Hongkongers poured across the border on Wednesday for a wider range of dining, shopping and family leisure options, seeking a short getaway on the public holiday marking the 29th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese rule.
Major border checkpoints, including the West Kowloon terminus and Shenzhen Bay, were packed with holidaymakers carrying luggage, shopping bags and foldable carts as they headed to mainland China on Wednesday morning.
Lawyer Edward Wong, 32, left Hong Kong for Dongguan in the neighbouring Guangdong province via the West Kowloon
The Lipulekh Pass – a key route for traders and pilgrims – has been closed for six years as a result of long-standing border tensions
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China and India resumed cross-border trade through the Lipulekh Pass in the Himalayas last week in the latest sign of a cautious rapprochement between the two countries.
The reopening of the pass near the contested India-China-Nepal border after six years came shortly after Chinese Foreign
Hongkongers took full advantage of perks and discounts offered at restaurants, shops, transport and museums to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty on Wednesday.
Long queues formed at local cha chaan tengs, cinemas, shopping centres and outside attractions in the West Kowloon Cultural District, as well as for free ferry and tram rides.
At the arts hub, all free tickets were snapped up for Hong Kong Palace Museum and M+ museum, with visitor numbers at those respective venues reaching 2,
Police have issued a prohibition of disposal order against the mansion and seized about US$770,000 as part of the probe
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Singtel CEO Yuen Kuan Moon received S$6.8 million (US$5.3 million) for the financial year ended March 31, down 16.9 per cent from S$8.2 million a year earlier,
Hong Kong lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, careless driving and failing to stop and report an accident, after allegedly crashing his car into two vehicles.
A source said on Wednesday that the 66-year-old, an associate dean at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) engineering faculty, allegedly lost control of his vehicle at about 10.46pm on Monday at a staff residence on the campus, crashing into a parked car and
The first trains on a rail route connecting China’s capital to the Tibetan Plateau began their journey 20 years ago today
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This article was originally published on July 2, 2006
by Shi Jiangtao
The first train from Beijing to Lhasa on the world’s highest railway pulled out of the West Railway Station at 9.30pm
From two Chinese scientists leaving the US to a desalination prototype, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting
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A popular K-pop star
The plan, jointly issued on Tuesday by eight Chinese government agencies led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, included targets for expanding industrial digital infrastructure and data supply, promoting the
Giant portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s late supreme leader killed in US-Israeli air strikes, have been hung from Tehran’s Grand Mosalla as workers raced to prepare for his grand funeral ceremony.
His funeral, initially delayed at the height of the Middle East war, will take place as Iran and the United States observe a fragile ceasefire after signing a preliminary deal to halt the conflict.
Khamenei, a spiritual figure for many Shias, was killed aged 86 at his compound in the centre of the