Fewer tomb sweepers despite fine weather Fewer Hongkongers swept tombs during the Chung Yeung Festival, despite the cool and rainless weather a day after typhoon Kompasu battered the city. Special traffic-control arrangements were in place on roads near cemeteries across Hong Kong for those hiking in the hills to sweep their...

Small step closer to new HK-Shenzhen railway Hong Kong has set up a special office with Shenzhen to look into the construction of a new express railway between the two adjacent cities, with the first study to be completed next year, says Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan Fan. The railway will connect the western parts...