As the Star Voyager cruise ship departs Hong Kong and I look out at a sweeping vista of Victoria Harbour, I reflect on how the voyage I am about to embark on marks a special comeback for the ship’s operator, Star Cruises. Over the next four days, we sail eastward to Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s largest port…
Star Cruises will launch its home-port deployment of ships in Hong Kong from June to mid-November, with the firm’s relaunch in Asia coming three years after declaring bankruptcy. The three-decade-old cruise operator announced on Tuesday that its about 1,800-passenger Star Voyager liner was set to commence deployment from Hong Kong as its home base on…
Authorities in mainland China have returned a Taiwanese fishing boat and released its captain, more than four months after they were seized near Quemoy islands. The Da Jin Man 88 and its captain, surnamed Hong, were repatriated on Friday, according to media reports in Taiwan. Hong and four other crewmen were detained when their vessel…