Nissan calls off Honda merger talks, Nikkei says
[RTHK] - 02/5/2025
Nissan is set to call off merger talks with rival Honda, a source said on Wednesday, abandoning a US$60 billion-plus tie-up that would have created the world's number 3 automaker and raising questions about how it will drive a turnaround by itself. Talks have been complicated by growing (…)
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Operation Santa Claus: HK$13.2 million raised in last 2 months of 2024
Funds will benefit over 11,000 needy Hongkongers through 11 charities, with total raised since 1988 inception (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Hong Kong press group’s football tournament hits another snag after gov’t closes pitch for repairs
Hong Kong’s leisure services department has announced a nearly two-month closure of a football pitch in Happy Valley (…)
[HKFP] - 5/02/2025
2 ex-project managers in Hong Kong face fraud charges in fake quotes case
Yip Hing-fai, 45, and Wong Chun-tung, 43, oversaw projects for ATAL Engineering, founded by the husband of city’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Extra US tariffs on Chinese imports also cover HK
The additional 10 percent tariffs slapped on Chinese imports by US President Donald Trump also apply to Hong Kong, (…)
[RTHK] - 5/02/2025
US Postal Service reverses decision to suspend taking parcels from Hong Kong, mainland China
The service will continue to accept low-value duty-free imports, after saying it was stopping deliveries in line (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Eggslut latest brand to exit Hong Kong
US-based sandwich chain Eggslut is set to pull out of Hong Kong this month, less than two years after opening in (…)
[HKFP] - 5/02/2025
Train fault causes 7-hour service disruption on Hong Kong’s East Rail line
Thousands of passengers forced to wait for up to 24 minutes at some stations as workers rushed to fix fault on (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Flu season may last until April: CHP
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Wednesday said the number of flu cases was still on the rise and expected (…)
[RTHK] - 5/02/2025
Hong Kong rescuers find 2 missing hikers after long helicopter search
Authorities locate boy, six, and his aunt in Pat Sin Leng early on Wednesday after pair separated from companions (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Australia expresses ‘serious concerns’ for dissident writer jailed in China
Australia said Wednesday it is concerned for the health of jailed Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun, who (…)
[HKFP] - 5/02/2025
Boost tourism by expanding multiple-entry visas to more Chinese cities, says pro-Beijing party
A pro-Beijing labour group has called for an expansion of the multiple-entry visa scheme to other mainland Chinese (…)
[HKFP] - 5/02/2025