Home » ASIA » Hong Kong Eases Cross Border Travel Restrictions for Drivers Heading to Mainland China and Macao Starting October 2025 Published on October 4, 2025 Significant upgrades to Hong Kong’s cross-border travel system will begin in mid-October 2025, enabling drivers to travel more freely without requiring special permits to access restricted roads. Over…
Some Hong Kong taxi drivers have said they have no choice but to swallow a 100 per cent increase in metered parking fees from HK$8 (US$1) to HK$16 per hour that took effect on Sunday, adding that they will need to work harder to offset the higher charge. The doubling of fees applies to all…
Three key government departments have been picked to test the use of AI to improve efficiency without incurring additional costs, Hong Kong’s innovation chief has said, urging the public not to equate its usage with job cuts. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong revealed on Saturday that the Companies Registry, the Transport Department…
A “highly dangerous” wartime bomb discovered in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay on Friday was successfully disposed of after a nine-hour effort at around noon on Saturday. The defusing process, which started at 2am after evacuating some 6,000 residents from 18 buildings near the Pan Hoi Street construction site where the bomb was found, took longer…
A “highly dangerous” wartime bomb discovered in Quarry Bay on Friday is expected to be cleared by 2pm on Saturday, the Post has learned. A source familiar with the matter told the Post that officers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau said the defusing process was still ongoing at 8.42am on Saturday. “The bomb’s shell…
A written test for Hong Kong’s aspiring taxi drivers will be made easier from November, with the number of questions related to prominent locations and route identification “substantially” reduced and simplified, transport authorities have said. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Tuesday she believed that the changes would allow the test to…
Hong Kong authorities have proposed a legislative framework to regulate ride-hailing services. The proposed law aims to give the public safer, legal and more diverse travel choices while allowing fair competition and the orderly development of point-to-point transport services, according to officials. The legal framework was worked out amid mounting calls for legalising ride-hailing services,…
“We have already set a footprint in Guangzhou and we are eyeing Hong Kong,” chief financial officer Leo Wang said at a media event in the city on Tuesday. He said Pony.ai needed to work with local authorities and partners to explore the best way forward. On working with the city’s Transport Department, Wang said…
“We have already set a footprint in Guangzhou and we are eyeing Hong Kong,” chief financial officer Leo Wang said at a media event in the city on Tuesday. He said Pony.ai needed to work with local authorities and partners to explore the best way forward. On working with the city’s Transport Department, Wang said…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 53-year-old man for allegedly providing his information to a fraud syndicate to create a rented ride-hailing account and are searching for three other suspects, following a passenger’s complaint about a driver without a Hong Kong ID card. Police Superintendent Li Muk-yik, who called the syndicate’s behaviour “extremely despicable”, said…