Campers and hikers have urged Hong Kong authorities to step up public education, law enforcement and impose foot traffic limits at campsites after some areas were flooded with visitors during the Lunar New Year holiday. A visit by the South China Morning Post on Saturday to Ham Tin Wan, a beach in Sai Kung, found…
Visitors have started filling campsites along the seashore in Sai Kung near Hong Kong’s famed MacLehose Trail for the Lunar New Year break, with officers patrolling to monitor and prevent littering following previous complaints. At Sai Wan Beach, a picturesque spot popular with tourists on mainland Chinese social media, around two dozen visitors were seen…
This article was first published on January 25, 2016 By Naomi Ng and Ernest Kao The city’s coldest weather in nearly six decades was expected to continue into today, prompting a suspension of primary schools and pleas from officials urging the public to avoid hiking the highest local peaks, where sub-zero temperatures left roads frozen…
In 2009, Christophe Younes left Paris for Hong Kong at the age of 17 to finish high school. Fresh-faced and eager, and having never lived abroad, he was going to join his father in the city. He had not even moved on to university when his father first suggested opening a patisserie. That planted a…
A 49-year-old man was rescued on Sunday after his paraglider spiralled out of control and crashed into a wooded area in Hong Kong’s New Territories, the second accident involving such aircraft this month. Police received a report at 11.27am from a hiker on Section 4 of the MacLehose Trail that a paraglider had lost control…
Mainland Chinese tourists were loosening their purse strings as they flocked to Hong Kong at the start of the National Day holiday on Wednesday, with many opting to stay a few days to enjoy the fireworks, outdoor attractions and urban vibes. Hong Kong authorities estimated that as many as 1.54 million mainland visitors, including 1,200…
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An online video showing a man removing a distance marker from Hong Kong’s MacLehose Trail has sparked anger among internet users, who have warned that the act could have put hikers in need of emergency rescue at even greater risk. The 21-second clip was circulating widely on Chinese social media platform RedNote and shows the…
Hong Kong’s High Island Reservoir in Sai Kung was packed with hundreds of mainland Chinese tourists on Thursday as the five-day Labour Day “golden week” holiday began, with a heavy police presence deployed to maintain order. The reservoir’s East Dam, which has become a hotspot among mainland visitors after being promoted on various social media…
More than 213,000 mainland Chinese visitors flocked to Hong Kong on the first day of the Labour Day “golden week” holiday on Thursday, looking forward to some hiking, treating their taste buds at street food stalls and restaurants, and enjoying a dazzling drone show in the night sky above Victoria Harbour. Immigration Department data showed…