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The Hong Kong police said on Friday that a 67-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a cache of firearms seized earlier by the police in a mini-storage facility rented by the suspect in Sha Tin, including 18 handguns and over 100 rounds of ammunition.
Hong Kong and Shanghai reached a consensus on 65 projects covering 15 areas, including innovation technology, industrial development, urban planning and management, digital economy, and finance, said Chief Executive John Lee on Friday when meeting top officials from Shanghai.
Over 6,000 meritorious post-secondary students, incl. 580 SEN students, received scholarships & awards under the HKSAR Govt Scholarship Fund & the Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund for the 2023/24 academic year, amounting to about HK$180 mln (23 mln USD): HKSAR govt.
In March 2024, the values of #HongKong's total exports and imports of goods recorded year-on-year increases of 4.7% and 5.3% to HK$384.5 bln (about 49.1 bln USD) and HK$429.5 bln (about 54.9 bln USD) respectively, the Census and Statistics Department released on Thursday.
5.9 million passengers are expected to pass through Hong Kong's sea, land & air control points during the Labor Day holiday from April 30 to May 5. On May 1, outbound & inbound passengers using land boundary control points will reach 481,000 and 544,000, respectively: HKSAR govt
The 3 astronauts aboard China's #Shenzhou18 spaceship have entered China's Tiangong space station and met with the #Shenzhou17 astronaut trio on Friday, to kick off the 4th in-orbit crew rotation as the 6 astronauts will live and work for about 5 days to complete handover work.
Heavier showers on Friday and a stormy weekend may happen in S China's #HongKong, as a trough of low pressure continues to bring unsettled weather over Guangdong, Hong Kong Observatory said Thursday. Some trains between HK & Guangzhou were canceled due to bad weather on Thur.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy held open day events on April 23-24 in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong, to mark its 75th founding anniversary, during which visitors could tour the guided-missile destroyer Guangzhou.
#CUHK has developed a data-driven bioinformatics analysis workflow to facilitate identifying distinct features & biomarkers of senescent neurons in normal ageing and demented brains, shedding new light on future diagnostics and the development of #senotherapeutic strategies.
#HongKong's iconic theme park Ocean Park gained accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for the fifth consecutive time, setting a record for obtaining this honor for 22 years in a row, the park said on Wednesday.
China has allocated 110 million yuan (about $15.18 million) of central natural disaster relief funds to support rescue and relief work in the flood-affected regions of Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guangxi.
With an exhibition area of about 515,000 square meters and 9,820 exhibitors, the second phase of the 135th #CantonFair focusing on displaying products such as household goods, gifts, decorations, building materials and furniture, opened in Guangzhou, S China's Guangdong on Tue.
Hong Kong International Airport registered 4.46 million passengers and 29,840 flight movements in March, up 56.7% and 48.2% YoY respectively, while cargo throughput increased 15.1% YoY to 428,000 tonnes in the same period, according to Airport Authority Hong Kong Tuesday.
#Shenzhou18 crewed spaceship is set to lift off at 8:59 pm Thur, with a crew consisting of Chinese astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu aboard. A slew of tasks incl world's 1st in-orbit stem cell study on plant's stem tips will be carried out during the 6-month mission.
The #HongKong Observatory warned residents to prepare for possible flooding despite canceling amber rainstorm warning in force for more than four hours on Tuesday, after heavy rain and strong gusts battered the SAR earlier in the day. (file pic)
South China's #HongKong and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed a MOU on Monday to strengthen their cooperation on issues relating to dispute avoidance and resolution. Hong Kong eyes the establishment of the Hong Kong International Legal Talents Training Academy under the MOU.
The APEC China Business Council Hong Kong Forum kicked off Monday in south China's #HongKong, gathering around 300 representatives from APEC economies to discuss new adjustments in the global supply chains amid the impact of current geopolitical tensions and rising protectionism.
A ban on single-use plastics took effect in south China's #HongKong on Monday, with a six-month adaptation period, in a move to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the SAR.