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Hong Kong weather March 2026:
"An unseasonably warm and rainy March"
• 🌡️ mean daily max 24.5°C, 2.6° above normal
• 🌡️ mean daily min 19.6°C, 2.0° above normal
• 🌧️ 154.4 mm, 79.1 mm above normal
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The 2026 Hong Kong Football Festival will feature Manchester City, FC Internazionale Milano, Chelsea FC, and Juventus.
The opening fixture on August 1 will see Manchester City face Inter Milan, while Chelsea will take on Juventus on August 5.
Turbo Jet and Cotai Water Jet ferries to/from Macao will see a ~10% ticket price increase starting from Saturday April 25th due to increased fuel costs.
The Hong Kong Immigration Department is projecting ~980k mainland tourists will enter the city through various control points during the Labour Day Golden Week, up 7% on 2025.
Greater Bay Airlines will suspend all flights to Bangkok for four and a half months from May 11 until the end of September, in response to the volatility in international oil prices.
A number of its flights to Taipei will also be canceled during the same period.
Macao's secretary for economy and finance, Tai Kin-ip, has resigned for personal reasons.
Acting on the chief executive’s advice, the State Council on Thursday formally removed Tai from the post.
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) has agreed to pay about HK$2.62 billion (US$334 million) for six floors at The Center, marking the city’s largest office transaction so far this year.
Provisional arrival figures into Hong Kong, Q1 2026:
• 14,307,643 arrivals in Q1 (+17% Year-On-Year)
• 4,354,229 arrivals in March (+14% YOY)
• 994,574 long haul visitors in Q1 (+19% YOY)
Charlie Puth to perform one show at Kai Tak Stadium October 21st.
Tickets on pre-sale from May 4th, general sales from May 8th.
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The Executive Council on Tuesday approved plans to transfer HK$150 billion from Hong Kong's main financial war chest to a fund supporting capital works, with the government assuring that the move is "an exceptional arrangement".
More than 10,000 posts in the Hong Kong government will be cut by the end of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s current term in June 2027, with close to 60% of these deletions being junior roles and about 3% at the senior level.
Just 23% of HK residents are willing to have children, a new survey has found, as the city’s fertility rate falls to a historic low and younger generations grow increasingly reluctant to start families.
The HKWDA said the total fertility rate dropped to 0.8 in 2025, the lowest on record.
The “special rehabilitation project” under the Security Bureau will allow individuals arrested during the 2019 anti-government protests who have not been prosecuted to avoid being charged by joining the scheme.
Hong Kong’s largest public hospital will open to patients in phases from October, with the new 2,400-bed facility in Kai Tak set to take over the services of Queen Elizabeth Hospital and become a healthcare hub for Kowloon.
Cathay Pacific:
• due to jet fuel prices, axing ~2% of CX flights between 16 May and 30 June
• mostly regional flights and a small number of Australia, South Asia and South Africa flights
• Dubai and Riyadh flights now cancelled until 30 June
• HK Express to cut ~6% of flights from 11 May - 30 June
Top 5 international arrival figures into Hong Kong for 2025 (excluding Greater China):
1. The Philippines: 1,347,717
2. US: 1,026,030
3. South Korea: 963,616
4. Japan: 741,860
5. Thailand: 560,681
Hong Kong's top officials have spent more than $46 million on overseas visits over the past three years, with the government defending the expenditure against lawmaker inquiries about its value for public money. FinSec Paul Chan was the top spender, with his 35 trips costing $11.95 million.
HK Electric has apologised for a voltage dip on Hong Kong Island this morning that lead to up to 100 people being trapped in lifts, and fire alarms ringing out across the island.
HK Electric said the interruption was caused by a fault in the interconnection line between its network and CLP Power.
Director of Immigration, Benson Kwok Joon-fung, will reach retirement age on April 9, 2026. He has been granted an extension of service to June 30, 2027.
Park Island Transport Company has announced the temporary cancellation of six weekday ferry services starting from Wednesday, with the routes to be covered by alternative bus arrangements. Services on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays will not be affected.
Over 1.26 million residents left the city in the first two days of the Easter and Ching Ming Festival holidays starting April 3rd.
The names of 56,000 patients, along with HKID numbers, dates of birth, dates of hospital visits, and their health history were leaked from Hospital Authority systems on Good Friday in Hong Kong, the aspiring global innovation and technology hub
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Lawmaker Junius Ho is one of a number of LegCo members wanting the government to review the new child protection laws, requesting exemptions for teachers and parents.
"If I hadn't been beaten by my parents like that, how would I have become the Deputy-Chairman of the House Committee?"
Post Malone to perform at Kai Tak Stadium September 16th.
Ticket presale:
• Artist presale April 24th
• HSBC Mastercard & Trip.com April 27th
• LiveNation April 29th
General ticket sales from April 30th.
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Twelve additional biometric e-Channels began operating at the arrival halls of Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday, allowing eligible Hong Kong residents to complete clearance procedures without presenting identity documents or a QR code.
• Additional power banks will be confiscated by security screening authorities at Hong Kong International Airport.
With immediate effect, the following applies to all Cathay Pacific flights:
• Each customer may carry a maximum of two power banks - packed in carry‑on baggage only.
• Use of and recharging power banks onboard is not permitted at any time during the flight.
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A 22-year-old Tai Po man was arrested on Monday after video emerged over the weekend of him driving with a toddler on his lap. The toddler appears in the video with hands on the steering wheel.
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The State Council on Monday appointed former Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology Janice Tse as Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs.
She was nominated by Chief Executive John Lee.
ICAC and Hong Kong Police arrest 42 after investigation into a housing estate grand renovation project revealed bribery by a consultancy firm using persons with triad backgrounds.
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