聖誕檔期電影票房收1920萬元 20年來最差
香港影業協會及香港戲院商會屬下機構香港票房有限公司，今（27日）公布今年聖誕檔期的票房收入為1960萬元，較去年跌40.33%。票房公司指，聖誕假期是戲院業重要的黃金檔期，形容如此跌幅，反映香港電影業消費市道持續低迷。 Source link
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梁振英撐口岸24小時通關 邵家輝：零售有危有機
【明報專訊】周末連聖誕4天假期周二結束，入境處昨日公布最新數據顯示，期內有逾156.5萬人次香港居民出境，當中至少138.8萬人次北上或赴澳門，佔約88.7%。為進一步深化粵港澳合作，國家發改委周一公布《粵港澳大灣區國際一流營商環境建設三年行動計劃》（《行動計劃》），提到要推動更多粵港口岸「24小時通關」。全國政協副主席梁振英同意更多口岸24小時通關，稱短期內本港或因此流失更多消費力，惟認為應擁抱競爭、升級轉型。 Source link
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Li Ning Buying Office Tower From Henderson for $283M
Harbour East doesn’t have much retail space available for a Li Ning shop (Image: Henderson Land) Chinese gymnastics legend Li Ning made his name being fearless on the pommel horse and rings, and now the sportswear company that bears his name is vaulting into a Hong Kong office market where many investors fear to venture.
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Hong Kong to spend HK$15 billion on fresh water from mainland China over next three years
The annual rate of increase was 0.3 per cent between 2018 and 2020. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn signs a new water supply deal with Wang Lixin, the director general of the Guangdong province Water Resources Department. Photo: Handout. A government spokesman said the new rate took into account changes in the price indices of
Ashley Roberts flaunts her enviable figure in a halter neck string bikini while on holiday in Miami
By Chikamso Chukwuenyem For Mailonline Published: 16:12 GMT, 27 December 2023 | Updated: 17:13 GMT, 27 December 2023 Ashley Roberts looked incredible in a halter neck string bikini in a Boxing Day Instagram Story from her holiday in Miami. The Heart FM presenter, 42, showed off the result of years of professional dancing in her
Every Hong Kong film released in 2023, ranked from worst to best in the year that new directors continued to make history
Ng is far from being the only first-time director to have made his mark in this new golden age for debutant filmmakers. Among the top 10 films included in this ranking, seven are a Hong Kong director’s first or second feature. The cast of “A Guilty Conscience” after the film’s box office passed the HK$100
尖沙嘴The ONE上月奪命工傷 電工傷頭延醫兩日不治
尖沙嘴一名男工人上月在商場工作期間受傷，延醫兩日證實不治，其妻兒認為案件離奇遂報案。何太稱報案後方知警方及勞工處未有介入調查，懷疑有人報案時淡化事件，哭訴稱：「我希望出事真是要有警察到場，唔好俾班人（將事發現場）整到乾乾淨淨，好似我老公死得咁冤枉」。記者今到涉事店舖，見已開門營業，門口放有開張花籃 ，記者向店舖職員查詢，對方指不知裝修時有工業意外發生。 Source link
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議員見報率減 四成少於一日一次 葉劉：今年社會爭議少 劉兆佳：若「無人識」應加強溝通
【明報專訊】立法會議員表現備受關注，本報以慧科新聞網統計，89名議員今年至12月24日在本地傳媒平均曝光515次，與去年全年計減少一成。四成議員曝光少於365次，平均每日見報少於一次。新民黨主席葉劉淑儀認為曝光減少因社會爭議少，又承認公眾對今屆議員較陌生，議會新丁需時學習捕捉社會關注的議題。全國港澳研究會顧問劉兆佳認為不能單憑曝光率評價議員表現，但如果「做了兩年議員都無人識」，應加強與各界溝通、改善發言質素。 Source link
議員見報率減 四成少於一日一次 葉劉：今年社會爭議少 劉兆佳：若「無人識」應加強溝通 Read More »
New World, China Resources Form JV in Hong Kong’s Yuen Long
Yuen Long’s wide open spaces convinced CK Asset to purchase a site at Lau Yip Street and Chung Yip Road in 2021 New World Development has teamed with state-controlled China Resources Land on a residential joint venture worth a reported HK$10 billion ($1.28 billion), giving the debt-laden Hong Kong builder a chance to raise cash
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Hong Kong urged to open up primary school enrolments to more mainland Chinese pupils amid record-low births
The falling number of babies born in Hong Kong has hit enrolments, with worse expected. The number of births fell from 52,900 in 2019 to 43,000 in 2020, 37,000 in 2021 and a low of 32,500 last year. The council represents 422 primary schools, and So said he feared that the number who might face
Yan Yan Chan finally breaks her silence on rumours she dated Harry Styles after she was spotted at his concert
By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:16 GMT, 13 December 2023 | Updated: 08:01 GMT, 13 December 2023 Yan Yan Chan has broken her silence on rumours she ‘struck up a close friendship’ with Harry Styles earlier this year. The 29-year-old Hong Kong-born influencer played down romance chatter, telling The Daily Telegraph that she
Hong Kong tourism officials too ‘passive’ in efforts to attract mainland Chinese visitors, former city leader CY Leung says
Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying has accused local tourism officials of being too passive in their efforts to attract mainland Chinese visitors to the city amid increasing competition from other destinations across the country. Leung, Hong Kong’s only vice-chairman on Beijing’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, criticised politicians, without
屯門前哥頓軍營、西營盤前精神病院及山頂甘道23號獲納入活化計劃
發展局公布，將屯門前哥頓軍營Watervale House、西營盤前華人精神病院及山頂甘道23號，納入第七期活化歷史建築伙伴計劃，並邀請非牟利機構就其中一幢為前哥頓軍營提交活化建議，截止申請日期為明年4月10日中午12時。 Source link
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信制度會隨社會演化 摩登村長：回歸起點 黃大仙廖成利：憾未發揮區會最大功能
【明報專訊】過去有區議員在同一區做「長勝將軍」，亦有區議員數度轉區。黃大仙區議員、民協主席廖成利1985年已出任黃大仙區議員，中途曾落敗、轉區，他以「黯然銷魂」形容接近20年的區議會生涯，認為未能發揮區議會最大功能是遺憾。民主派將絕迹議會，廖成利以「飛行棋」比喻是回歸起點，情况猶如1980年代般，議會制度會一步一步改變。 Source link
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Exclusive | State-owned China Resources teams up with Hong Kong’s New World to develop US$1.3 billion Northern Metropolis residential project
The site, covering an area of around 150,000 square feet in the southern part of Yuen Long, is expected to be developed into some 2,000 residential units. The total value of the development is expected to be HK$10 billion upon completion, one of the sources said. 05:14 Farmers forced to leave their land to make
Operation Santa Claus: Italian fair in Hong Kong draws crowds, raises HK$560,000 for charity
“The proceeds will enable IWA to sponsor projects for different charities located in Hong Kong, mainland China and Cambodia, on top of the projects or charities selected by [OSC],” association president Federica Betteto said. The “Il Mercatino di Iwa” charity fair raised HK$560,000 for charity. Photo: Handout She added all unsold items were distributed to
‘I guess the golden era is over’: Security minister Tom Tugendhat launches vicious jibe at Lord Cameron for warmth towards China when he was PM – as Foreign Secretary vows to ‘stand by the people of Hong Kong’
By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:53 GMT, 13 December 2023 | Updated: 11:09 GMT, 13 December 2023 Security minister Tom Tugendhat launched an extraordinary jibe at Lord Cameron today over his warmth towards China as PM. Mr Tugendhat threw shade at the Foreign Secretary after he posted on social media about having
打鼓嶺堆填區男工夾斃 勞工處已向承辦商發暫時停工通知書
打鼓嶺一個堆填區昨發生奪命工業意外，一名男工人在協助廢物傾倒工作時，被廢物貨櫃拖車車尾與廢物傾倒台之間夾斃，涉事新界西北廢物轉運站合約承建商為太古惠明有限公司。勞工處今（26日）指，已向有關承辦商發出「暫時停工通知書」，停止使用涉事的廢物傾倒台，直至處方信納承辦商已採取措施消除有關危害，才可恢復使用。處方又指，正全速調查意外，以確定意外成因，查找法律責任及提出改善措施。 Source link
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灣區熱搜：疫後需求增 靈活辦公室深圳擴張 IWG進駐南山創科樞紐 距口岸10分鐘車程
【明報專訊】疫情後內地經濟受壓，不少一線城市寫字樓空置率高企，國際靈活辦公室（或共享工作間）營運商IWG卻於深圳南山擴張，新增一間Regus辦公中心，亦會於廣州番禺再開新中心。負責人對入駐率有信心，看中疫情後全球對靈活辦公的需求上升，而南山新中心選址交通方便，10分鐘可抵深圳灣口岸，便利境外客戶到內地開展業務。 Source link
灣區熱搜：疫後需求增 靈活辦公室深圳擴張 IWG進駐南山創科樞紐 距口岸10分鐘車程 Read More »
13% Hongkongers think it is a ‘good time’ to buy property, second highest level of optimism on record, Citi survey shows
The number of Hongkongers who say it is a “good time” to buy a house fell three percentage points in September from a year ago, according to a study conducted by Citi Hong Kong, but it is the second most optimistic result recorded in the past 11 years. A Citi Hong Kong survey conducted in