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Hong Kong passport holders may now spend up to 60 days in Thailand visa-free, the Immigration Department has announced. The department said on Tuesday that Thailand had extended the period of visa-free entry for holders of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passport from 30 to 60 days, adding that it would bring “great travel convenience” to Hongkongers. Thailand, which is located along China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has a “close relationship” with Hong Kong in terms of people-to-people and cu...
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Hong Kong logged 3.13 million visitor arrivals in June, according to provisional figures from the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), 14 per cent more than in the same period last year when the city was emerging from three years of Covid-related isolation. However, arrival figures remained well below pre-pandemic figures. In June 2018, Hong Kong saw 4.74 million arrivals, and 5.14 million visitor arrivals were recorded in 2019. Last month’s total represented a decline of 34 per cent from 2018 and 39 per cent from 2019. Over 21 million visitors arrived in Hong Kong in the first six months of the ye...
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Hong Kong will launch taxi fleets, a regulatory new regime designed to enhance taxi services, by the end of the year, the city’s transport chief has said. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung told Commercial Radio on Sunday that the government had received 15 applications for five taxi fleet licences. Licences would be issued by the end of July, he added, with licenced fleets expected to begin providing services by the end of the year. The government rolled out a series of steps to reform taxi services last July after the industry met with increasing criticism. New measures inclu...
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A transitional housing scheme has received 9,600 applications since applications opened last month, more than double the number of flats available, Hong Kong’s housing minister has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho said on Sunday that applications for Light Public Housing (LPH) submitted by Monday would be prioritised. Those who were not allocated a flat in the first round will have priority when the next batch becomes available. The LPH scheme was introduced by Chief Executive John Lee in his maiden Policy Address as a means to reduce the waiting time for government-subsidised public hous...
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Lawmakers have called on the Hong Kong government to offer more permits for online ride-hailing services like Uber, citing a need to ensure competition in the industry. Lawmakers on the legislature’s transport panel met on Friday to discuss the issue after the Transport and Logistics Bureau on Monday presented a document to the legislature outlining the government’s plans to regulate ride-hailing services in the city. While Hong Kong law requires vehicles offering ride-hailing services to have a hire car permit, services such as Uber have continued to operate in the city. See also: Hong Kong m...
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A Hong Kong civil servant has died while climbing Mount Fuji, the first recorded fatality since the start of the summer climbing season at Japan’s tallest mountain. The Trade and Industry Department confirmed to HKFP on Wednesday that one of its employees had died while overseas and expressed sorrow over their death. A spokesperson said the department had offered condolences to the family of the deceased and would offer appropriate help. The Immigration Department also confirmed it had received calls for help and had followed the matter through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and China’s Embas...
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Hong Kong is considering regulating ride-hailing platforms like Uber, with proposals to introduce a new licensing system for such services alongside tougher penalties for those found in breach of the law. The Transport and Logistics Bureau presented a document to lawmakers on Monday in which it outlined the government’s plans to regulate ride-hailing services in the city. While Hong Kong law requires vehicles offering ride-hailing services to have a hire car permit, services such as Uber have been allowed to exist in a grey area. In the document, the bureau said authorities were open to ride-h...
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An incident that saw two visually impaired men forced off a HK Express flight was a result of improper procedures, not discrimination, the head of Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has said. Linda Lam, the chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), told RTHK on Monday the airline should improve their guidelines. Her comments came after two visually impaired men on Sunday said that cabin crew had forced them off a Tokyo-bound HK Express plane in May, citing safety concerns before letting them board a later flight. “Strictly speaking, the company was not discriminating against them. It...
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Three applications under Hong Kong’s new investment visa scheme have been approved, the government has announced, without disclosing where the applicants came from. Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), a government department focused on foreign direct investment, said on Wednesday that a total of 390 applications had been received from March 1 to June 30. Among them, three have been officially approved after the applicant made the required investment of at least HK$30 million, InvestHK said. When asked which countries the three applicants were residents of, InvestHK told local media outlets on Thursda...
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Non-Chinese permanent residents will soon be eligible for a Mainland Travel Permit card to enable speedy clearance at self-service gates when travelling across the Chinese border. The announcement coincided with Monday’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day, marking 27 years since the Handover to China. Cards will be issued from July 10. In a Monday statement, Chief Executive John Lee thanked Beijing and said the move will allow foreign talent to do business in the Greater Bay Area of southern China more easily: “Many non-Chinese Hong Kong permanent residents have deep roo...
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