Some mainland Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday have expressed surprise at improvements in service attitudes but believe the city’s e-payment system could be better. They said waiters and waitresses were no longer rude while serving and spoke better Mandarin after notoriously impolite restaurant staff, shop workers and taxi…
Some mainland Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday have expressed surprise at improvements in service attitudes but believe the city’s e-payment system could be better. They said waiters and waitresses were no longer rude while serving and spoke better Mandarin after notoriously impolite restaurant staff, shop workers and taxi…
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has pledged to upgrade its internet capacity after scores of travellers, many of whom were mainland Chinese, were stuck at a border station struggling to generate their QR code tickets with an overloaded network during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday. Passengers at Lok Ma Chau station spent…
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has pledged to upgrade its internet capacity after scores of travellers, many of whom were mainland Chinese, were stuck at a border station struggling to generate their QR code tickets with an overloaded network during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday. Passengers at Lok Ma Chau station spent…
Owners should be allowed to travel with their pets on more train routes and not be limited to weekends and public holidays, some commuters have said in response to Thursday’s launch of a trial scheme allowing them to take their cats and dogs on light rail services. At Siu Hong station on Thursday, about 10…
A technical fault has caused services to be interrupted on Hong Kong’s East Rail line, adding an extra 10 to 15 minutes to journey times. The MTR Corporation announced the technical problem on an engineer’s train near Fo Tan station at around 5am on Sunday. Trains were required to run on a single track between…
Hong Kong authorities plan to turn the area around a premier concert venue in Hung Hom into a landmark waterfront, complete with a yacht marina and a 50-storey tower equipped with entertainment facilities, over more than a decade. The Development Bureau on Friday shared its preliminary development proposal for the HK$10 billion (US$1.29 billion) to…
Hong Kong lawmakers have proposed increasing the Airport Express’ ridership by improving the service’s connections to the city’s high-speed rail station and a mega bridge, as well as by maintaining cheaper fares to AsiaWorld-Expo. Lawmaker Gary Zhang Xinyu suggested on a radio programme on Wednesday that links with the two sites would help to increase…
A recent proposal from Hong Kong’s rail operator to increase fares has sparked concerns over whether the new cost of HK$120 (US$15) from the airport to the city centre is too expensive. The Post has looked into the historic changes in fares and alternative options for residents and tourists travelling to and from the airport….
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has proposed raising the Airport Express fares for the first time in eight years, with an average increase of 9.4 per cent. The company submitted its fare adjustment proposal to the Legislative Council on Tuesday, in which a single journey ticket for adults using an Octopus card would…