China’s National Day “golden week”, which began on October 1, is usually a major travel and shopping period, but there was hardly any buzz in the historic heart of Macau last Wednesday afternoon. On Rua da Felicidade, a picturesque street close to bustling Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, jade shop owner Yan Kin-kok prepared for an…
Macau’s sole chief executive candidate has pledged to encourage casino operators to run more residency shows to boost tourism amid reports that British pop icon Adele turned down an invitation to perform in the city. Residency shows refer to an entertainment act at a fixed venues such as casino resorts that run for an extended…
A highly anticipated drone show at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District planned for the eve of National Day was postponed for more than an hour and then cancelled, with authorities attributing the decision to a “meteorological factor”. A consultant working with organisers said the event was cancelled due to significant ionospheric interference that had…
Amid economic headwinds and rising tension across the Taiwan Strait, President Xi Jinping has used his National Day address to the nation, on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, to reaffirm staunch backing for Hong Kong and Macau. At the same time, he sent his first direct warning to…
Eddie Yue Wai-man, who will start his second five-year term as the city’s de facto central banker on Tuesday, said development of the Greater Bay Area has been slower than expected. Beijing rolled out its blueprint for the Greater Bay Area project, which seeks to integrate Hong Kong, Macau and nine mainland cities into an…
Hong Kong authorities are “making every effort” to promote Kai Tak Sports Park ahead of its opening next year, the city’s leader has said. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Monday that the government had “always actively invested resources to support sports development in Hong Kong”. “We are making every effort to promote the…
The number of non-locally trained doctors working at Hong Kong’s public hospitals will reach 300 by the end of the year, including about 70 under an exchange programme with mainland China and Macau, health authorities have said. The Hospital Authority chairman Henry Fan Hung-ling said on Monday that officials had spoken with their mainland and…
Beijing may look beyond Hong Kong to formulate proportional countermeasures should the US pass legislation aimed at closing the city’s trade offices in the country, observers and experts have said. The Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday warned of “resolute and strong countermeasures” after the Republican-led US House of Representatives voted to pass bills that would…
Lee said the visit fully reflected the importance and care the central government attached to Hong Kong and he hoped the delegation – fresh from winning 91 medals including 40 golds at the Paris Olympics – would feel at home during the trip. “The outstanding result at the Games was the embodiment of the progress…