Slight increase y-o-y in September tourists

Visitor arrivals totaled to 2,561,274 in September, up by 3 percent year-on-year but down by 24.7 percent month-to-month, according to information released by the Statistics and

GTEF 2018 | Empowering local communities vital for tourism boost

Tourism has transformed from an attraction to an experience and now to an emotion. Thus, tourism entities are aiming to build an “emotional connection” through gastronomy

Brazil, Argentina, partner countries of GTEF 2019

The Global Tourism Economy Forum came to a close yesterday, announcing that Argentina and Brazil will be its Partner Countries next year, while Jiangsu will be the

Corporate Bits | Sands welcomes first batch of HKZMB passengers

Sands China Ltd. has welcomed its first group of guests to arrive via the new Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The guests’ arrival at The Parisian Macao makes Sands

Hong Kong | Lawmaker takes loan at 18 percent interest to buy property

Just how attractive is Hong Kong property? A stock exchange filing from Tuesday evening shows that some people will continue to pay up for the chance to

Singapore | Shoe-box rule may cheer home buyers, not home builders

Putting an end to “shoe-box sized” apartments in Singapore may be reason for residents to cheer but for developers, it could prove a double whammy.

Trade War | No US high-ranking officials to attend Shanghai investment fair

The U.S. will not send a high-ranking official to attend a major investment fair in China next month, an embassy official said yesterday, in a move underscoring

Foes closer | Abe vows to bolster ties with China day before Beijing trip

PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to bolster cooperation and friendship between Japan and China in a key policy speech yesterday before making the first official trip to

Ford revamps China business, hires former Chery exec as CEO

Ford Motor Co. has revamped its Asian operations and made its China business a stand-alone unit, recruiting the head of local automaker Chery Automobile to be its new

Economy | Beijing’s squeezed private companies face more funding pain

The funding squeeze for China’s private enterprise is expected to persist, despite recent measures aimed at easing financing difficulties. Non-state companies have borne the burden of the

Trade | India is said to plan deal to boost exports to PRC

India is devising a plan to boost shipments of around 200 products to China and narrow the deficit with its biggest trading partner, a person with knowledge

Jumpei Yasuda | Japan confirms ID of journalist freed from Syria

Japan confirmed yesterday that a man freed from Syria is a Japanese freelance journalist who was kidnapped three years ago and said he appears to be in

Advertorial | Sands entertains: A new era of live shows

LEON METRO LIVE OCTOBER 27, 2018   Hong Kong ‘Heavenly King’ Leon Lai will bring October to a close with a bang with Leon Metro Live

Australia | Rush’s wife testifies actor wept denying allegations

The wife of actor Geoffrey Rush cried as she told a Sydney court yesterday how he had wept and curled up in the fetal position following newspaper

Middle East | The Sons of Tyrants: Saudi prince joins pantheon of incendiary Arab rulers’ sons

They rose to positions of unbridled power because of their bloodline, and those who fell, sometimes in a grisly manner, did so because of what they had

USA | Trump awaits briefing from CIA director in Khashoggi case

President Donald Trump says the killing of a Saudi journalist was a botched operation and a “bad original concept” as his administration has taken its first

Offbeat | Hawaii bonsai tree stolen after owner raised it for decades

Hawaii police are trying to find a rare bonsai tree that was stolen from a nursery owner who says he spent 56 years caring for it. The

This Day in History | 1984 – Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia

The EEC is donating £1.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia. Officials from Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid and the Red Cross believe

Football | Mourinho’s warning underlines extent of Man United’s fall

The presence of Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford revived memories of much better times at Manchester United, when England’s biggest club had a slew of the

Football | A-League to ask for stadium, TV broadcasts of VAR

The head of Australia’s A-League is hoping international soccer authorities will allow video-assisted referee (VAR) decisions to be shown on television broadcasts and on stadium video boards

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