Tag: mainland
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460,000 mainland Chinese visitors arrive in Hong Kong over holiday weekend – but 1 million residents head elsewhere
[ad_1] Nearly half a million mainland Chinese visitors arrived in Hong Kong over the long weekend break but double the number of residents headed elsewhere, as restaurants reported a boost in business helped mostly by more locals eating out. Economists and industry experts on Monday said challenges remained in attracting visitors, including mainland tourists being…
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Hong Kong customs seizes 1,600 live lobsters among HK$11 million contraband haul destined for mainland China
[ad_1] Hong Kong customs seized 70 boxes of live lobsters as part of a contraband haul worth HK$11 million (US$1.4 million) before the goods could be shipped to mainland China to capitalise on high demand ahead of an extended weekend break, the Post learned on Friday. The haul from Thursday included HK$1 million worth of…
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Mainland investors help ETFs grab record share of Hong Kong trading
[ad_1] Receive free Exchange traded funds updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Exchange traded funds news every morning. Latest news on ETFs Visit our ETF Hub to find out more and to explore our in-depth data and comparison tools The average daily turnover of Hong Kong-listed exchange traded…
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Hong Kong jobseekers on dependent visas hampered by language skills as employers ‘pivot’ to mainland China market
[ad_1] Immigration Department data shows that from 2018 to 2022, authorities approved about 23,500 dependent visas per year. From January this year to June, the number of approvals of dependent visas skyrocketed to 48,691, largely because of the Top Talent Pass Scheme. Introduced last December, the scheme allows people with an annual income of HK$2.5…
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Traffic on key bridge from Crimea to Russia’s mainland halted amid reports of explosions and deaths
[ad_1] Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland has been halted after reports of explosions that Crimean officials say were from a Ukrainian attack FILE – A helicopter drops water to stop fire on Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, on Oct. 8, 2022.…