Hong Kong’s annual Food Expo and four other events have attracted 50 more new exhibitors this year, including vendors from Brazil, Mongolia and Zimbabwe, and will offer products at prices as low as HK$35 (US$4.46) to celebrate its 35th anniversary. The Trade Development Council, the organiser of the events, said on Wednesday that about 1,890…
Hong Kong’s Pok Fu Lam neighbourhood was hit by heavy downpours in the early hours of Tuesday, with rainwater flooding a major thoroughfare and a public hospital, once forcing it to divert patients to other institutions. The Hospital Authority said on Tuesday the severe flooding on some roads within the Queen Mary Hospital compound had…
Hong Kong police are investigating the discovery of a headless, dismembered body in the city’s upscale Mid-Levels neighbourhood during a severe rainstorm. The force said that it received a report at 7.05am on Tuesday from a passerby who claimed to have spotted a “human-shaped object” near 45 Kennedy Road. The body, found under a tree,…
Free literature-themed guided tours of Hong Kong’s Wan Chai have opened for registration, offering 90 spots in August for participants to explore the district’s historic buildings and hidden gems through the eyes of local writers. Co-hosted by the Urban Renewal Authority (URA), the Museum of Hong Kong Literature and the Salvation Army in Hong Kong,…
Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong have queued for Chiikawa toys that come with McDonald’s Happy Meals as part of a promotional tie-up between the fast food chain and an exhibition featuring the famous Japanese manga. Some 20,000 customers were in line on the McDonald’s reservation website at certain points on Monday after…
Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong have queued for Chiikawa toys that come with McDonald’s Happy Meals as part of a promotional tie-up between the fast food chain and an exhibition featuring the famous Japanese manga. Some 20,000 customers were in line on the McDonald’s reservation website at certain points on Monday after…
Cosplayers dressed as characters such as Dr Mario, Pikachu and Hokusai were among the thousands undeterred by the summer heat who joined an outdoor queue before streaming into Hong Kong’s annual comics and games fair on Saturday. A snaking queue formed beyond the Convention and Exhibition Centre across the street on a footbridge into Central…
While the hurricane-force winds and torrential rains of Typhoon Wipha battered Hong Kong on Sunday, some continued to work, and many restaurants remained open, supported by limited rail services. Among the restaurants that operated as usual was Chung Kee congee shop in Whampoa, as the operator said it did not expect the typhoon would escalate…
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Bowtie Life Insurance, the city’s first virtual insurer, on Friday said it raised US$70 million in its third funding round from existing shareholder Sun Life, its largest such effort since its establishment in 2018. “The stock market rally in Hong Kong this year has improved market sentiment, paving the way for many start-ups and companies…