Hong Kong is ramping up efforts to develop driverless vehicle services by launching a trial at Cyberport and expanding an initiative at the West Kowloon arts hub following road tests in other areas. The Transport Department said on Thursday that mainland Chinese tech giant Baidu was also interested in applying to test autonomous vehicles in…
The average waiting time for a Hong Kong public rental flat increased slightly to 5.4 years in the second quarter of 2025 from 5.3 years in the first three months of the year despite a significant drop in the number of applications, according to the Housing Authority. The authority, the city’s largest public housing provider,…
Hong Kong’s rail giant the MTR Corporation has suspended foundation works for the overhead cable at its Oyster Bay station project on Lantau Island due to signs of “upheaving”. The government said on Thursday that movement was recorded at the site two days earlier, prompting staff from the Buildings Department and the Electrical and Mechanical…
The launch of a scheme allowing Guangdong residents to drive their own vehicles to Hong Kong has been delayed until December, as mainland Chinese authorities are still ironing out arrangements for the policy, the Post has learned. The “Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles” scheme, which has been the subject of discussion for several years, was…
Autonomous driving still has more doubters than backers in Hong Kong, but the city is now taking steps that could get more people on board with the technology. Trial runs set for the next five months are worth supporting to develop driverless services. After allowing passenger trials on routes within the airport island, the government…
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has urged rail passengers to plan ahead on Saturday as late-night travel along some parts of the Tung Chung line will finish early to allow for works connecting the track to a new station. The rail giant said on Wednesday that the second of four turnouts would be installed overnight on…
Some of the commercial sites of the Northern Metropolis could be rezoned for residential and other purposes according to the changing market situation, to give the megaproject more flexibility, Hong Kong’s financial chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po made the remarks on Sunday, two days after Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho said…
The Hong Kong government will offer eight small residential sites to developers in the coming financial year, aiming to provide about 4,450 private flats under the land sale programme. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho said on Friday that the programme for the 2025-26 financial year would cover five new sites in districts with developed…