https://www.scmp.com/rss/524075/feed A Operations Manager at Cheung Hing Fruits, a Hong Kong-based fresh fruit supplier established in 2017. His expertise lies in fruit import, distribution and market analysis, ensuring quality and customer satisfaction. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Peggy Ye Peggy Ye Hong Kong is testing purpose-built student housing as an alternative land-sale model, as weak demand for commercial sites pushes the government to explore uses that can still attract investor interest. The Development Bureau on Tuesday invited expressions of interest (EOI) for student hostel development on three commercially zoned sites in Kai Tak, Siu Lek Yuen in Sha Tin, and Tung Chung East, marking the first time the government had proposed selling land through open tender with use restricted... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3340776/hong-kong-tests-student-housing-land-sales-office-market-slowdown-curbs-tenders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3340776/hong-kong-tests-student-housing-land-sales-office-market-slowdown-curbs-tenders?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 06:00:27 +0000 Lam Ka-sing Lam Ka-sing On a recent weekend, the members-only Lantau Yacht Club in Hong Kong hosted a high-profile boat show, with Rolls-Royce limousines, luxury Jacob & Co timepieces, drones and live music all part of the package to tempt well-heeled guests. The privately owned yacht club, in Lantau’s Island’s resort-like Discovery Bay neighbourhood, was a pioneer in reconfiguring operations to target high-end superyachts in 2020 and has 148 wet berths and associated facilities. Franklin Mak, executive vice-president... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3330963/hong-kong-has-set-course-join-yacht-club-asia-can-it-find-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3330963/hong-kong-has-set-course-join-yacht-club-asia-can-it-find-way?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:30:09 +0000 David Dodwell David Dodwell When did you last notice that laptops invariably carry a little “Intel inside” sticker? Aware that its microprocessors were important but invisible, Intel thought it was essential marketing to alert the world to their existence at the heart of every computer. Perhaps every computer today should carry another prominent sticker: “Rare earth elements inside”. So too electric vehicles, wind turbines, drones, jet engines, radar systems, smart bombs and Tomahawk missiles. Not to mention everyday items... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3329351/trump-may-be-realising-he-has-less-leverage-over-china-he-thought?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3329351/trump-may-be-realising-he-has-less-leverage-over-china-he-thought?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:30:08 +0000 Richard James Havis Richard James Havis Directed by Tony Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark, A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) set the style for the colourful fantasy martial arts films of the 1990s. The story, set in a mythical China, featured Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing as a naive debt collector who falls in love with a beautiful ghost played by Joey Wong Cho-yee. Here we look at two very different sequels Tsui produced. A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997) Animations have never been a favourite of Hong Kong producers,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3320235/how-tsui-hark-and-tony-ching-followed-classic-fantasy-film-chinese-ghost-story?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3320235/how-tsui-hark-and-tony-ching-followed-classic-fantasy-film-chinese-ghost-story?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Aug 2025 07:15:08 +0000 Lam Ka-sing Lam Ka-sing A bitter trade dispute between Washington and Beijing has delivered an unexpected windfall for Hong Kong shoppers, with a glut of diverted US cherries flooding the market and bringing prices for some shipments to their lowest levels in two decades. Stalls in the bustling Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market are now offering the popular summer fruit from Washington state for as little as HK$40 (US$5.10) a pound, a steep discount from past years. The price is partly a consequence of high tariffs... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3319193/hk40-cherries-hong-kong-why-us-china-trade-war-means-sweet-savings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3319193/hk40-cherries-hong-kong-why-us-china-trade-war-means-sweet-savings?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:33:18 +0000