'Govt to carefully review bus fare increase requests'
[RTHK] - 11/19/2024
Transport Secretary Lam Sai-hung on Tuesday said the government will carefully review fare increase requests from bus operators before making any decisions. KMB and New Lantao Bus are asking for 6.5 percent increases, while Citybus wants to put fares up by 9.5 percent. We’ll consider several (…)
In Hong Kong newspapers
‘We will survive this’: Mixed emotions for families of Hong Kong democrats jailed in landmark national security case
More than three years and eight months since 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were charged with conspiring to (…)
[HKFP] - 19/11/2024
Commodities may add to Connect scheme as China signals support for Hong Kong’s role
Commodities will be added to the stocks, bonds, options and wealth management products that are currently tradeable (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 19/11/2024
Cathay Pacific staff to get 3.8 percent pay rises
Cathay Pacific on Tuesday announced that its employees will see average salary increases of 3.8 percent next year. (…)
[RTHK] - 19/11/2024
Over 1,400 days since their arrests, 45 Hong Kong democrats face sentencing in landmark subversion case
Forty-five Hong Kong pro-democracy figures face sentencing on Tuesday in the city’s largest national security case (…)
[HKFP] - 19/11/2024
'50 percent more tourists to join mega events in 2025'
The government on Tuesday said it expects mega events in the first half of next year to attract 840,000 tourists, a (…)
[RTHK] - 19/11/2024
Manulife promotes Asia insurance head Witherington to group CEO in nod to region’s growth
Asia was the largest contributor to Manulife’s group earnings, accounting for 44 per cent of the total in the third (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 19/11/2024
Tai, three others named 'principal offenders'
In handing down sentences for subversion to 45 opposition figures on Tuesday, the High Court named four of them as (…)
[RTHK] - 19/11/2024
Benny Tai and 44 others jailed in subversion case
Forty-five people on Tuesday were sentenced from four years and two months to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to (…)
[RTHK] - 19/11/2024
Storm Man-yi: Hong Kong T1 typhoon signal to remain in force until 10pm
Tropical Storm Man-yi is estimated to be about 370km south of Hong Kong and is forecast to move west at about 18km/h.
[South China Morning Post] - 19/11/2024
Climate change may have played role in record number of region’s super typhoons, Hong Kong meteorologist says
Northwest region of Pacific Ocean has generated 25 named tropical storms this year, up from 19 recorded during (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 18/11/2024
Another trial planned for Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground
A stress test will be conducted at the Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground on Saturday, with the police saying the aim is to (…)
[RTHK] - 19/11/2024