The organiser of a trouble-plagued hot-air balloon festival in Hong Kong has finally promised to give customers a full refund and apologised after cancelling the final session of the four-day event and a related concert on Sunday, following visitors’ complaints and disappointment. The Consumer Council said it had received 263 complaints as of 4pm on…
The organiser of a trouble-plagued hot-air balloon festival in Hong Kong has finally promised to give customers a full refund and apologised after cancelling the final session of the four-day event and a related concert on Sunday, following visitors’ complaints and disappointment. The Consumer Council said it had received 263 complaints as of 4pm on…
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This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong readers now get 50% off their first year of subscription until September 21, 2025. Some after-school classes and ferry services have been suspended in Hong Kong after the Observatory issued the No…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong readers now get 50% off their first year of subscription until September 21, 2025. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will issue the No 3 typhoon warning signal between midnight on Saturday and 3am…