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With ample supply of land, the administration is able to adjust its timely release according to market sentiment, says Paul Chan. Inset: Leung Chun-ying. SING TAO Previous Next Themis Qi Hong Kong will keep increasing its land supply to build up its land bank despite the […]
The Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground will be open to the public at 3pm, well ahead of the trial match at 4.30pm. SING TAO Previous Next Stacy Shi Around 1,000 spectators are expected at the first trial football match at Kai Tak Youth Sports […]
Michael Shum The Airport Authority plans to raise its investment to HK$100 billion to more than double the scale of Airport City and promote high-end commercial, tourist and leisure activities. The authority also plans to roll out new projects, including a fresh food market, an ecosystem for the art industry, a second phase of AsiaWorld-Expo […]
Marcus Lum Dinosaur fossils have been discovered for the first time in Hong Kong, with Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho saying the find “is of great significance.” The Development Bureau in a news briefing yesterday announced that the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department located fossils on Port Island – a small outlying island located […]
Fatima Rumjahn’s sentencing has been adjourned until after a separate trial of the parents who had allegedly offered bribes. Eunice Lam A former administrator at an English Schools Foundation kindergarten yesterday pleaded guilty to nine charges of accepting over HK$900,000 in bribes from parents so that their children could be admitted to K1 classes. […]
Hunter Boyce More than half the world’s population is not getting enough of seven crucial nutrients. It’s an issue the World Health Organization said is a major threat, especially for children and pregnant women in low-income countries. Published in the journal the Lancet Global Health, researchers from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, UC […]
Hongkongers should note that tropical storm Trami is expected to be upgraded into a typhoon on Saturday, says the observatory. Henry Siu Tropical storm Trami is forecast to come within 800 kilometers of Hong Kong between late tomorrow and early Friday, when Signal No 1 will likely be issued. ”Depending on the movement of […]
Ayra Wang Taxi drivers are not being forced to speak Arabic but it would help if they learned simple expressions as a gesture of hospitality, says Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung. It comes after Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, in his policy address, proposed to attract more tourists from the Middle East and […]
A woman gets a whiff of what’s to come on November 7 to 9, when the Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair will be held. SING TAO Wallis Wang Reducing the liquor tax will help boost trade in high-end alcoholic beverages, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council says, as more than 600 exhibitors […]
CR Beverage and Horizon Robotics make their debut this week. Sing Tao Bloomberg and staff reporter Asia’s stock markets are gearing up for their busiest week of listings in more than two years with 20 companies raising as much as US$8.3 billion (HK$64.5 billion) including China Resources Beverage locking up HK$130 billion margin financing. […]