Hong Kong’s year in sports: Olympic success and readying Kai Tak complex
[South China Morning Post] - 12/28/2024
Analysts hail ‘bumper’ year for sector but flag disappointment with Messi’s no-show as area for authorities to learn from.
In Chinese newspapers
Man who allegedly pressed emergency door release on Hong Kong bus arrested
Online footage shows a man on road pressing emergency door release of bus and verbally abusing the driver.
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Air crash tests South Korea’s acting president two days into the job
South Korea’s acting President and finance minister Choi Sang-mok became acting leader on Friday night amid an (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Olivia Hussey, star of Oscar-winning 1968 film Romeo & Juliet, dies at 73
Hussey was 15 when she was cast in Shakespeare’s tragedy. Decades later she sued Paramount Pictures alleging sexual (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
Israel detains director of one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals during raid
Gaza’s health ministry said Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested on Friday along (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
Hong Kong banks may cut rate to record low 5% in 2025, benefiting property and economy
A straw poll of 10 analysts surveyed by the Post expect up to three rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and HKMA (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Trump sides with Elon Musk in right-wing row over worker visas
‘I’ve always liked the [H1-B] visas,’ Trump said of the special visa programme that helps highly skilled workers (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Hong Kong hospitals to face stricter controls over ‘space oil’ drug
Sources say procedures on how anaesthetic etomidate is handled by medical professionals will be affected under (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Hong Kong unveils Tian Tan ‘Big Buddha’ in 1993 – from the SCMP archive
Hong Kong inaugurated the giant statue on December 29, 1993, although plans were first announced in 1969.
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Hong Kong urban renewal body to test scheme in bid to boost tender process
Developers will be able to use platform to download project information, including planning parameters, land lease (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Hong Kong green group warns revised IT hub plan could harm bird flight paths
Authorities have revised plans for Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
In Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, China is proving it is master of the sea
China’s naval presence in an area notorious for piracy is both protecting its investments and stretching its (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024