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9 September, 2024
Cathay Pacific cancelled around 800 flights between December 2023 and February 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee

Disruptions, mid-air blunders highlighted the year for Hong Kong aviation

Global Microsoft outage that affected Hong Kong airport in July forced tens of thousands of passengers to check in manually.

Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong airport told to step up train safety after girl’s platform gap fall

Hong Kong society

Nearly 400,000 Hongkongers leave city on December 22, up 15% from last year

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Hong Kong

HSBC’s PayMe now accepted by 27,000 Hong Kong taxi drivers

New channel launched after ‘significant uptick’ in electronic payment adoption by both riders and drivers, Octopus says.

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Hong Kong is home to 18,163 taxis, of which 15,250 are red urban taxis. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Fare rises inevitable but authorities must ensure they are fair

Hong Kong government duty-bound to keep such increases at modest levels so that public transport remains affordable for all.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong may drop plan to use hydrogen-powered light rail trains: lawmakers

MTR Corp faces double whammy of restrictive safety rules and need to adapt light rail platforms, pair of lawmakers say.

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On This Day | When Hong Kong’s Ma On Shan line opened to public 20 years ago – SCMP archive

In 2004, schoolboys and rail buffs flocked to the inauguration of the HK$10 billion Ma On Shan railway.

A long queue of passengers waiting to board the first train of the Ma On Shan rail line service at KCRC’s Tai Wai Station on December 21, 2004. Photo: Martin Chan

Hong Kong’s MTR rides city’s bear craze with launch of panda-themed trains

South Island line trains and an Airport Express service feature the panda designs.

Hong Kong to expand public transport fare subsidy scheme to AlipayHK users

Starting January 1, 2025, AlipayHK users will be able to claim 25 per cent of their public travel expenses that exceed HK$400 each month.

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong customers in driving seat with ride-hailing

Singapore company Tada will provide more competition in Hong Kong for Uber and a taxi industry that is facing a major shake-up.

The Tada app will increase the options for Hong Kong’s commuters. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong

13,000 complaints about Hong Kong public transport logged over 3 months

Most of the complaints in the third quarter were related to bus and taxi services, Transport Advisory Committee reveals.

Thousands of complaints were received about the city’s bus firms. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong bus firms get green light to raise fares by up to 7.5% from January 5

Fare increases approved by the Executive Council, the city’s top decision-making body.

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Uber

Tada working to provide insurance for Hong Kong drivers, passengers

‘The safety and welfare [of our riders and drivers] is our top priority,’ Tada regional general manager Jonathan Chua says.

Hong Kong tourism

Letters | Ocean Park’s financial woes need a better solution than more grants

Readers discuss the hope for reinvention of a Hong Kong icon, the long wait for the South Island line extension, and Lithuania’s diplomatic spat with China.

Dancers perform during the media preview of a summer festival at Ocean Park’s Water World on June 27. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong taxis

Hong Kong taxi drivers to face ban for failing to turn on surveillance cameras

Authorities earlier proposed installing internal surveillance cameras and dashcams in cabs to help boost taxi industry’s service quality.

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The government is hoping to bolster the quality of taxi services through a series of new measures. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Peak Tram to scrap regular fare, charge same price on all days

Current peak price of up to HK$108 for a ticket will apply daily from December 30.

Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong airport expects up to 200,000 travellers per day over Christmas

Airport Authority will increase manpower over peak travel season, potentially running from December 20 to 29.

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Hong Kong

Editorial | Taxi trip into new Hong Kong era to begin at long last

City’s much criticised cab industry told to install electronic payment and navigation systems, plus dashboard and surveillance cameras.

A passenger approaches a a taxi in Hong Kong’s Central district. Long overdue electronic payment systems are to be placed in city cabs by the end of next year. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong opening self-service ID card kiosks – with 6 chances for photo

Immigration Department has updated functions at 54 kiosks at its new headquarters in Tseung Kwan O.

Hong Kong

Tada in Hong Kong could cost less than Uber, but longer wait time

Lawmaker Gary Zhang and Post reporters compare ride-hailing services, even as both remain illegal, and find driver without hire-car permit.

Uber

Singapore’s Tada launches in Hong Kong, driving fresh competition with Uber

Ride-hailing operator arrives ahead of government plan to regulate services next year.

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Tada will allow customers to pay by cash or credit card in its beta launch covering Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the airport. Photo: Tada
Aviation

Global airline body expects airfares to fall in 2025, with profits set to soar

Airlines are expected to deliver a global profit of US$36.6 billion next year, International Air Transport Association says.

The average airfare next year is expected to by 1.8 per cent lower than in 2024, IATA says. Photo: Elson Li
MTR Corporation

Hong Kong’s high-speed rail ‘brought in HK$2.5 billion in revenue last year’

Transport minister Mable Chan also says number of patrons in first eight months of 2024, about 21 million, surpassed total for all of last year.

Hong Kong to subsidise electric buses, taxis to stop cost being passed to public

Environment chief expands on government’s road map for EV transition and says franchised bus operators convinced after cost-benefit analysis.

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | In reshuffling cabinet, Hong Kong’s leader was simply doing his duty

The sacking of the city’s tourism and transport ministers may have come as a surprise, but the chief executive was merely doing his job.

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Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu is followed by Mable Chan, who was appointed secretary for transport and logistics, and Rosanna Law Shuk-pui, who was appointed secretary for culture, sports and tourism, at a press conference at the chief executive’s office in Tamar on December 5. Photo: May Tse
Aviation

Hong Kong has fully restored global aviation hub status, IATA chief says

Willie Walsh argues some foreign airlines failed to return to full capacity due to supply chain and airspace issues rather than geopolitics.

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The Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Remove roadblocks for electric vehicles in Hong Kong

Hong Kong laws restricting functions of modern vehicles should be updated to allow the cars, and their makers, to flourish.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong eyes EV transition for franchised buses, taxis in HK$600 million push

Government to dish out subsidies to help operators procure electric vehicles amid plans to increase number of charging stations.

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