traveltransport
Beijing has told Hong Kong-based foreign consular officials to seek approval from the Chinese authorities 10 days in advance before they pay any business visits to the Greater Bay Area (GBA) – including Macau and cities in Guangdong – according to a letter obtained by HKFP. The letter from the Commissioner’s Office of China Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong SAR, dated August 1, stated that – if any foreign consular official needed to perform official duties “outside their consular districts within GBA,” they should obtain “prior consent.” To seek consent, the consulates will need to send a not...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has reported a net profit of HK$6 billion for the first half of this year, an almost 45 per cent year-on-year increase thanks to a recovery in ridership and growth in property income. The number of passengers rose 4.1 per cent to 957 million people in the first six months of 2024, mainly due to a large increase in people using cross-boundary services and high-speed rail connections with mainland China, according to a mid-year report released on Thursday. The recovery in ridership turned a HK$774 million loss for transport operations in the first half of 2023 to a HK...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong welcomed over 3.9 million visitors in July, according to provisional figures, a 9 per cent increase compared to same month last year. Mainland China continued to be the city’s largest source market, with 80 per cent of visitor arrivals from across the border, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced on Thursday. The city’s tourism has been slow to recover since the government lifted all Covid-19 restrictions in early 2023. In the first seven months of 2024, Hong Kong saw a total of 25 million arrivals, a 52 per cent increase compared to the same period of 2023. However, the indus...
Hong Kong Free Press
A three-year-old girl in Hong Kong has died after she was hit by a tram in an accident which also injured a 66-year-old man and a six-year-old girl. The man and the two young girls were hit by an eastbound tram outside the Kennedy Town Swimming Pool at around 10 am on Thursday. Local media said the tram hit the trio while they were crossing the road, before dragging them under the vehicle. Photos circulated online showed at least three fire trucks and more than a dozen firemen at the scene. Police told HKFP the man sustained multiple injuries but was conscious when he was rescued. The six-year...
Hong Kong Free Press
The Hong Kong government has warned residents travelling to Japan to stay alert after the country issued a “megaquake” advisory in response to a 7.1 magnitude tremor last Thursday. In a Chinese statement issued on Monday afternoon, the government noted that it was currently the summer holiday season and Japan was among Hongkongers’ favourite travel destinations. “The SAR government reminds Hong Kong people planning to go to Japan, or who are in Japan, to stay alert, be mindful of safety, and pay attention to the Japanese government’s latest announcements,” the statement read. Japan’s Miyazaki ...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Group, which owns the city’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific, low-cost carrier Hong Kong Express and cargo airline Air Hong Kong, has recorded a profit of HK$3.61 billion for the first half of 2024, a 15 per cent drop compared to the same period last year. Speaking during a press conference to announce the group’s interim report on Wednesday, Patrick Healy, chair of the group, said the fall in profit was “principally attributable to the normalisation of ticket prices.” In the first half of 2024, Cathay Pacific carried a total of 10.7 million passengers, with passenge...
Hong Kong Free Press
The Hong Kong government has warned residents to exercise caution if they plan to visit the UK or are already in the country amid ongoing anti-immigrant riots that broke out last week. In an official statement on Tuesday evening, residents were reminded that an “Amber Outbound Travel Alert… issued against the United Kingdom was still in force.” Under the warning, Hongkongers are advised to exercise caution while in the UK. “Residents who intend to visit the country or are already there should monitor the situation, exercise caution, attend to personal safety, avoid large gatherings of people a...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong transport company Citybus has announced that all of its employees would receive a pay rise of at least 3.6 per cent, while full-time bus captains, engineers and other frontline staff have been guaranteed a pay rise of no less than HK$810 per month. The newly announced wage hike, together with the minimum guarantee pay increase for frontline staff rolled out last year, would result in an average pay rise of 3.86 per cent for more than 5,000 Citybus employees, the bus company said on Tuesday. The adjustment came after Citybus held multiple meetings with staff and union representatives,...
Hong Kong Free Press
A Hong Kong green minibus operator has offered refunds to passengers who were overcharged on four routes by up to HK$1 per ride between May and July. Passengers who paid more they should have for their trips on green minibus routes 501A, 501C, 501K and 501S between May 19 and July 16 may get a refund from the operator, Fully Mint Limited, starting on Monday, the Transport Department said. Fanling routes A probe was launched by the Transport Department last month after the green minibus operator charged passengers higher fares than the price approved by the government, with the differential ran...
Hong Kong Free Press
The government has issued taxi fleet licenses to five companies, including local taxi operators and new joint ventures in the transport industry, with an aim of enhancing taxi services amid criticism. Transport chief Angela Lee told the press on Wednesday afternoon that the five companies had scored highest among the 15 applications received, and that they had been asked to officially launch their taxi fleets by next July. A total of 3,500 cabs, around 20 per cent of the city’s cabs, will be run by these five operators, Lee continued. Of those vehicles, 1,500 new ones will be launched by July ...
Hong Kong Free Press
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら