Hong Kong’s transport minister has expressed deep concern over flight cancellations by Greater Bay Airlines, with the carrier blaming the issue on delays in the delivery of newly ordered aircraft and the need to conduct inspections on existing planes.

The project in Osaka is among ESR’s four data centers under development in Japan to capitalize on the AI boom.

Investors will be looking out for Malaysia’s central bank policy meeting today, where the Bank Negara Malaysia is expected to keep its policy rate steady at 3%.

In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 was set to rise, with the futures contract in Chicago up nearly 1%, last trading at 39,235 while its counterpart in Osaka is up 0.59%, last trading at 39,170 against the index's close of 38,902.50.

But retail insiders say they are hopeful resumption of multiple-entry visas for Shenzhen residents will mitigate local spending decline More Hongkongers are expected to travel to Japan amid a weak yen,

Hong Kong-based real estate manager ESR Group on Thursday said it was teaming up with U.S.-based data centre provider CloudHQ to jointly develop and operate a $2 billion data centre campus in Japan. The campus,

China is slated to report its industrial output and retail sales data for December, as well as fourth quarter GDP.

After a six-year break, Hong Kong Airlines has resumed nonstop services between Hong Kong and Australia's Gold Coast.

Meanwhile, the city retains its lead in terms of vertical urbanism on account of its large number of tall buildings and its high degree of urban consolidation. With 550 buildings of more than 150m in height, Hong Kong has more tall buildings than any other city in the world.

Hong Kong-based real estate manager ESR Group on Thursday said it was teaming up with U.S.-based data centre provider CloudHQ to jointly develop and operate a $2 billion data centre campus in Japan.

Dubai: Hong Kong-headquartered Cathay Pacific has rolled out special discounts for UAE travellers on airfares to various destinations as part of the airline’s ‘JanOnPlanOn’ campaign. Travellers can enjoy savings of up to Dh300 for tickets booked until January 31 for travel between February 10 and December 31.

Carnival Cruise Line has unveiled four new Carnival Journeys sailings in the Asia Pacific region for 2026 and 2027 aboard the Carnival Luminosa and the Carnival Adventure, with ports of calls across Japan, Southeast Asia, and Australia – including seven first-time destinations for the cruise line.