Tourism in Hong Kong

Letters to the Editor, March 3, 2013

3 Mar 2013

I was interested to read Dr Robert Hanson's letter ("'Green' light bulbs really a health hazard", February 22), replying to my letter ("Offer rewards for light-bulb recycling", February 17)....

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Hong Kong could learn to be more gracious towards mainland visitors

27 Feb 2013

The large number of mainland shoppers has disrupted the daily life of Hong Kong citizens. Prices have gone up, essentials are sometimes out of stock or reserved for mainland visitors, and locals...

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Letters to the Editor, February 18, 2013

18 Feb 2013

It is common for employees in Hong Kong to work long hours. There appears to be no change in this state of affairs despite efforts by the government to change the working culture.

Trade law to protect tourists from crooked travel agencies

18 Feb 2013

The revised Trade Descriptions Ordinance, which is expected to be passed before June, will include the tourism industry, the Consumer Council's chief executive Gilly Wong Fung-han said.

Individual visit scheme to Hong Kong 'shouldn't be expanded', says tourism chief

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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City needs a statutory tourism authority more than ever

The government said it would take three years to set up an independent statutory body to oversee travel agents, tour guides and escorts and hold them to account for violations of their duty to...

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Ignore tourism's absurd economic boasts

The tourism industry's claim that it supports a huge slice of GDP would be laughable if it didn't drain so much money out of the public purse.

Game on

Come out and play with the season's minimalist sports aesthetic.

Leung Chun-ying gets Shenzhen to delay issuing multi-entry permits

A decision to give millions of non-permanent Shenzhen residents easier access to Hong Kong will not be implemented until the city has examined its capacity to receive more visitors, Chief...

TOURISM

Talks to discuss influx of visitors to Hong Kong from Shenzhen

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...

TOURISM

New Shenzhen permit rules create fears over Hong Kong visitor flood

Hong Kong's doors will be open for regular visits by 4.1 million non-permanent residents of Shenzhen from next month - despite the concerns of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying that the city will...