The Pigeon Express
Visitors to Hong Kong’s annual exhibition of global gourmet food will once again not be allowed to sample the delicacies due to coronavirus curbs, the organiser said Tuesday. Tens of thousands of visitors and hundreds of exhibitors are expected at the five-day Food Expo starting next Thursday in the city’s Convention and Exhibition Centre. But […]
A giant screen fell and injured two dancers in front of horrified fans at a concert in Hong Kong by the hugely popular boy band Mirror. The video screen crushed one performer before toppling onto others, footage circulating online showed. The music concert was immediately halted and the band’s manager asked crowds to calmly exit […]
The world’s oldest male panda in captivity has died in an amusement park zoo in Hong Kong on Thursday. The panda, called An An, was euthanized at the age of 35 – the equivalent of a human living till 105. Officials at Ocean Park say the decision was reached after he showed “steady signs of […]
Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea less than a week after it was towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday. The restaurant encountered “adverse conditions” on Saturday as it was passing the Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea, […]
Hong Kong announced plans to roll out compulsory Covid-19 testing from next month, with each of the densely-populated territory’s 7.4 million residents required to submit to three rounds of tests. Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced the testing regime at a briefing on Tuesday as she announced a stringent set of new restrictions to tackle a […]
One of the last public memorials in Hong Kong to those killed in the Tiananmen protests has been covered up. The calligraphy painted on the pavement of a bridge paid tribute to the pro-democracy protesters killed by Chinese authorities in Beijing in 1989. It was covered with metal on Saturday by the University of Hong […]
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has warned that Covid-19 infections could be growing exponentially in a congested residential area of the city and said the number of overall cases had increased due to an outbreak in pet hamsters. Chief Executive Lam urged Hong Kong people to avoid gatherings before next week’s Lunar New Year as […]
Authorities in Hong Kong are seizing a number of hamsters to be euthanised following a Covid outbreak. Crowds gathered outside the Little Boss pet store as the animals were carried away in boxes. Families who have bought a hamster from the store since 22 December have been told to hand over their pet for euthanasia. […]
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group has relaunched its $767 million Hong Kong share sale. The announcement comes a week after the listing was pulled as Americans were banned from investing in the firm. Washington has accused SenseTime of developing facial recognition software to determine people’s ethnicity, with a focus on identifying ethnic Uyghurs. The […]
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global has announced plans to take its shares off the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and move its listing to Hong Kong. The firm has come under intense pressure since its US debut in July. Within days of the initial public offering (IPO) Beijing announced a crackdown on technology companies listing […]
The shares of Alibaba fell over 10% in Hong Kong on Friday after the tech giant warned of weaker growth this year as China’s economy slows and Beijing continues its regulatory crackdown. This was Alibaba’s steepest decline since its listing in the city in November 2019. The fall in Hong Kong followed a similar plunge […]
Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a new law banning films deemed to violate China’s national security interests, the latest blow to freedom of expression in the territory. Punishment for violating the law includes up to three years imprisonment and $130,000 in fines. Critics say the legislation will stifle the vibrant local film industry. Last year, […]