發佈日期: 2026-05-09 20:11 TVB News 粵 已複製連結 Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. Some restaurants anticipate more prudent spending among patrons this year, while there are stepped-up discount campaigns among supermarkets to woo customers. On the eve of Mother’s Day, the flower market in Mong Kok was already bustling with crowds in the afternoon. Children take the
An elderly woman tried to fight a younger one over priority seating inside an MTR train carriage in Hong Kong, with a clip capturing the dispute going viral on Saturday. In the clip posted on the social media platform Threads, the elderly woman in one of two adjacent priority seats is seen forcefully trying to
The funeral for the father of Mo Li Kai-yin, the dancer left paralysed after being struck by a falling giant screen during a concert by Hong Kong boy band Mirror, will be held early next month. The family said on Saturday that Reverend Derek Li Shing-lam’s funeral would be held at 10.30am on June 6
About 100 ships registered in Hong Kong or locally managed or owned are stranded in the Strait of Hormuz along with an estimated 2,300 seafarers, an industry leader has said. Richard Hext, chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, told the South China Morning Post on Friday that it was very risky to sail vessels
外交部駐港公署及香港政府教育局、香港明天更好基金聯合主辦的「香港盃」外交知識競賽決賽今日（9日）假香港理工大學賽馬會綜藝館舉行，共吸引香港295所中小學、88448名學生報名參與。公署特派員崔建春致辭時表示，學校和學生數量雙雙創新高，但認為規模仍可進一步擴大，冀本港青少年藉賽事汲取外交養分，走向世界舞台。崔建春致辭時提及，本港青少年「要守牢生命線、放眼地平線、攀登山脊線」，希望香港青少年扎根中華大地，從先民足跡、抗戰記憶到回歸後的同心同行，研習中華歷史文化的生命線；面對單邊主義、地緣衝突等全球挑戰，要向世界分享香港和內地發展的地平線；以及攀登與超越的山脊線，舉例可投身河套、西九龍從事高新科技行業或策展人。他又說，香港青少年有兩文三語優勢，身處中西交匯前沿，特別提到可以成為國際調解員，預料香港調解院現時僅有41個國家成員，預計不超過五年可超過聯合國成立初期的51個。他續指，國家「十五五」規劃為香港賦予新定位，青少年適逢時代機遇。 特首李家超致辭時表示，香港在「一國兩制」下在國家對外交往、國際合作有重要使命，青年是國家希望和民族未來，培育具廣闊國際視野與深厚家國情懷的青年，是香港發揮優勢、服務國家發展大局的關鍵，雖近九萬名學生參與仍有進步空間，並相信未來會有更多學生投身外交事務。香港賽馬會自2009年起支持香港盃外交知識競賽，資助優勝學生參與內地參訪團。今年馬會繼續擔任競賽的特別贊助單位。 Source link
Stories filled with tragic bravery, outrage at heedless officials and horror as loved ones perished were among those shared by 24 residents of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court estate, as they testified at a public hearing investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades. Over multiple sessions that began on March 19, some told the presiding
Hong Kong homebuyers snapped up new flats on offer on Saturday, fuelling optimism that the bull run in the city’s property market will continue. All 154 units at Sun Hung Kai Properties’ Lime Spark project sold out as of 4.30pm, while 147 homes, or 93 per cent of the 158 flats available at Henderson Land’s
A poster of the crime thriller “Cold War 1994”. (PHOTO / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) LOS ANGELES – Chinese Hong Kong crime thriller “Cold War 1994” opened Friday in a limited theatrical release in North America. The film is a prequel to the long-running “Cold War” police thriller franchise, set in Hong Kong on the eve
From right, Maria Mok, director of the Hong Kong Museum of Art; participating artists Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui; Prudence Ma, curator from Hong Kong Museum of Art, pose for a photo during the opening ceremony of the “Fermata: Hong Kong in Venice” exhibition, on May 8, 2026. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT) Works by Hong
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation will launch a large-scale railway exhibition at Hung Hom Station on May 16, featuring four retired trains and a new immersive train driving simulator. The rail giant said on Saturday that the exhibition, titled “Station Rail Voyage: Explorer”, would feature an expanded layout with a refreshed look. “The exhibition retains four
A wanted member of the overseas opposition group “Hong Kong Parliament” has been arrested in Thailand for overstaying her visa, and is reportedly set to be deported to mainland China. The opposition group said on Friday that Zhang Xinyan, who took part in what it called a parliamentary election and was sworn in as a
An exclusive Hong Kong sports club will press ahead with an imminent change of operator for its Central clubhouse despite objections by some of its members about unfair access and incompatibility of their client profiles, the South China Morning Post has learned. The controversy began about a fortnight ago after private members’ club Carlyle &
Hongkongers packed the aisles of supermarkets with carts full of daily necessities as the city’s major grocery chains engaged in what some were calling a “price war” ahead of Mother’s Day. Hong Kong’s two major supermarket chains, CK Hutchison Holdings-backed ParknShop and Jardine Matheson’s Wellcome, each offered 12 per cent off everything in their stores
Competition among Hong Kong florists heated up on the day before Mother’s Day as stores slashed bouquet prices and offered more innovative products, with some vendors reporting weaker business and lower profit margins compared with last year. Despite the wet weather on Saturday, vendors at the Mong Kok Flower Market touted colourful bouquets of carnations,
Over the past year, retired economist Thomas Yuen Wai-kee has used shared bikes operated by Locobike and Helloride a few times each month to go on leisure rides in Hong Kong. So far the 62-year-old, a former assistant economics professor with Hong Kong Shue Yan University, has enjoyed their services, saying the two dockless shared
Bringing Together Business Leaders and Paralympic Gold Medalist to Discuss the “Invisible Strength” of SEN Mothers and Full-Time Moms HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 May 2026 – Hong Kong registered charity Hong Kong Momtrepreneurs (HKM) successfully held its annual Mother’s Day flagship event yesterday. This year’s event, themed “The Invisible Strength:
Hong Kong schools have recorded net student rises for two consecutive years, with the current academic year seeing an increase of about 7,200 pupils, a surge that an industry leader has attributed to the influx of dependants of admitted talent. The Education Bureau published enrolment figures on its website on April 28. The data covers
Even when a business is losing money, it’s possible for shareholders to make money if they buy a good business at the right price. For example, although Amazon.com made losses for many years after listing, if you had bought and held the shares since 1999, you would have made a fortune. Having said that, unprofitable
An Australian man has been remanded in custody and hit with fresh charges in Hong Kong for fleeing restaurants without paying more than HK$2,000 (US$255) in bills, just a day after being fined for similar offences. Samuel Anthony Monkivitch, 50, was detained soon after pleading guilty at Eastern Court on Thursday to three charges –
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will lower its fuel surcharges for passenger flights by as much as 12.9 per cent from May 16, after a series of increases that began in March. For long-haul flights, the surcharge will fall from HK$1,560 (US$199) to HK$1,362 per leg of the trip. The rate for medium-haul
