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Hong Kong aims to eliminate subdivided flats by 2049, a target set in 2021 by China's top official overseeing the city. Beijing sees the housing woes as a serious social problem that helped fuel ...
A flight ban on most these countries has been in place since January, as authorities sought to stem the outbreak of the highly transmissible omicron variant in Hong Kong. Hong Kong to lift flight ...
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee helps to pour out votes from the ballot box at a polling station in Hong Kong on Dec. 10, 2023. ... primarily municipal issues, used to be one of the most ...
Traffic congestion has emerged as a significant socioeconomic issue in Hong Kong. In 2021, cross-harbour traffic during peak hours has been confirmed to exceed 26% of the total capacity of the three tunnels, and it takes drivers up to 25 minutes on average to pass through the Cross-Harbour Tunnel during the morning rush hour, a full three times higher than during the smooth traffic periods ...
The Cross-Harbour Tunnel, one of the busiest routes in Hong Kong, was briefly blocked on 3 August. [136] Reports showed the Hong Kong International Airport was affected by strike actions, resulting in a large number of flight cancellations and delays. Photos showed many travellers waiting in the concourse. [133]
As for the economic aspect, it is more focused on strengthening the international attractiveness of Hong Kong by means of harbour development. [13] In this connection, it seems that the traditional and longstanding policy of creating new land for urban development through reclamation no longer prevails in this century.
Hong Kong may have once played gatekeeper to a world of style and luxury for 1.4 billion people in Mainland China, but now its edge has considerably dulled. How Hong Kong Can Redefine Its Next Chapter
The issue of light pollution in Hong Kong rose to public prominence in 2008, [2] and the government initiated a policy review the following year, [3] culminating in the 2011-2015 "Task Force on External Lighting" to look into the problem, including two rounds of public consultation in 2013. [2]