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…
The announcement on Monday included confirmation of the attacker’s motivation when his white SUV rammed into the group outside a primary school injuring 30, including 18 children, just after 7.30am on November 19. The speed of the judgment was notably rare and comes amid rising public safety concerns after a spate of violent episodes in…
Rafting and hot springs are some of the activities Hong Kong residents indulge in when they travel to Greater Bay Area cities on the mainland, according to a survey. More than 30 per cent of Hongkongers who have been to the mainland at least three times in the past 12 months have tried rafting, 26…
China is about to open the latest addition to a growing network of mega transport links in the Greater Bay Area in the southern economic powerhouse of Guangdong province. The Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage – a 31km (19 mile) crossing connecting the cities of Zhuhai and Jiangmen in the Pearl River Delta – is scheduled to…
Government and public security heads in Zhuhai, southern China, have been replaced, as part of a sidelining of officials deemed responsible for last month’s car attack that killed at least 35 people and shocked the nation. The city’s mayor Huang Zhihao and Xie Rensi, director of the public security bureau, resigned on Sunday, according to…
Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, China’s biggest annual celebration, falls on January 29 this time. Chen urged stronger security measures at key venues and for major events as he toured central Hubei province last week, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday. He also called for increased street patrols to “bolster the public’s sense…