Hong Kong will press on with selling residential plots, the development minister has said, despite an earlier warning from a credit-rating agency that oversupply is hurting the property market. Bernadette Linn Hon-ho also said on Saturday that authorities would not give up on creating artificial islands in the waters off Lantau as part of plans…
On a sunny afternoon this January, south Lantau’s Cheung Sha Beach was quiet, with few people other than a couple sunbathing by the trees, another strolling along the sand. Slowly, a yacht approached from the southeastern horizon and rode the breeze to within a couple of hundred metres from shore. Out dropped an inflatable kayak,…
Retail therapy was such a reliable driver of Hong Kong tourism that few in the business contemplated the need for diversity. Why fix a wheel that wasn’t broken? Luxury brands gobbled up prime space, muscling out local designers and innovation. Now, that well-oiled wheel is grinding to a halt and klaxons are sounding. Yet it…
Following a bumpy take-off in 1998, Hong Kong International Airport has been consistently rated one of the world’s best, and justifiably so. It is now aiming even higher with an ambitious HK$100 billion (US$12.83 billion) makeover to become “the landmark of Asia”, with top tourism, cultural, entertainment and commercial facilities unrivalled by any other aviation…
Many in Hong Kong think the city has all but given up on tackling the waste problem that is steadily overwhelming landfills. Among the reasons for scepticism is the government’s shelving of a waste-charging scheme last May. So it was good to hear Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan trying to reassure the public…
An injured whale that became stranded in the waters off Hong Kong’s Lantau Island died in the early hours of Sunday, despite authorities activating a contingency plan to rescue the animal. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department announced the death of the whale, which measured about five to six metres (16 to 20 feet) in…
An injured whale that became stranded in the waters off Hong Kong’s Lantau Island died in the early hours of Sunday, despite authorities activating a contingency plan to rescue the animal. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department announced the death of the whale, which measured about five to six metres in length, just hours after…
Hong Kong should reassess its demand for land, taking into consideration structural economic changes and the government’s operating budget deficit, a leading finance policy adviser and a veteran surveyor said as the city leader dismissed his predecessor’s concerns about oversupply. Professor Liu Pak-wai, a director at the Hong Kong Institute of Monetary Research under the…
Hong Kong should reassess its demand for land, taking into consideration structural economic changes and the government’s operating budget deficit, a leading finance policy adviser and a veteran surveyor said as the city leader dismissed his predecessor’s concerns about oversupply. Professor Liu Pak-wai, a director at the Hong Kong Institute of Monetary Research under the…
The firm, registered as Baidu Apollo International Limited in Hong Kong, unveiled the details of its plan at a meeting of Islands District Council on Tuesday, saying it expected testing to start before the end of the year. Baidu, which operates driverless taxis across the border, said it had applied to launch AV testing last…