Aviation regulator orders Cathay to submit a report on tail strike involving Airbus A330 flight from Tokyo’s Narita airport
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28 killed in factory blaze in the heart of Chinese shoe manufacturing hub
Twenty-eight people died following a massive fire in a shoe factory in China’s eastern Fujian province, on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered an all-out effort to rescue and treat the victims, and investigate.
The blaze was reported at 12.04pm at the Huiteng Shoes factory on Kaituo Road East in the village of Jiangtou in Chendai township, Jinjiang.
Fire authorities in the city of Quanzhou sent emergency crews, including 183 firefighters and 35
Regulator outlines review after Cathay flight intercepted by Nato jets
Civil Aviation Department says preliminary information indicates flight adhered to its authorised routing throughout journey
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Hong Kong’s aviation regulator has ordered Cathay Pacific Airways to conduct a comprehensive review of an incident involving a London-bound passenger flight that was intercepted by Nato fighter jets after temporarily losing contact with air traffic controllers over Romanian airspace last week.
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Pak Shek Kok station on East Rail line scheduled to open as early as 2033
The much-delayed Pak Shek Kok station on the East Rail line is scheduled to open as early as 2033 after Hong Kong authorities revealed plans to require the MTR Corporation to build the project to boost connectivity for a tech hub.
The Development Bureau said on Thursday that the project would be financed by allowing the rail giant to build and sell private flats near the new station.
The original plan called for a combination of private and public
How Europe’s rush for Chinese air conditioners exposes the gap in Brussels’ trade policy
A heatwave is driving unprecedented demand for Chinese air conditioners in Europe, just as Brussels seeks to narrow its record trade deficit with China through new restrictions.
Observers said this exposed a glaring contradiction between public demand and political rhetoric, adding that the European Union was shifting blame for the trade deficit instead of addressing its own structural shortcomings.
The record-breaking heatwave has disrupted transit infrastructure
Parent company of Hong Kong IVF clinic says sorry for embryo specimen mix-up
The parent group of a Hong Kong fertility clinic involved in a rare mix-up of embryo biopsy specimens has apologised for the incident, pledging to cooperate with the authorities’ investigation and provide support to affected patients.
New Frontier Group, the parent company of Heal Fertility in Central, broke its silence two days after the in vitro fertilisation (IVF) saga came to light
How AI could help Hong Kong taxi drivers find customers on the streets
Hong Kong taxi drivers will be able to identify streets with high rider demand using a big data prediction model powered by artificial intelligence (AI) as soon as mid-2027, according to a cab payment start-up and a university that developed the system.
The StreetSights system is the result of a collaboration between Dash and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which said on Thursday that their interim research results were up to 90 per cent accurate in forecasting demand and supply.
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China aims to revive physical stores, make them ‘immersive’, as shield against e-commerce
With retail sales growth cooling in May to the slowest pace since December 2022 and persistent weakness in big-ticket items extending through last month, Beijing has stepped in to reinvigorate bricks-and-mortar operators facing intense price competition from e-commerce platforms.
The Ministry of Commerce, together with eight other relevant authorities, on Thursday released guidelines to accelerate the innovative development of the retail sector. The document charts out a path for differentiated competition between online and offline retailers, featuring plans to build a more rational
US-China AI war boils down to a contest over electricity
Dr Andy Xie is a Shanghai-based independent economist specialising in China and Asia, and writes, speaks and consults on global economics and financial markets.
The proliferation of artificial intelligence models and the increasing parity in their performance suggest they are becoming a commodity. Soon, AI services will be priced by cost rather than the uniqueness of their model. With electricity the main cost of the services, the AI war between China and the United States is turning
Authorities investigate suspected fuel leak from cargo plane at Hong Kong airport
Connor Mycroft and Jess Ma
Authorities are investigating a suspected fuel leak from a cargo aircraft at Hong Kong airport that prompted an emergency response from police and firefighters, the South China Morning Post has learned.
A source said the airport control centre alerted police to a fuel leak from a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft operating flight CV531 at around 8.32am