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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Denise Tsang |Jiang Chuqin
The launch of a scheme allowing Guangdong residents to drive their own vehicles to Hong Kong has been delayed until December, as mainland Chinese authorities are still ironing out arrangements for the policy, the Post has learned. The “Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles” scheme, which has been the subject of discussion for several years, was originally expected to start at the end of 2024 or early this year.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Ng Kang-chung |Jiang Chuqin
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has said the city will proceed with filing a complaint about US punitive tariffs to the World Trade Organization (WTO) despite the truce between Washington and Beijing. The city’s business sector is also gearing up to take advantage of the 90-day tariff suspension window to front-load their shipments and productions, as economists see the temporary deal more as an effort to buy time ahead of the resumption of the trade war.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Jiang Chuqin |Jeffie Lam
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has pledged to upgrade its internet capacity after scores of travellers, many of whom were mainland Chinese, were stuck at a border station struggling to generate their QR code tickets with an overloaded network during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Connor Mycroft |Jiang Chuqin |Willa Wu
Beijing’s new counter-tariffs on certain US goods are expected to have a limited impact on the prices of American products in Hong Kong, economists have said, but one industry head has warned that local business could still suffer from weaker investment sentiment as the trade war erupted between the superpowers.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Connor Mycroft |Jiang Chuqin |Willa Wu
Beijing’s new counter-tariffs on certain US goods are expected to have a limited impact on the prices of American products in Hong Kong, economists have said, but one industry head has warned that local business could still suffer from weaker investment sentiment as the trade war erupted between the superpowers.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Cannix Yau |Jiang Chuqin
The director of Hong Kong blockbuster Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In has said he wants to see more of the city’s films benefit from the buzz being generated in Japan around his action epic. Soi Cheang Pou-soi voiced his hopes after the film, set in the infamous Kowloon Walled City, earned 100 million yen (US$656,980) three weeks into its release in Japan, making it the highest-grossing Hong Kong movie in the country in five years.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Jiang Chuqin |Danny Mok
A major marathon in Hong Kong was embroiled in controversy on Sunday after the organiser disqualified four mainland Chinese runners for wearing bibs that failed to match their identities. The incident during the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon has sparked concerns about how to ensure runners wear the right bibs, with the organiser conducting an investigation to determine what happened. The Post looks into bib management in major races and how cheating can be prevented. 1.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Jiang Chuqin
Switching to metal scaffolding will not prevent construction accidents in Hong Kong, industry groups have said, adding that replacing a century-old bamboo craft will threaten 4,000 jobs. The warning from bamboo scaffolding industry representatives on Friday followed an incident at a construction site in Kai Tak that left 11 workers injured and resulted in an industrial accident victims group calling for a switch to metal scaffolding.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Jiang Chuqin
Terminally ill elderly patients using end-of-life care services that also cater to their spiritual needs have more stable health conditions during the final stages of their lives, a study by the University of Hong Kong has found.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Jiang Chuqin
About 30 per cent of young mainland Chinese expats in Hong Kong have said that more government regulations are affecting their daily lives, with some lawmakers warning such controls might dampen the city’s appeal and drive out talent. The figure came from a survey organised by lawmakers Gary Zhang Xinyu and Johnny Ng Kit-chong, who collaborated with the Youth Expats Association to poll 800 mainland students and workers from December 16 to 29.
