Hong Kong schools to receive HK$400,000 to boost English and Mandarin learning
[South China Morning Post] - 12/27/2024
Funds aimed at improving students’ self-learning and will cover academic years to 2027.
In Hong Kong newspapers
Tourists urged to stay overnight after countdown
Officials have called on tourists to stay in Hong Kong overnight after the New Year countdown next week. Authorities (…)
[RTHK] - 27/12/2024
Scammers sending emails impersonating Hong Kong police chief
Emails bearing city’s emblem and police logo claim recipient has been issued with court order after visiting child (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
100 Hongkongers evacuated after fire breaks out during ceremony for good luck
Police believe blaze caused by 62-year-old female resident’s burning of joss papers for a ritual for peace and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Travellers can take driverless cars from major Hong Kong bridge by end of 2025
Airport Authority says journey from local checkpoint at Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to 11 Skies complex could take (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Govt outlines plans for two new border towns
The government said it plans to build some 180,000 flats in two new towns in northern New Territories near the (…)
[RTHK] - 27/12/2024
Mail damaged in post box fire
Some mail was damaged in a fire at a post box in Sau Mau Ping on Friday morning, according to Hongkong Post. It said (…)
[RTHK] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong braces for 380,000 revellers at New Year’s Eve fireworks
Shenzhen Bay checkpoint to operate around the clock amid celebrations on New Year’s Eve, with Lo Wu crossing to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Gov’t strips Hong Kong’s ‘Father of Democracy’ Martin Lee of Justice of the Peace title
Founding member of the Democratic Party Martin Lee has been stripped of his title as Justice of the Peace. Lee’s (…)
[HKFP] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong box office gets Christmas boost, but industry warns of bleak outlook
Holiday earnings coincide with Golden Harvest’s announcement that it is temporarily closing its GH V Walk cinema in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong project housing up to 484,000 will take ‘20 years or more’ to finish
Development Bureau paper outlines land use plan for ‘New Territories North New Town’ under Northern Metropolis (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong opposition politician Martin Lee stripped of JP title
Lawyer and founding chairman of Democratic Party, convicted for taking part in anti-government march in 2019, loses (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024