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Far fewer vehicles than forecast have been taking advantage of the expensive mega bridge connecting Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau, so a pilot scheme to relax the rules on who is allowed to use it has to be welcomed

Hong Kong’s first chief executive has been nominated for the national titles of honour after helping lay the foundation for the city to tread the unprecedented path of ‘one country, two systems’

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Top architects, engineers from mainland China invited to share expertise with local students as part of high-profile campaign to instil patriotism in Hongkongers.

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Industry players mostly upbeat on extension to Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, aimed at boosting traffic volumes and connecting city earlier left out of project.

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Several Jacobs China staff were convicted in 2019 of falsifying safety test records for the mega bridge project linking Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China.

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Deputy director of public prosecutions William Tam argues the group’s sentences were much lighter than those handed to six defendants in a related case concerning the bridge.

With the rise of a young middle class, who could be foodies, creators, trekkers and beach buffs, a more creative way of relaxing and holidaying will be in demand, says Katharine Wang, the general manager of Casa Cook.

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Seafood plays an important role for Zhuhai’s two million residents. Sitting on an estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea, the city – once know as ‘fishermen’s county’ – has access to a wide variety of marine wildlife.

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Property developer China Overseas Land & Investment has shrugged aside tightening government curbs on financing to acquired a residential and commercial plot in Zhuhai for the record sum of 10.5 billion yuan (US$1.6 billion).

Pachira Technology relocated from California’s Silicon Valley to Zhuhai’s special economic zone in Hengqin last year, after receiving a major boost from the local government.

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The battery arm of the French oil giant Total said the new 6,600 square-metre facility is part of its efforts to tap the growing global energy storage market.

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Mainlanders reprimanded by police after being found fishing illegally from piers of the underused bridge linking Hong Kong with its neighbours Zhuhai and Macau.

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While analysts and industry observers agree on Macau’s need to diversify its economy from gaming, they say the city has to find a financial niche for itself.

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The Guishan proposal is the most ambitious plan to untie the Gordian knot of housing affordability in the world’s most expensive urban centre ever since Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor signed off on the Lantau Tomorrow Vision last year.

The episode underscores the potential risk for buyers in cross-border investments, especially where it comes to the fine print of contracts and the difference between illustrations and reality. Buying property outside Hong Kong is “very complicated”, and “consumers should stay vigilant,” said the city’s Estate Agents Authority, in a statement.

An urban and infrastructure developer in Nanjing has become the first Chinese state-backed entity to list its securities on Macau bond exchange, following up on President Xi Jinping’s measures to shift the city’s financial focus.