Airbus raises Asia-Pacific forecast to 19,500 planes needed over next 20 years
[South China Morning Post] - 11/13/2024
Company also announces it has exceeded 50 per cent market share for backlog of widebody planes in region.
In Hong Kong newspapers
Western Harbour Tunnel becomes Hong Kong’s busiest crossing after revamped tolls
Government will build additional lane at the tunnel’s Hong Kong Island exit next year to ease jams.
[South China Morning Post] - 13/11/2024
Hong Kong protester jailed for 33 months for role in 2019 unrest after acquittal overturned
Johnny Lee, 29, pleaded guilty to abetting violence during an intense confrontation between police and demonstrators (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 13/11/2024
National Games test events to begin this month
Test events for next year's National Games will get underway in Hong Kong this month, a government official said on (…)
[RTHK] - 13/11/2024
KMB, Citybus seek fare increases
Bus company KMB has applied to put fares up by 6.5 percent while Citybus is seeking increases of nearly 10 percent, (…)
[RTHK] - 13/11/2024
Siobhan Haughey says having pool named after her at SCAA was not even on her ‘bucket list’
The sports club invited former coaches and pupils from her high school to attend the naming ceremony in Causeway Bay.
[South China Morning Post] - 13/11/2024
Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong hits out after UK official meets Jimmy Lai son
Ministry’s office in Hong Kong lashes out after meeting between British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Sebastien (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 12/11/2024
Hong Kong tourism industry eyes ethnic minority recruits to welcome Muslim visitors
China Travel Service among organisations looking for recruits at job fair organised for members of city’s ethnic (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 13/11/2024
Tropical Storm Toraji: Hong Kong issues T3 warning, Typhoon Usagi also brewing
Four storms emerge simultaneously in western North Pacific and South China Sea in November for first time since (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 13/11/2024
Beijing names financier Qi Bin as deputy director of Hong Kong liaison office
Qi Bin, vice-president of China’s sovereign wealth fund, will serve as a deputy at the central government’s liaison (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 13/11/2024
Operation Santa Claus: charity interpreting for deaf Hongkongers aims to offer mental support
Silence aims to provide counselling, mental health talks, museum visits and forest outings for its beneficiaries (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 13/11/2024
Hong Kong customs seizes 1.3 tonnes of meat, live crabs in crackdown on food smuggling
Items such as meat and fish were smuggled in dozens of foam boxes that were left unrefrigerated in the street for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 13/11/2024