at the start of the Labour Day “golden week” holiday on Thursday. Mainland visitors were seen queuing at traditional noodle shops, the city’s iconic…
More than 213,000 mainland Chinese visitors flocked to Hong Kong on the first day of the Labour Day “golden week” holiday on Thursday, looking forward to some hiking, treating their taste buds at street food stalls and restaurants, and enjoying a dazzling drone show in the night sky above Victoria Harbour. Immigration Department data showed…
A Labour Day drone show featuring colourful tributes to Hong Kong traditions wowed thousands of residents and visitors along the Wan Chai temporary promenade on Thursday evening, with the intricate and creative portrayals of coming festivals sparking loud applause. The 12-minute show started at 8pm, with 1,000 drones weaving through the skies above Victoria Harbour,…
The US Senate confirmed long-time China critic David Perdue as the new US ambassador to China on Tuesday, a key role amid escalated bilateral tensions and a high-stakes tariff showdown between the world’s two largest economies. Perdue, 75, a former US senator for the state of Georgia and a veteran business executive, was confirmed in…