With Hong Kong leader John Lee set to deliver his annual policy address on September 17, the Post examines key topics the chief executive is expected to focus on, including a mega infrastructure project near the border, new economic drivers and livelihood issues. In the first of a seven-part series, Vivian Au finds out how…
A huge farm in northern Hong Kong was submerged in around three hours during Typhoon Wipha, causing about 70,000 sunflowers to wilt and leaving a 73-year-old farmer with six-figure losses. Leung Yat-Shun, a farmer at Shun Sum Yuen in San Tin, said he and three colleagues had grown tens of thousands of sunflowers to shoulder…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized about 9kg (19.8lbs) of suspected narcotics with an estimated market value of HK$8.8 million (US$1.12 million) and arrested a man on suspicion of drug trafficking. The operation took place in San Tin, near Yuen Long in the New Territories, on Friday night. Officers intercepted a man acting suspiciously and…
The construction of a major section of a highway linking areas in Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis may directly encroach on wetlands and affect valuable wild species, a preliminary government-commissioned study brief has found. The Highways Department’s study brief on the San Tin section of the Northern Metropolis Highway also said fish ponds might need to…
Henderson Land Development, New World Development and Sino Land are among 22 Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies that have expressed interest in a pilot scheme to develop large land parcels in the Northern Metropolis after a Beijing official urged the business sector to get involved. The Development Bureau said on Monday that it had…
The Hong Kong government will consult developers and make any necessary changes to its pilot scheme for developing large land parcels in the Northern Metropolis to better leverage market forces for the construction of the megaproject near the mainland China border. The Development Bureau announced details of plots earmarked for the land-disposal pilot scheme on…
The Hong Kong government will consult developers and make any necessary changes to its pilot scheme for developing large land parcels in the Northern Metropolis to better leverage market forces for the construction of the megaproject near the mainland China border. The Development Bureau announced details of plots earmarked for the land-disposal pilot scheme on…