HONG KONG, 9 June 2025: This summer, Hong Kong invites the world to experience “Hong Kong Summer Viva” featuring theme park parties and island escapes to action-packed sports events. Theme park celebrations Starting 28 June, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (HKDL) celebrates its 20th anniversary with a year-long extravaganza filled with three unmissable festivities, including a…
閱讀中文版本 The unions said the group has only settled the outstanding salaries for May to June for affected employees, while other entitlements remain unaddressed. Hong Kong restaurant chain King Parrot Group, which has been in operation for 33 years, is suspected of closing down. According to a Facebook post by the Hotels, Food and Beverage…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Currencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. For the past month or more, overnight interest rates in Hong Kong have been stuck just above zero per cent. Since everyone got used to ultra-low interest rates during the last couple of decades, it may…
If you live in or are visiting Hong Kong, you may have watched the Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade from the fishing village’s stilt houses last week, or mastered the art of making cha kwo (steamed sticky rice dumpling). You may be heading to Sha Tin later this month to learn a paper-crafting technique,…
Hong Kong’s finance chief expects the tourism sector to make a robust recovery this year, citing the 10 and 18 per cent year-on-year growth in the number of mainland Chinese and international visitor arrivals recorded in the first five months. In his weekly blog on Sunday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said he was…
Hong Kong will implement its new Stablecoins Ordinance on August 1, formalizing the city’s regulatory framework for stablecoin-related activities and introducing a licensing regime aimed at strengthening oversight of the fast-growing digital asset sector. The ordinance, which was officially gazetted on May 30, is a key element of Hong Kong’s broader push to position itself…
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority (URA) plans to improve pedestrian connectivity and public access to the harbourfront at one of two sites the cash-strapped body has been granted by the government to boost its finances. Authority managing director Wai Chi-sing revealed more details about the plot in To Kwa Wan in his blog on Sunday,…
Hong Kong’s restaurant industry faces a bleak second half of the year as both low-cost and high-end operators succumb to the economic slowdown, sector leaders have warned, putting part of the blame on the trend of residents heading across the border to spend. Industry representatives gave their grim assessment on Sunday, just days after King…
An officer critically injured after falling 10 metres (33 feet) from a flyover near Tuen Mun when trying to avoid an oncoming bus “did what he needed to do”, Hong Kong’s police chief said on Sunday. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said the constable, 31, had regained consciousness but remained in the intensive care…
Hong Kong students hoping to attend universities in the US should review their social media for content related to the country’s politics, an education consultant has advised, as uncertainties swirled amid reported flip-flopping over whether consulates could process visa applications for Harvard. Consultants on Sunday told the Post they were still trying to get confirmation…