Hong Kong is poised to play an invaluable role in sustainable development by capitalising on its strengths in green finance given mainland China’s status as a leader in advanced green technologies, a top American economist has said. Jeffrey Sachs, an economics professor and director of the Centre for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, also said…
The UK government prepared a secret contingency plan dubbed “the Armageddon scenario” in the lead-up to the 1997 handover for the evacuation of millions of Hong Kong residents who might have wanted to flee the city, according to newly unsealed documents. The British national archive documents date back to 1989 in the period immediately preceding…
Home » TRAVEL NEWS » Now, Philippines Along With Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam, Hit by Tropical Storm Wipha, Flight Disruptions: Here’s What You Need to Know Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Tropical Storm Wipha continues to affect large areas of Southeast Asia, resulting in significant travel disruptions and closures across a number of countries,…
KGI Financial Holding opened its first overseas bank branch in Hong Kong to grow its cross-border business just as the city is making a big push to become a hub for wealth management and global family offices. The Taipei-based financial institution opened its KGI Bank outlet at Three Pacific Place in Admiralty, it said in…
Home » TRAVEL ALERT » Typhoon Wipha Impacts China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Philippines: New Updates on Travel Disruption Monday, July 21, 2025 Typhoon Wipha makes large hits to Hong Kong, Southern China, Viet Nam, Taiwan and PHL leading to major travel woes and bad weather. The intense storm, officially named Typhoon Wipha, originated…
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China have been evacuated and flights and trains cancelled as a result of Typhoon Wipha. The China Meteorological Administration issued an orange typhoon warning, the second highest level in the four-tier system, on Sunday, expecting Wipha to make landfall between Zhuhai and Zhanjiang in Guangdong province on Sunday…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong is experiencing its first No 10 hurricane signal in two years with Typhoon Wipha expected to skirt the city at…
A tropical storm that prompted flight and ferry cancellations in Taiwan is forecast to reach typhoon strength before hitting the southern China coast on Sunday. The storm earlier crossed the Philippines, where a parked truck was crushed by a billboard-like structure that was toppled by high winds in Quezon City, north of Manila. Wipha had…
BEIJING (AP) — A tropical storm that prompted flight and ferry cancellations in Taiwan is forecast to reach typhoon strength before hitting the southern China coast on Sunday. The storm earlier crossed the Philippines, where a parked truck was crushed by a billboard-like structure that was toppled by high winds in Quezon City, north of…
In an escalating display of military might and maritime ambition, China for the first time deployed two aircraft carriers—the Liaoning and the Shandong—in extensive, coordinated drills well beyond its coastal waters. The rare show of synchronized naval power sent shockwaves through Japan and the United States, heightening tensions in a region already teetering under geopolitical…