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An upcoming second branch of Luckin Coffee has been spotted at Metro City Plaza Central in Tseung Kwan O after its first location in Tsim Sha Tsui’s Mira Place shopping mall sparked a frenzy of online chatter, with the largest mainland coffee chain seemingly showing confidence in expanding its services to Hong Kong. […]
BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a ship for export at Taicang Port in Suzhou. AFP Cici Cao and agencies The European Union has decided to increase tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles to as much as 45.3 percent at the end of its highest-profile trade investigation that has divided Europe and prompted […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday cleared the air on reports making the rounds that it has distanced itself from an earlier advisory provided to the Nigerian government on petrol subsidy removal and reform of the foreign exchange market. The Washington-based institution said that it stands by its advice to Nigeria to remove petrol […]
PETALING JAYA: The prices of RON97, RON95 and diesel will remain the same for one week beginning tomorrow, the finance ministry announced today. The price of RON97 will stay at RM3.19 per litre and RON95 at RM2.05 per litre. In Peninsular Malaysia, diesel will continue to be sold at RM2.95 per litre while it will […]
Hong Kong actor Tony Leung (3rd from L) speaks at the Tokyo International Film Festival’s opening ceremony in the Japanese capital on Oct. 28, 2024, as he serves as the president of international competition jury at the festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Japan’s […]
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji, on Tuesday, presented before the State House of Assembly a sum of N375.7 billion as the proposed budget estimates for the 2025 fiscal year. Mr Oyebanji, while presenting the 2025 budget, tagged: “Budget of Sustainable Impact” at the assembly complex, explained that the appropriation bill, when passed, would help his […]
Cici Cao The government must have control over land arrangements to ensure supply, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu says in response to an “overcorrection” warning issued by former leader Leung Chun-ying, as home prices hit an eight-year low last month. Lee said the lack of land creation at the start of the century failed to […]
Wallis Wang The mainland’s largest coffee chain Luckin will open its first branch in Hong Kong – right next to a shop belonging to its main rival Starbucks. Xiaohongshu users discovered that the Luckin Coffee branch have begun renovations in Mira Place, Tsim Sha Tsui, with boards saying “A Lucky… Source link
Staff reporter Over 70 percent of Hongkongers agreed that this year’s policy address will boost the city’s economy, while another 60 percent are satisfied with it, revealed a survey conducted by Sing Tao Daily, The Standard’s sister paper. The online survey, aimed at garnering public views on the policy address delivered by Chief Executive John […]
Yesterday, two party leaders questioned why certain quarters were only making a fuss about the Chinese flags being waved when the flags of other nations were also displayed. (X pic) PETALING JAYA: Police have opened an investigation into the waving of foreign flags at another international cultural event in Sentosa, Johor Bahru, recently. Johor Bahru […]