29 Jan 2013

Ngong Ping 360 cable car last year drew the second-lowest number of passengers since it opened in 2006.

It carried just 1.36 million people last year, compared with 1.6 million in 2011.

27 Dec 2012

A business group that includes Hong Kong Disneyland, Asia World Expo and Ngong Ping 360 will organise job fairs and retraining for underemployed Tung Chung residents.

25 Oct 2012

I would like to thank the Country and Marine Parks Board for summarily rejecting the plan by British operator Flying Fox to build an adventure attraction for the paying public within North Lantau...

9 Aug 2012

Tony Chan to stand trial for forgery in April

25 Jul 2012

The city struggled to recover yesterday after Severe Typhoon Vicente left it bruised and battered.

There was traffic chaos on the land and in the air and at least 138 people were injured,...

A green group has asked the government to consider whether it is advisable to propose high-rise development in the Tung Chung river valley, which has marble caverns beneath it and is susceptible...

Spring season

Get ready to jump for joy at the 360 Pogo Jumpathon.

The Lantau Island cable car is one of the world's longest at 5.7 kilometres but, regrettably, not one of the most reliable. For the second time in its six-year life it has been closed for months...

Ill-fated cable car system was compromised from the start

Inadequate monitoring of the troubled Ngong Ping 360 cable car meant engineers missed two chances to spot problems which led to a system failure that left 800 passengers stranded in mid-air, an...

Better transport and 'repositioning' could transform Lantau from a backwater into a tourism and convention hub, it was argued yesterday.

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