People wearing masks cross the road in the Central area of Hong Kong, July 27, 2020. (WANG SHEN/XINHUA) HONG KONG – Hong Kong health authorities are investigating a preliminary positive local COVID-19 infection involving the L452R mutant strain. The source of origin of the case that involved a 27-year-old man […]
Hu Hao, chief designer of China's third-phase lunar exploration program, shares his experience with students at the University of Hong Kong, June 23, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY) HONG KONG – Hu Hao, chief designer of China’s third-phase lunar exploration program, shared on Wednesday afternoon his experience with over […]
In this July 18, 2020 photo, shipping containers are seen stacked on top of each other at a cargo terminal in Hong Kong. (ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s export index has risen for five consecutive quarters, from a low of 16 last year to 48.7 in […]
In this undated file photo, a visitor passes by a dealership of Xpeng Motors in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. (LONG WEI / FOR CHINA DAILY) New York-traded electric-vehicle maker Xpeng Inc has received the green light from the Hong Kong stock exchange to list in the city, the latest homecoming share sale by a Chinese company. […]
Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut, smiles at workers after the Shenzhou V manned spaceship successfully landed on the designated site in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Oct 16, 2003. (XU JINGXING / CHINA DAILY) HONG KONG – “There are three dates that I would like everyone to remember. They […]
A team of scientists in Hong Kong helped the nation with its first successful mission to Mars by picking the ideal landing site for the probe’s lander spacecraft. Chen Zimo reports from Hong Kong. This photo released on June 11 by the China National Space Administration shows China’s first Mars […]
Hong Kong Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip chats with a student who is about to receive his COVID-19 vaccination at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, June 23, 2021. (PHOTO/HKSAR GOVERNMENT) HONG KONG – Hong Kong reported two new imported cases on Wednesday, bringing the overall […]
Qi Faren, first chief designer of China's Shenzhou spaceship, delivers a speech during a lecture at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on June 23, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY) For Hong Kong’s students and young researchers, it was a day unlike any other as they listened, mesmerized, to first […]
A couple takes a selfie in front of a food truck at Hong Kong Disneyland on March 15, 2017. (PHOTO / INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HKSAR GOVT) HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s food trucks may become history amid the pandemic as the government said it is reviewing the effectiveness of the […]
SHANGHAI – Hong Kong shares ended higher on Wednesday, the biggest daily jump in nearly three months, with strong gains in tech firms following comments from the Federal Reserve chief that the US central bank will not hasten to hike rates. At the close of trade, the Hang Seng index […]
In this undated photo, Wang Yiran, a postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, stands next to the model of the Mars probe Tianwen-1 at China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Wang Yiran, a postdoctoral fellow at […]
Wu Bo (first right), an associate professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, stands with his Chang’e-4 project team at China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing on Jan 4, 2019. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) A Hong Kong-based scientific team attributed their accomplishment […]
Pedestrians walk across a road in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong on June 21, 2021. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) GENEVA – The remarks made by the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights on Hong Kong and Xinjiang related issues at the Human Rights Council on Monday […]
Police stand outside the headquarters of Apple Daily in Hong Kong on Aug 10, 2020. (LUI SIU WAI / XINHUA) HONG KONG – The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday expressed strong disapproval of and firm opposition […]
In this Feb 26, 2021 photo, people walk past an electronic display showing the Hang Seng Index in the Central district of Hong Kong. (ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) The Hang Seng Index is not expected to perform strongly in the coming six months, as the technology sector, which accounts for […]
Astronauts pose for group photos with audience during a sharing session at the Chinese Foundation Secondary School in Hong Kong, June 28, 2017. Chinese astronauts Yang Liwei, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong participated in the session to interactive with more than 800 teachers and students. (LUI SIU WAI/XINHUA) HONG KONG […]
HONG KONG – Scientists from Hong Kong universities and aspiring secondary students in the city were among those who have contributed to the nation’s decades-long exploration of space. Here is a timeline of significant projects involving Hong Kong’s participation: The Camera Pointing System that Yung Kai-leung’s team designed for the Chang’e-4 […]
Commuters travel past commercial buildings on a tram in the Central district of Hong Kong on June 21, 2021. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) HONG KONG – Two hundred to 300 Hong Kong-domiciled fund products could be sold to mainland investors once the Wealth Management Connect is launched, the Hong Kong […]
Hong Kong stocks closed lower on Tuesday, as weakness in tech stocks offset a jump in energy firms, ahead of highly-anticipated testimony from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. At the close of trade, the Hang Seng Index was down 179.24 points, or 0.63 percent, at 28,309.76. The Hang Seng […]
This photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing on Dec 3, 2020 shows an image of the ascender of the Chang'e 5 spacecraft flying above the lunar surface. Hu Hao, chief designer of the third stage of the nation’s Lunar Exploration Project, will be one of the experts […]