THE RECENT EXPANSION of the 144-hour visa-free transit policy in Mainland China has caused the number of foreigners visiting our country to surge in the first six months of this year.
Currently, foreign travellers from 54 countries are eligible for short-term travelling in the country under the visa-free transit policy. The list includes the US,…
VIVIAN KONG MAN-WAI (江旻憓) tore her torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in 2017 during a practice and then the one in her right knee in 2019. The damage was so bad, she had to undergo surgery.
Although Kong was only in her 20s, her mother asked her to take early retirement as…
Hong Kong is set to draw on its strength in financial services and the full range of professional services to tap into the world’s largest trading bloc Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the majority of the members of the RCEP have responded warmly to Hong Kong’s application to join…
A Gold Pen Award (金筆獎) presentation ceremony has been held to honour students from Hong Kong and the Mainland to foster the spirits of traditional Chinese virtues and values.
The 2024 Gold Pen Award on penmanship for primary and secondary students on virtues of filial piety and fraternal care was jointly organised by Hong Kong…
CLIMATE ADVOCATE NATALIE CHUNG called for Hong Kong to prepare for more climate challenges and map out a resilient response.
Global warming is one of the most challenging issues that Hong Kong and the world are facing and it requires collective efforts by the government and various sectors to resolve it, she said.
Last year,…
THE POPULAR GAME known in China as Weiqi and internationally as Go is the world's oldest known board game that has been continually played. Legend tracks it back more than four thousand years. If we stick to solid historical evidence, we can see that it was played a still impressive 2,500 years ago.
But…
A GREAT CUP OF coffee is a simple pleasure for millions of people today. In China’s Yunnan province, a small village has produced delicate scents of coffee beans which are widely sold in the country and exported to overseas markets.
Xinzhai village (新寨村) located on the Gaoligong Mountain (高黎貢山) in Yunnan’s Baoshan city (保山市) has…
HONG KONG'S TEMPLE STREET (廟街) market is buzzing again. This long, winding string of stalls, which actually crosses multiple streets, has been a popular shopping and eating spot for locals and tourists alike - and its long history means that it caters well for the nostalgic.
More than just a bustling street bazaar, the stalls,…
PUTTING A PROPORTION of your earnings into savings is normally considered a good thing. But it's bad news when government economists need that cash in circulation to keep the economy moving.
That's the challenge for Beijing. Chinese people put more of their money into savings than people anywhere else on the planet.
Even though…
HONG KONG'S TOURISM development has been accelerating with a rising number of Mainland visitors' arrivals in recent months.
In the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held in Beijing, Hong Kong delegates called for the Central Government to further expand the Individual Travel Scheme to…