Hong Kong urban renewal body to test scheme in bid to boost tender process
[South China Morning Post] - 12/29/2024
Developers will be able to use platform to download project information, including planning parameters, land lease terms and design requirements.
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Russia’s uncovered secret war plans target 160 sites in Japan and South Korea
Leaked Russian military documents reveal plans to target civilian infrastructure like nuclear power plants and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
South Korean investigators warn anyone blocking Yoon’s arrest ‘could be prosecuted’
An official said the arrest warrant for the impeached president would be executed within a January 6 deadline.
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
CDT Editors’ Picks: The Best of 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the (…)
[China Digital Times] - 1/01/2025
Singaporean and Japanese bulk carriers collide in China’s Yangtze River
The collision resulted in a fuel oil spill, but no injuries were reported. The incident is under investigation, with (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 31/12/2024
Man goes on rampage with excavator in Germany before being shot dead by police
Meanwhile, two people were hurt by a knife-wielding man in Berlin, with the country still reeling from a deadly car (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 31/12/2024
China’s short video market may have peaked as total user numbers decline for first time
The number of short video app users in China reached 1.05 billion at the end of June, about 300 million fewer than (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
Romania and Bulgaria join Europe’s Schengen travel zone
Ceremonies mark culmination of years of negotiations by the Eastern European countries to join the ID check-free (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
China’s home-grown C919 plane touches down in Hong Kong
Flight MU721 of China Eastern Airlines landed at the Hong Kong airport at 10.45am on Wednesday.
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
Hong Kong customs arrests 6, seizes illicit cigarettes worth HK$114 million
Officers make arrests after intercepting two vessels in early hours of New Year’s Eve as part of anti-smuggling (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
‘Every bit of strength’: Taiwanese leader William Lai vows to boost island’s defences
In New Year’s Day speech, he also pledges to improve the resilience of the economy and ‘democratic supply chains’.
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025
Hong Kong taxi driver arrested after 3 die in horror road crash
Taxi cut across lane and hit car on West Kowloon Highway early on New Year’s Day, police say.
[South China Morning Post] - 1/01/2025