A quarantine-free air travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore is finally slated to get off the ground with a start date of May 26, following setbacks that led to the plan initially being shelved …
Long delayed Hong Kong, Singapore set May 26 for launch of travel bubble
Singapore already has some pacts on essential business and official travel, and has opened unilaterally to general visitors from countries including Brunei Darussalam, China and New Zealand. Singapore …
Hong Kong’s 2050 climate goals at risk if ‘green finance’ funds don’t go to the right projects, experts say
Sustainability experts are questioning if Hong Kong’s push to become an international “green finance” hub will help the city reach its targets, with half of its first US$1 billion (HK$7.8 billion) …
‘Better Days’: Hong Kong’s Oscar Bid Leaves Locals Feeling Unrepresented
Better Days” is Hong Kong’s first Oscar submission to be nominated for best international feature film since 1993, but its nod has only inflamed political tensions at home. Many members of the …
Hong Kong, Singapore to start long-delayed travel bubble next month
A long delayed travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will begin on May 26, the two cities said on Monday, as they moved to re-establish overseas travel links and lift the hurdle of quarantine …
Hong Kong-Singapore Travel Bubble to Start on May 26
A quarantine-free air travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will open on May 26, the governments said Monday, confirming a long-awaited reopening of connections between the two financial hubs.
Singapore and Hong Kong to open travel bubble
Singapore and Hong Kong have agreed to start quarantine-free travel between the two cities from 26 May. The long delayed travel bubble was first slated to begin in November, but was suspended after a …
Hong Kong’s ruling-class hypocrisy: how ‘patriotic’ enablers of the crackdown cling onto their foreign escape routes
Hypocrisy is a nasty business whichever way you look at it. Unsurprisingly it is on flagrant display among the honourable members of Hong Kong’s legislature as they scramble over each other to be the …
For China’s property developers, Hong Kong is becoming Shenzhen’s backyard
Chinese property developers have turned their sights to Hong Kong’s border districts as mainlanders from neighbouring boomtown Shenzhen consider parts of the former British colony as a more affordable …
When Jack Eden lost his job in the Asian financial crisis, Sri Lanka called and he never looked back
The grandnephew of 1950s British prime minister Anthony Eden tells Mark Footer how he transitioned from Hong Kong banker to pioneering holiday villa entrepreneur in Sri Lanka.