Hong Kong is expanding transport services, including introducing two new cross-border buses, to prepare for a series of highly anticipated concerts by British rock band Coldplay later this week. Transport authorities said on Sunday that the two cross-border buses would launch on Tuesday. The band will perform at Kai Tak Stadium starting from the same…
Hong Kong is expanding transport services, including introducing two new cross-border buses, to prepare for a series of highly anticipated concerts by British rock band Coldplay later this week. Transport authorities said on Sunday that the two cross-border buses would launch on Tuesday. The band will perform at Kai Tak Stadium starting from the same…
In an attempt to revive tourism and breathe life back into the city after the pandemic, Hong Kong authorities have spent the past few years busy packing the calendar, so much so that there were more than 200 events annually for the past two years. Even by those standards, March is shaping up to be…
Hong Kong tennis and snooker chiefs were celebrating a notable financial reprieve on Monday, after the city’s sports minister said they could keep their elite status. Speaking after a sports commission meeting, the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui, revealed the previous criteria for gaining Tier A standing had been reviewed, and…
Hong Kong hosted two leading events this past week that simultaneously demonstrated its strong potential for establishing itself as an international sports hub, and shined a spotlight on the work that needs to be done if it hopes to succeed. At one, record crowds thronged the 135-year-old Hong Kong Golf Club to watch Sergio Garcia…
Hong Kong’s sports and tourism chief has apologised to snooker fans after the organiser of the World Grand Prix held at Kai Tak Arena ejected hundreds of spectators midway through the tournament because transport services were ending at midnight. Rosanna Law Shuk-pui, secretary for culture, sports and tourism, expressed her sympathies on Wednesday to those…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park is liaising with law enforcement agencies and looking into a report that ticket touts helped visitors enter the main stadium for Saturday’s star-studded opening ceremony for a fee of about HK$1,000 (US$128) per person. The new park, the city’s largest sports venue, said on Monday that it was “deeply…
The opening of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park on Saturday failed to deliver much of a business boost to nearby restaurants as most of the nearly 34,000 spectators opted to leave the area right after the show ended. Yarus Lau, manager of Western restaurant GoNuts at Kai Tak Mall 2, said business levels were…
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has described the coming month as “Hong Kong Super March”, listing a series of major events that will be held to push the city onto the global stage for arts, sports and entertainment. So what are the events and how can you take part? The Post takes a look. 1….
Details of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Marathon, a test event for this year’s National Games, were released on Thursday evening, revealing that Shenzhen Bay Bridge will be closed while up to 100 runners take part in the race later this month. The test event, which is to be organised by the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, will…