A drone show will be held on Saturday to mark the Cheung Chau Bun Festival as well as Buddha’s Birthday, according to the Tourism Board. The board said 1,000 drones will form patterns that resemble the iconic bun tower, Chinese flower plaques as well as other festive symbols. The show will start at 8pm at the Wan Chai harbourfront and will last for…

Vladimir Putin began his fifth term on Tuesday as Russian leader at a glittering Kremlin inauguration, setting out on another six years in office. Already in office for nearly a quarter-century, and the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin, Putin’s new term doesn’t expire until 2030, when he will be constitutionally eligible to run aga…

As the city held a summit on global talent, the Hong Kong Talent Engage began a two-day career expo on Tuesday, attracting professionals from the mainland and foreign countries. A job seeker from Brazil said he had worked in two mainland cities, Shanghai and Hangzhou, for five years and had just come to Hong Kong through the Top Talent Pass Scheme.…

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun on Tuesday said the government's efforts to attract talent to the city will focus on professionals from Southeast Asia and Europe. Sun’s remark came after the government approved 180,000 talent importation scheme applications, with 120,000 people having already arrived in the SAR. Speaking to reporters at …

Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Wang Xiaoping on Tuesday said the central government fully supports Hong Kong in attracting international entrepreneurs and talent to develop their ambitions in the SAR, as well as the integration of the Greater Bay Area into global innovation networks. Speaking at the Global Talent Summit in Wan Chai…

Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday that Hong Kong is the place to be for global talent, in part because the SAR has long been one of Asia's most liveable cities. Speaking at a government-organised summit on talent, the CE said Hong Kong is the only city where "the global and China advantages" come together. He added that other institutional s…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday thanked President Xi Jinping for backing his idea of a truce in all conflicts including Ukraine during the Paris Olympics this summer. "I thank you for showing your desire during our talks to ask all parties to have an Olympic truce," Macron said at a joint press conference, adding that such a truce for "a…

President Xi Jinping on Monday attended a China-France-EU trilateral meeting with French leader Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Xi said China regarded Europe as an important partner in helping it achieve its modernisation goals and said the two sides should stay committed to their pa…

A Tamar Park exhibition featuring hundreds of luminous ovoids will be extended by six days until June 8, officials said on Monday. Apo Wu, who heads the Art Promotion Office, said some 900,000 people have already been to see the "teamLab: Continuous" exhibition since it opened as part of "Art@Harbour 2024" on March 25. "It surpassed our expectation…

The heads of government departments responsible for data leaks should be held accountable and punished for the blunders, DAB lawmaker Elizabeth Quat said on Monday. On Friday, the Companies Registry said data on some 110,000 people had been exposed due to a fault in its digital platform, just a day after the Electrical and Mechanical Services Depar…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Monday said its Exchange Fund posted an investment gain of HK$54.3 billion in the first quarter of this year, despite the underwhelming performance of local stock markets. It was the second consecutive quarter of gains for the fund, whose primary role is to back the Hong Kong dollar. During a panel meeting…

The Hospital Authority has announced plans to shorten the duration of its nursing programme starting from the new academic year in September, allowing students to complete the entire course in 3.5 years instead of the current four years. The HA launched the Professional Diploma in Nursing three years ago, offering classes in its three nursing schoo…

The Transport Department said early on Monday that Clear Water Bay Road was back to normal, after being disrupted by a landslide. A slope measuring 30 metres long and 40 metres deep collapsed, and part of the pavement also caved in. The slip forced officials to implement an arrangement in which two-way traffic shared the same lane near Wing Lung Ro…

A climbing carnival took place at Cheung Chau on Sunday, ahead of the island's traditional bun-scrambling competition on Buddha's Birthday. The 14-metre-high bun tower frame is already in place for the competition on May 15, and carnival-goers were given the chance to see whether they could climb it. Ms Chung said her son had managed the feat. "We'…

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said the total number of mainland tourists coming to Hong Kong should reach the estimated 800,000 mark with the Golden Week holiday wrapping up on Sunday, adding it would boost the economy by over HK$2 billion. Speaking on a radio programme on Sunday, Yeung said approximately 670,000 mainland to…