Category: News Updates
MANILA AIRPORT MAKES RECENT HEADLINES AFTER AN OFFICER FOUND STEALING A WATCH FROM A CHINESE PASSENGER AND 5 OTHERS SHOWN IN VIRAL VIDEOS EXTORTING MONEY FROM A THAI TOURIST
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in the Philippine capital of Manila has made headlines recently after a screening officer at the airpor [...]
BRITISH STUDENTS STUCK IN US AFTER HOTEL HAD THEIR PASSPORTS SHREDDED
A group of 42 British students went on a ski trip to the United States recently and they were stranded after the hotel they were staying in mistakenl [...]
FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS APPLYING FOR HK WORK PERMIT DO NOT NEED TO DECLARE CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
Hong Kong has recently adjusted its application procedures of visa/entry permits, during which applicants are required to declare whether they have a [...]
CATHAY PACIFIC STARTS GIVING AWAY 80,000 FREE RETURN FLIGHTS TO VISITORS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has started giving away 80,000 free return flights to visitors from Southeast Asia as part of Hong Kong [...]
AROUND 40,000 JEEPNEYS, UV EXPRESS UNITS MAY JOIN WEEK-LONG STRIKE IN MANILA FROM 6 MARCH
Around 40,000 jeepneys and UV express units are expected to join a week-long strike in the Philippine capital of Manila from 6 March in a bid to pres [...]
MACANESE BECOMES ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S YOUNGEST INVESTMENT CONSULTANTS
A Sydney-based 28-year-old Macanese named Bruno Pedruco Novo has become one of Australia’s youngest investment consultants, according to a recent rep [...]
MASSIVE BLAZE ENGULFS SKYSCRAPER CONSTRUCTION SITE IN HONG KONG
A massive blaze engulfed a 42-storey building still under construction, part of the Empire Group’s Mariners’ Club development on Middle Road in Tsim [...]
BACKSTREET BOYS TO HAVE A CONCERT AT HONG KONG’S ASIA WORLD ARENA 14-15 MARCH
US boy band Backstreet Boys (BSB) will have a concert at the Asia World Arena in Hong Kong for two nights in a row on 14-15 March as part of their “B [...]
THAILAND WILL START CHARGING THB 300 TOURIST ENTRY FEE STARTING JUNE
Starting 1 June, Thailand will start charging an entry fee of THB 300 or around MOP 70 for every foreign tourist arriving in the country via airport, [...]
TAIWAN WILL GIVE OUT MONEY DIGITALLY TO 500K TOURISTS, 90K TOUR GROUPS ARRIVING ON THE ISLAND
In a bid to attract tourists, Taiwan is planning to give out NT$5,000 (around US$165) to 500,000 individual tourists and up to NT$20,000 (around US$6 [...]