China’s military is rapidly deploying cutting-edge AI-powered drones that are low-cost and agile on the battlefield, as it races to gain an edge in the modern warfare technology. One of the latest – a micro drone that looks like a thermal flask and weighs less than a kilogram – was featured on state broadcaster CCTV…
Crowds have thronged Hong Kong’s border crossings as hundreds of thousands of residents seeking good food and affordable activities queued up to leave the city on the first day of the Easter holiday. More than 254,000 people had left the city as of 10am on Friday, about 241,000 of whom were residents. To cope with…
Crowds have thronged Hong Kong’s various border crossings as hundreds of thousands of residents looking for good food and affordable holiday activities queued up to leave the city on the first day of the Easter weekend. As of 10am, over 254,000 people had left Hong Kong, with around 241,000 being local residents. To cope with…
Hong Kong is expanding transport services, including introducing two new cross-border buses, to prepare for a series of highly anticipated concerts by British rock band Coldplay later this week. Transport authorities said on Sunday that the two cross-border buses would launch on Tuesday. The band will perform at Kai Tak Stadium starting from the same…
More than 430,000 Hongkongers streamed through border checkpoints on Sunday as they returned home on the final day of the Ching Ming Festival long weekend. According to the Immigration Department, over 550,000 people had entered Hong Kong through various crossings as of 9pm, with more than 430,000 being residents. Outbound travellers totalled over 370,000. As…
Hong Kong is expanding transport services, including introducing two new cross-border buses, to prepare for a series of highly anticipated concerts by British rock band Coldplay later this week. Transport authorities said on Sunday that the two cross-border buses would launch on Tuesday. The band will perform at Kai Tak Stadium starting from the same…
A Hong Kong actress’s daughter who attends two kindergartens, eats, naps, and uses the toilet in her car has earned her mother the label “monster parent”. Li Tianzong, 37, also known online as Lena, was born in Hong Kong to a mother who is a renowned pipa player. The former Miss Hong Kong contestant has…
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has launched a one-stop website that consolidates property data from 11 Greater Bay Area cities to provide buyers and renters with timely and accurate information, following hundreds of real estate deal complaints. The Consumer Council announced on Wednesday a new guide on its website for residential property in the bay area,…
Dozens of mainland Chinese are offering tour guide services in Hong Kong but many of them are believed to be unlicensed or potentially breaching their conditions of stay, fuelling calls for authorities to crack down on the illegal activity. The trend is under the spotlight after the Immigration Department said it had arrested eight mainlanders…
The driver behind a deadly car attack in China’s southern city of Zhuhai in November was executed on Monday, state news agency Xinhua reported. Fan Weiqiu, 62, was convicted of deliberately driving his SUV into a group of people exercising outside a sports centre in Zhuhai on November 11. The attack killed 35 people and…