Hong Kong’s short-haul visitor arrivals plunged by 15 per cent in June despite an overall growth in traffic, as higher fuel costs linked to the Middle East conflict reduced flight capacity and weaker regional currencies dampened travel demand, tourism authorities have said.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board said on Thursday that the city received 3.72 million visitors last month, up by 7 per cent from a year earlier, driven largely by a 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million
A policewoman in southern China has fulfilled the filial piety duty of her colleague for his parents for two decades since he died while saving people from drowning.
On September 4, 2006, Deng Wenguo, a police officer at the frontier inspection station in Dongguan, Guangdong province, lost his life when saving people from drowning in a reservoir. He was later recognised as a martyr by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Yangcheng Evening News reported.
Zhu Shuo, Deng’s colleague who got along well
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also reiterated on Thursday that the government would not compile a list of “banned books”, arguing that doing so
China will adjust its export controls on helium in response to changes in domestic and global supply conditions, after temporarily suspending overseas shipments of the gas last week amid a tightening global supply situation.
The Ministry of Commerce said the temporary export ban was in line with the country’s foreign trade laws and World Trade Organization rules.
“China is a major importer of helium,” ministry spokesman He Yadong said, adding that the temporary ban was to “safeguard domestic supply”.
“Going forward, we will adjust our export
A new study has proposed measures to help Singapore businesses seize opportunities from the cross-border link, set to open in 2027
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The air force’s deputy commander has resigned in protest, calling Mykhailo Fedorov’s removal ‘a great evil’ for Ukraine’s defence
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More than a thousand people gathered on a central square in Kyiv, singing the
Two of the four schools in mainland China whose students can take Hong Kong’s university entrance exams as school candidates have said that most of their pupils passed the core subjects, beating the citywide average.
The four schools in the Greater Bay Area are the only institutions on the mainland approved by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority to register their students as candidates for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams. Students pursuing the curriculum elsewhere must register as private candidates.
Chinese electric car giant BYD is building a network of 6,000 charging stations in overseas markets including Europe, as it looks to turbocharge its deliveries with the roll-out of cutting-edge flash-charging technology.
The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker aims to have 3,000 charging stations that support its flash-charging technology in operation across Europe by the end of March 2027, the company told the South China Morning Post in a statement.
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Huang has shown his personable side by dining with business partners at local restaurants during his recent visits to other countries
Rizwan Basir, a sociologist, works as a Senior Technical Specialist at Climate Resourcing and Coordination Center (CRCC) based in Islamabad, Pakistan.