HONG KONG: Hong Kong has axed all property transaction taxes in a bid to revive the depressed housing market, Finance Minister Paul Chan said in his annual budget speech on Wednesday.
Hong Kong and Macao have both announced relevant data to prove that their tourism industries have all recovered to the level before the COVID-19 pandemic and also the 2019 turmoil, as the two special administrative regions all received more than 1.4 million and 1.3 million inbound visitors which greatly boost local economies, and experts and professionals of related industries said security, stability and public order are the most important elements to bring tourists back.
At the 14th National Winter Games in Hulunbuir, North China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Hong Kong team clinched their second victory in the men s ice hockey category (U18) group match by defeating the Jilin team with a resounding score of 9-3 on Tuesday.
Argentine soccer maestro Lionel Messi on Monday night released a video statement to address the controversy which has fermented for weeks, however, it hasn t quelled the discontent among Chinese fans. He has been embroiled in the controversy since early February, when he didn t take the field during a friendly match in Hong Kong with his club Inter Miami.
Amidst a brewing controversy, Argentine star Lionel Messi posted a video on China s X-like social media platform Weibo on Monday night, responding for the third time to his failure to take the field in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), stating that he was