Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Monday Hong Kong should think of ways to expand its tourism facilities to capitalise on the growth of mainland tourists.
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10 May 2013
In a pre-recorded interview with RTHK, Lu blamed the influx on the individual visit scheme, which he said was "too open".
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16 Mar 2013
The Individual Visit Scheme launched a decade ago has facilitated visits to Hong Kong by millions of mainland Chinese, greatly benefiting the city. However, recent controversies associated with...
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17 Feb 2013
Tourism Board chairman James Tien Pei-chun and Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, made the remarks separately yesterday in response to the...
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4 Feb 2013
Tourism Board chairman and Liberal Party lawmaker James Tien Pei-chun said he welcomed measures to clamp down on trading of the milk powder, but called for an end to the scheme's multi-entry...
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29 Nov 2012
The State Council vowed yesterday to tighten laws on the expropriation of farmland, warning that the problem risked fuelling rural unrest and undermined food security.
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Anger continues to increase among Hong Kong people towards the rising number of mainland visitors coming to the city each day. The latest crackdown on parallel trading has fuelled further...
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The individual visit scheme for mainland tourists should be scaled down because of its negative impact on the city, according to half the Hongkongers surveyed in a poll released on Friday.
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Hong Kong will discuss with Shenzhen how to control the influx in visitors with administrative measures, according to a source.
From next month, changes in permit rules will allow 4.1...
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Hong Kong will discuss with Shenzhen how to control the influx in visitors with administrative measures, according to a source.
From next month, changes in permit rules will allow 4.1...
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Residents from the New Territories on Wednesday protested outside the government’s headquarters in Admiralty against Shenzhen’s plan to allow non-residents to visit Hong Kong on multiple-entry...
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With tourism one of the world's fastest growing industries, no one wants to miss out. For decades, it has been an economic lifeline for Hong Kong's retail, hotel, transport and catering...
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