Hong Kong’s third airport runway officially starts operating on Thursday, but there’ll be hardly any additional flight capacity for at least another year. Aircraft movement will grow only up to 4% next summer season — March to October 2025 — according to documents published by the city’s Civil Aviation Department. Source link
Mere minutes after the Associated Press declared the U.S. presidential election for Donald Trump, Singapore’s prime minister, Lawrence Wong, took to the social media platform X to offer his congratulations. “I look forward to taking our partnership to even greater heights,” Wong’s official account posted. “We hope to welcome you back to Singapore soon!” The…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Singapore’s former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The former Singapore leader, who met Xi in March last year in Beijing, is on his first visit to China since he stepped down as prime minister in May. His six-day trip, which finishes on Friday, also includes…
Sydney city skyline, New South Wales, Australia. Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Monday, with investors awaiting a slew of economic data this week including China industrial data and India’s third-quarter GDP numbers. On Monday, Singapore released its inflation figures for October. Its headline inflation rate fell to…
Hong Kong’s Airport Authority is moving ahead with the next phase of a HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) infrastructure expansion to turn the city’s airport into a “landmark” destination as it fuels itself with a “sense of crisis” to beat the competition, its acting CEO has said. In an exclusive interview with the Post ahead of…
On November 9, a parish priest was stabbed with a knife as he presided over mass at a Catholic church in Singapore. While the priest survived, and the attacker was subdued at the scene and subsequently handed over to the police, the vicious act shocked the city state, which is unaccustomed to such high-profile acts…
Zhu Hao, an office worker in his early 20s, recently checked into a hotel in China’s southern city of Shenzhen for a weekend escape with a couple of buddies. Their plan: Play video games until early morning, order in and maybe take a break with a quick massage. “It’s boring to play by myself,” said…
Oil headed for the biggest weekly gain since early October on an escalation of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. Brent traded above $74 a barrel, up more than 4% for the week, and West Texas Intermediate was near $70. The war has rapidly intensified following months of bloody attrition, with Russia launching a ballistic missile…
China has surpassed Germany and Japan in the adoption of industrial robotics, according to the latest report by the International Federation of Robotics, reflecting the country’s efforts in pushing forward the use of automation technologies in manufacturing. China recorded 470 robots per 10,000 employees in 2023, up from 402 units a year earlier. The country…
Property prices in Asia’s major markets are expected to rise over the next year with Hong Kong leading the projected gains, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. Beyond Hong Kong, homes in Singapore, Australia and Japan will all become more expensive in 2025, a reportBloomberg Terminal from BI found. For Hong Kong, the numbers reverse a years-long…