Cantopop star Sammi Cheng Sau-man has expressed shock and disappointment after a stage glitch forced the delay of her highly anticipated concerts in Hong Kong at the eleventh hour.
The three-day event, scheduled for Friday to Sunday at Kai Tak Stadium, is the final stop of Cheng’s Asia Tour. It will be watered down into 1½-hour free appreciation shows at the same venue, times and dates, with ticket holders given the choice to opt for a refund or retain their passes for future dates.
Global institutional investors are pivoting away from basic market entry to scaling up their yuan operations, with offshore hubs such as Hong Kong emerging as the central infrastructure for that shift, a new survey showed.
Hong Kong’s medical watchdog’s guilty verdict against a paediatrician over a case that left a boy permanently disabled more than 16 years ago has shown that its earlier argument for ending the long-delayed probe on fairness grounds was unfounded, observers have said.
Medical sector lawmaker David Lam Tzit-yuen on Monday said it was “clearly extremely unsatisfactory” that the case had taken 16 years to reach a disciplinary hearing, adding that he
Floodwater breached a reservoir in southern China and threatened others, as heavy rain pounded the region, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people in the area.
The Chinese nationals were arrested in May in connection with an alleged online gaming and investment fraud syndicate operating from Batam
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The Chinese nationals had been arrested in May in connection with an alleged online gaming and investment fraud syndicate operating from a flat complex in the holiday island of Batam,
Seventy-four per cent of Primary Six pupils in Hong Kong were allocated their first-choice secondary school through the central allocation system, matching last year’s record – a result a school council representative attributed to parents making more informed choices.
The Education Bureau on Monday said that 48,545 students joined the Secondary School Place Allocation System, an increase of 534 pupils, or 1.11 per cent, from last year.
“For students allocated through central allocation, 91 per
This article was first published on July 6, 1998.
Roger, over and out, Kai Tak
by Rachel Clarke
The lights were turned out at Kai Tak at 1.16 this morning, marking the end of the airport’s 73-year history.
“Goodbye Kai Tak and thank you,” said Director of Civil Aviation Richard Siegel, before throwing the switch.
A dilapidated residential building collapsed on Sunday in the megacity’s east, trapping residents under the debris, Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde said in a statement.
The deaths came as heavy rainfall paralysed parts of the city, with the India Meteorological Department recording more than
A total of 1.04 million pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars were handed to customers in mainland China last month, down 7 per cent from the same period in 2