Hong Kong’s airport, West Kowloon Station and other key ports buzzed with crowds of travelers as the city went into a five-day break for the Easter and Qing Ming Festival, also known as tomb-sweeping day, holidays on Friday.
While flocks of travelers were seen leaving the city, many others arrived from various countries and regions.
Shadow Li and Shamim Ashraf of China Daily took the photos on Friday and Saturday.
Thousands of Hongkongers braced for heavy rain as they crossed the border into Shenzhen on the second day of the Easter holiday, taking advantage of the break to enjoy a wider range of shopping, dining and entertainment options at bargain prices. Many travellers on Saturday cited mainland China’s broader selection of shopping centres, restaurants and
Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog and police are investigating a large-scale data leak involving over 56,000 patients served by the Hospital Authority, which reported the unauthorised retrieval of a variety of information. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Saturday that it received a report from the authority on Friday, noting that
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong is bracing for a series of thunderstorms on the weekend, with the weather forecaster issuing an amber rainstorm warning on Saturday morning. The Hong Kong Observatory announced the amber warning, the lowest
The Hong Kong government has demanded that the city’s largest franchised bus operator investigate the malfunctioning of its fare rebate machines, which provided free trips to passengers on the day a revised HK$2 (26 US cents) transport subsidy scheme was implemented. The government told the South China Morning Post on Saturday that KMB would be
行政長官李家超今日(4日)在社交平台上載影片，表示政府推出「在校課後託管服務計劃」，為學生及家長在經濟、學業或家庭上帶來莫大裨益，他對此深感欣慰，喜見計劃成效理想。他又指會與委託的大學研究團隊研究將計劃進一步擴展，以期充分利用資源，讓更多家庭受惠。李家超趁復活節聯同教育局長蔡若蓮、勞工及福利局長孫玉菡到訪九龍城區一間小學，與學生一起迎接復活節假期來臨。他表示到訪的學校夥拍非政府機構，正推行「在校課後託管服務計劃」，參與計劃的學生放學後，在導師指導下完成功課及溫習，亦會進行遊戲及課外活動。他與數名家長及其子女交流，多名家長向他指原本因需照顧孩子只能從事兼職，子女參與計劃後，他們可放心做全職，既紓緩經濟壓力，亦減輕管教困難。學生就表示參加計劃後認識許多新朋友，在學業及社交層面均有正面發展。政府在2023/24學年起推行有關計劃，由學校提供場地、關愛基金提供資金，委聘非政府機構負責營辦，讓有需要的小學生在課後留校接受託管及學習支援，方便家長外出工作。計劃首年招募了七個地區共59間小學參與，至2024/25學年計劃擴展至全港，共126間學校參與，服務名額倍增至近6000個。去年《施政報告》提出進一步優化計劃，取消名額上限，截至上月已有逾200間小學參加，提供超過10500個名額。李家超亦提到，他經常指出改善民生是其施政的最終目標，在扶助基層方面，本屆政府一直通過政、商、民合作，推出不同精準扶貧項目，將資源投放在最需要幫助的人，「在校課後託管服務計劃」正正是其中之一。 Source link
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