Hong Kong’s hotels are reporting occupancy rates of more than 90 per cent over Lunar New Year, although the figures are down slightly compared with the same period in 2024, with industry insiders pointing to shorter stays and a continued reluctance by mainland Chinese visitors to spend. A spokeswoman for the Cordis hotel in Mong…
Hong Kong’s hotels are reporting occupancy rates of more than 90 per cent over Lunar New Year, although the figures are down slightly compared with the same period in 2024, with industry insiders pointing to shorter stays and a continued reluctance by mainland Chinese visitors to spend. A spokeswoman for the Cordis hotel in Mong…
Hong Kong’s top talent scheme received nearly 20 per cent fewer applications last year, authorities revealed on Monday, as the city’s immigration chief warned that residency would be revoked if false information was used. Director of Immigration Benson Kwok Joon-fung’s warning was not the first issued by authorities over the Top Talent Pass Scheme, after…
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…
Hong Kong authorities have said they are helping a local woman reportedly seriously injured in a traffic accident at an airport in Taiwan. The Immigration Department said on Thursday it had immediately offered assistance to the woman upon receiving a call from her family members, promising to keep in touch and follow up on the…
Dozens of mainland Chinese are offering tour guide services in Hong Kong but many of them are believed to be unlicensed or potentially breaching their conditions of stay, fuelling calls for authorities to crack down on the illegal activity. The trend is under the spotlight after the Immigration Department said it had arrested eight mainlanders…
Eight people from mainland China were arrested over the past week for working illegally in Hong Kong, including providing services as tour guides, and helping locals buy food, groceries and daily necessities on the other side of the border. Immigration Department deputy commander Leung Tsz-chung said on Tuesday that the arrests, which took place from…
The use of Cantonese and English in secondary schools poses the biggest challenge academically for children of mainland Chinese talent who have settled in Hong Kong, education authorities have said. The Education Bureau also said it was willing to look into building hostels at some semi-private schools, after a lawmaker asked whether the government could…
Hong Kong’s newest border checkpoint at Heung Yuen Wai can cope with crowds, the city’s security chief has assured lawmakers after some raised concerns that daily passenger trips were more than double its design capacity of 30,000. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung told lawmakers on Wednesday that the Heung Yuen Wai crossing had handled…
A series of aggressive recruitment drives by the government has enriched Hong Kong’s talent pool in recent years. The latest to take up residency is seven-time snooker world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan. But while the city continues to appeal to celebrities and their like, many more who have arrived are struggling to secure jobs. In addition…