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Jan 21, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Willa Wu |Oscar Liu
Hong Kong’s transport minister has expressed deep concerns over Greater Bay Airlines’ flight cancellations, with the carrier attributing the operational woes to delays in the delivery of newly ordered aircraft and the need to conduct inspections on existing planes.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | Oscar Liu
Shenzhen residents have made 1.04 million trips to Hong Kong since the resumption of a multi-entry visa scheme last month, marking a 22.3 per cent year-on-year increase, according to mainland Chinese authorities. Lu Ning, spokeswoman for the National Immigration Administration, also said on Tuesday that authorities had issued 299,000 multi-entry permits to Hong Kong since December 1.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Oscar Liu |William Yiu
Health authorities have piled pressure on more than 160 schools by publicly naming them for refusing to arrange on-campus influenza vaccinations for pupils, as they warned that Hong Kong has entered the flu season. Among those named by the Department of Health on Thursday were 11 of the 22 international schools operated by the English Schools Foundation (ESF), and a raft of private and subsidised elite institutions.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Oscar Liu
About 50 family members and friends held a roadside memorial in Hong Kong to mourn a motorcyclist, who died last week in a crash after an off-duty customs officer tried to stop him from allegedly fleeing from police. The memorial on Wednesday was held with Taoist rituals in Kowloon Bay as mourners brought along multiple bouquets of fresh flowers and offerings, including a McDonald’s meal, barbecue pork rice, oranges and a bottle of oolong tea for the 27-year-old deceased.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Oscar Liu
A Hong Kong green group has raised concerns over the excessive use of disposable items at the soon-to-be-opened Kai Tak Sports Park, a day after a tournament banned spectators from bringing in water bottles despite the availability of multiple on-site water dispensers.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Oscar Liu
Man with history of medical problems collapses in Sha Tin and falls onto woman behind him, with pair both rushed to hospitalPublished: 5:32pm, 5 Jan 2025A 36-year-old man has died after he collapsed on an escalator outside a Hong Kong wet market, injuring a woman as he fell backwards. Police said they received a report from the man’s mother, who was accompanying him as he rode an escalator connecting Sha Kok Market and Sha Kok Commercial Centre in Sha Tin before he fainted and fell on Sunday.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Oscar Liu
Police received report at 10.36am from two hikers who stumbled upon man lying next to a tent on the Biu Tsim Kok trailPublished: 5:54pm, 26 Dec 2024A 61-year-old man has died after emergency responders found him unresponsive along a hiking trail in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung. Police received a report at 10.36am on Thursday from two hikers, who found the man lying unconscious next to a tent on the Biu Tsim Kok trail, while hiking from the High Island Reservoir East Dam to Long Ke Wan.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Oscar Liu
Hong Kong’s retail, and food and drink industries experienced a rocky year in 2024 as several chains went out of business. But analysts said they were optimistic about the market outlook in 2025, expecting lower rents and increased consumption prompted by a multi-entry visa scheme for Shenzhen residents.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Cannix Yau |Oscar Liu
Hong Kong’s beleaguered catering industry may enjoy a bumper Christmas as many restaurants are fully booked and a 10 per cent year-on-year rise in business is expected over the holiday, thanks to a revived multiple-entry visa scheme for Shenzhen residents. Industry leaders said Hong Kong’s retail scene had been gaining momentum since the scheme, which allows Shenzhen residents to make an unlimited number of visits to the city within a year, resumed on December 1.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Oscar Liu |Fan Chen
Hong Kong travellers heading to and from Britain are bracing for potential disruptions because of bad weather in parts of the country, with scores of flights cancelled at London’s Heathrow airport. Heathrow said that about 100 flights had been axed on Sunday, 80 of which were operated by British Airways, because of persistently strong winds. The adverse weather has led to disruptions across the United Kingdom as millions of people travel ahead of Christmas.
