Insurance may not be on the itinerary of all travellers, but those who do apply for coverage understandably expect greater peace of mind for their money. Therefore, it was worrying to learn that most plans sold in Hong Kong provided fewer benefits to older and younger travellers, even though they paid about the same as…
Hong Kong is expected to start banning flavoured smoking products, starting with non-menthol ones, from next year at the earliest, the Post has learned. A source said on Tuesday that the government would submit an amendment bill to the legislature towards the end of the month. Authorities would also propose banning smoking within three metres…
A 41-year-old man has been jailed for six months for carrying 41,400 undeclared cigarettes with an estimated market value of HK$186,000 (US$23,940) into Hong Kong. A spokesman for the Customs and Excise Department said on Sunday the passenger was intercepted by its officers at the airport on Friday. A search of his baggage uncovered about…
Some Japanese tour agencies and hotels are elevating holiday travel by offering a snow-shovelling experience as a unique tourist attraction for overseas visitors. During the week-long Spring Festival holiday in January and February, mainland China recorded 7.7 million entry-exit trips. Japan emerged as one of the top international destinations for Chinese tourists, with tourism orders…
A 22-year-old air passenger from Bangkok has been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of bringing in 8kg (17.6lbs) of the key component of the emerging drug known as “space oil”, worth an estimated HK$8.4 million (US$1.07 million). The case was reported on Thursday, a day before etomidate will be classified as a dangerous drug….
A 22-year-old air passenger from Bangkok has been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of bringing in 8kg (17.6lbs) of the key component of the emerging drug known as “space oil”, worth an estimated HK$8.4 million (US$1.07 million). The case was reported on Thursday, a day before etomidate will be classified as a dangerous drug….
Hong Kong authorities have predicted more than 7.3 million trips will be made across the city’s land checkpoints with mainland China during the Lunar New Year period, with the Lo Wu control point expected to be the busiest. A government spokesman said on Friday that between January 28 and February 4, 7.34 million travellers, including…
Knowledge and ideas circulate freely at international conferences — but so do germs carried from abroad on mobile phones. That’s according to a new study led by Bond University and published in Infection, Disease & Health, which saw researchers swab 20 mobile phones from local and international attendees at the World Organization of Family Doctors…
Hong Kong police recorded a 164 per cent rise in the number of thefts on flights into the city in the first eight months of the year, with one case involving a passenger losing a watch valued at HK$4.16 million (US$535,320). Passengers reported 132 cases of items being stolen on board passenger jets between January…
Hong Kong employees this year received the smallest pay rise since the latter stages of the pandemic at 3.2 per cent, but they could expect better packages and employment opportunities next year, a human resources professionals representative said on Thursday. The Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management revealed that employees in the city enjoyed…