The director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong made his first visit to the community on Sunday, two days after he took up the role, saying his appointment came with heavy responsibilities but reflected the trust Chinese President Xi Jinping placed in him. Zhou Ji, the executive deputy director of the Hong Kong and…
The director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong made his first visit to the community on Sunday, two days after he took up the role, saying his appointment came with heavy responsibilities but reflected the trust Chinese President Xi Jinping placed in him. Zhou Ji, the executive deputy director of the Hong Kong and…
Hong Kong has recorded a 2.3 per cent increase against last year in the number of mainland Chinese tourists arriving on the first day of the Tuen Ng Festival holiday, as some opted to avoid crowds across the border and instead experience the city’s festive vibe. Data published by the Immigration Department on Sunday showed…
Several Hong Kong students from a group of 120 attending an exchange tour to Zhaoqing in mainland China have developed gastroenteritis symptoms, with their school becoming the 10th to report similar health issues this month. Po Leung Kuk Lo Kit Sing (1983) College said on Saturday that some students and teachers had started vomiting and…
Several Hong Kong students from a group of 120 attending an exchange tour to Zhaoqing in mainland China have developed gastroenteritis symptoms, with their school becoming the 10th to report similar health issues this month. Po Leung Kuk Lo Kit Sing (1983) College said on Saturday that some students and teachers had started vomiting and…
Hong Kong has awarded Singapore’s Mapletree Investments a 50-year land grant to a parcel of land in the New Territories for about HK$3.68 billion (US$473 million), according to the Lands Department on Tuesday. Mapletree’s unit Titanium 2 was the sole bidder for the 44,318-square-metre (477,000 sq ft) logistics site in Tsing Yi following a tender…
A former primary school principal has been jailed for six months in Hong Kong for scamming the institution out of HK$270,000 (US$34,715) by lying about missing salary payments and withdrawing funds without authorisation. Chen Yi-hsin, former head of the Yan Chai Hospital Chiu Tsang Hok Wan Primary School in Tsing Yi, pleaded guilty to four…
Hong Kong police have arrested three more suspects over a fatal knife attack in Yuen Long earlier this week, which left one man dead and another injured, bringing the total taken into custody to nine. The force said on Saturday it arrested two 22-year-old men on suspicion of murder and wounding, and a 20-year-old woman…
Hong Kong police have arrested three more suspects over a fatal knife attack in Yuen Long earlier this week, which left one man dead and another injured, bringing the total taken into custody to nine. The force said on Saturday it arrested two 22-year-old men on suspicion of murder and wounding, and a 20-year-old woman…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized about 53 million suspected black market cigarettes worth an estimated HK$240 million (US$30.9 million) in two large-scale operations targeting goods being smuggled in by sea in the past few days. A captain and six crew members aged between 28 and 51 were arrested in connection with one of the…