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Bright future for Hong Kong’s signboard culture as businesses replace old neon designs with smaller legal ones

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Businesses ordered to remove ageing neon signs choose to keep a slice of city’s heritage alive. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3217222/bright-future-hong-kongs-signboard-culture-businesses-replace-old-neon-designs-smaller-legal-ones?utm_source=rss_feed

Hong Kong barbershop featured in Mirror music video catches fire, leaving 2 injured, but historic interior saved

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Blaze broke out at Shanghai-style barbershop in Choi Hung late on Saturday night. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3217240/fire-hong-kong-barbershop-where-boy-band-mirror-shot-latest-clip-leaves-2-injured-decades-history?utm_source=rss_feed

Throwing more money and land at projects isn’t the way to develop Hong Kong’s innovation and technology

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong’s need to diversify its economy has long been known, but efforts to develop innovation and technology have had mixed success. The tired old formula fails to take into account how the digital…

Hong Kong tax breaks fuel big switch to electric cars, but motorists ask: where to charge them?

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tesla retains its lead by providing buyers with a network of charging points, but city needs more, soon. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3217231/hong-kong-tax-breaks-fuel-big-switch-electric-cars-motorists-ask-where-charge-them?utm_source=rss_feed

Hong Kong set for ‘mild’ growth in first quarter amid upbeat consumption, smaller exports decline: Paul Chan

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Financial secretary says overall consumption has recently surged 17 per cent on the back of Covid curbs being lifted. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3217234/hong-kong-set-mild-growth-first-quarter-amid-upbeat-consumption-smaller-exports-decline-paul-chan?utm_source=rss_feed

Singapore’s rent to soar faster than Hong Kong, offering expatriates and tenants little respite, analysts say

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Expatriates in Hong Kong and Singapore can expect higher rents this year, but the size of increase in both markets is likely to vary vastly, observers say. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3217068/no-respite-expatriates-singapore-rents-will-continue-climb-while-hong-kong-will-see-smaller-increase?utm_source=rss_feed

Hong Kong consumption vouchers: eager shoppers welcome fresh round of spending credits but some say HK$5,000 value not ‘shocking’ enough

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. First of two tranches dished out on payment platforms from Sunday, giving users HK$3,000 in digital credit. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3217229/hong-kong-consumption-vouchers-eager-shoppers-welcome-fresh-round-spending-credits-some-say-hk5000?utm_source=rss_feed

Hong Kong’s rules for allowing e-scooters on designated tracks are too strict, users say

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Trial allowing e-bicycles and e-scooters welcomed, but some urge rethink of weight of devices. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3217186/hong-kongs-rules-allowing-e-scooters-designated-tracks-are-too-strict-users-say?utm_source=rss_feed

Shorter wait for transplant patients? Hong Kong weighs allowing exchange of donated organs with mainland China

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tired of waiting for organs, desperate patients have taken ‘unofficial routes’ to mainland transplants https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3217170/shorter-wait-transplant-patients-hong-kong-weighs-allowing-exchange-donated-organs-mainland-china?utm_source=rss_feed

‘It’s disappearing very fast’: Hong Kong’s fading neon heritage shines a spotlight on the craft

Hong Kong Free Press Part of HKFP’s partnership with The Guardian. The narrow pavements of Hong Kong commercial district Wan Chai are no stranger to the lunchtime rush, with queues spilling out from restaurants and promoters being ignored as they push flyers on passers-by. But on an otherwise unexceptional Monday in March, one main thoroughfare…