#Automotive

By Holmes CHAN Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who had grown used to relying on cash from mainland Chinese tourists. In a city that once boasted some of the world’s highest retail rents, the market has cratered. But a border town has seized the chance to […]

Chinese lawmakers are discussing new rules to prevent workplace discrimination and sexual harassment against women amid a string of high-profile cases in recent months. A draft bill published Friday includes a ban on employers stating gender preferences on job ads and quizzing female applicants about their marital or pregnancy status –- a common practice that […]

More than 6,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, a tracking website reported Saturday, as the highly infectious Omicron variant brings holiday hurt to millions. Compounding the travel chaos in the United States, severe weather in the country’s west is due to wreak havoc on roadways […]

    Singapore — “Today is my 28th day in Singapore waiting to apologize to a very kind and very handsome friend that I really cherish,” a mysterious netizen wrote to homegrown singer JJ Lin. The cryptic posts are circulating online, garnering a rare response from Lin. The anonymous user asked Lin if he received […]

    Singapore — In the wake of the hot mess triggered by Mandopop star Wang Leehom’s divorce from Lee Jinglei, it is the ex-wife who’s been earning praise from many netizens, particularly women. Lee, 35, who is 10 years younger than Wang, is not in show business, but she is no pushover. Educated at […]

    Keanu Reeves thinks it would be “fun” to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sort of Matrix meets Marvel? According to Crow River Media, the 57-year-old actor isn’t sure where he’d fit in, but he’d love to be a part of such a “wonderful” franchise. But does he have an idea whom he would […]

Hong Kong university students and graduates on Friday paid solemn tribute to two campus statues marking Beijing’s 1989 suppression of Tiananmen Square democracy protesters, which were removed overnight as authorities steadily erase all remaining tributes to the historical event. The removals come a day after Hong Kong’s oldest university took down a well-known sculpture commemorating the […]

More than 2,300 flights were cancelled around the world Friday and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted holiday travel. One route, however, was thankfully not affected: Santa was on track delivering presents to children across the globe, air defense officials assured US President Joe Biden. According to tracking website Flightaware.com […]

    Singapore — He led everyone to believe “she” was his childhood idol, then they were “university sweethearts”. And then, five years ago, actor Desmond Tan apparently proposed. But to whom? A newlywed at the untender age of 35, actor Desmond Tan is in France on honeymoon with his wife. But no wedding pictures […]

By Paul RICARD A month after it was first detected in southern Africa, Omicron is now known to be far more contagious than previous variants of Covid-19 but appears to cause a less severe illness than its predecessors.What isn’t clear is how the newest variant will change the face of the pandemic. Just how severe […]

    Actors Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon have weighed in on sexual assault accusations against their Sex And The City co-star Chris Noth, saying they “support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences”. Three women have accused  Noth, 67, of sexual abuse. Two approached The Hollywood Reporter […]

    Singapore — Jonathan Choo, the son of veteran actor and filmmaker Zhu Houren, recently got married. On Saturday (Dec 18), Jonathan, Zhu Houren’s oldest son, had a midday wedding banquet at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. Only 10 people were invited to the exclusive event. Zhu shared several photos from the wedding on Instagram, […]

By Xinqi SU Hong Kong’s oldest university launched an overnight operation Thursday to dismantle a statue commemorating those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in the latest blow to academic freedoms as China cracks down. The eight-metre (26-feet) high “Pillar of Shame” by Jens Galschiot has sat on the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) campus since […]

The World Health Organization chief warned Wednesday that the rush in wealthy countries to roll out additional Covid vaccine doses was deepening the inequity in access to jabs that is prolonging the pandemic. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that the priority must remain to get vaccines to vulnerable people everywhere rather than giving additional […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping strongly endorsed Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday, saying the former British colony had transformed “from chaos to order” since a controversial security law was imposed last year, the city’s media reported. China has overseen a sweeping crackdown in Hong Kong after huge and often violent democracy protests two years […]