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Sole eatery on Hong Kongโ€™s southernmost island may shut after 50 years in business

The sole restaurant on Hong Kongโ€™s southernmost Po Toi Island may close after a half-century serving visiting hikers and boaters lured by the untouched coastline and placid bays. The owner of Ming Kee Seafood Restaurant, who gave his surname as Leung, said business had declined and he might be forced to close at the end of next month if he could not find a partner. โ€œRunning a restaurant is hard work, and I donโ€™t want to continue any more, and the younger generation is not willing to take over,โ€...

Hong Kongโ€™s East Dam welcomes 1,400 visitors daily over first 4 days of Easter

Hong Kongโ€™s East Dam welcomed about 1,400 visitors daily over the first four days of the Easter break, despite the adverse weather, conservation authorities have said, while revealing littering and illegal camping figures for the site and the surrounding area. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said on Tuesday that it recorded 18 cases of law enforcement action being taken at Sai Kung East Country Park for such offences between Good Friday and Easter Monday. โ€œThe AFCD...

Worldโ€™s highest hotel opens in Hong Kongโ€™s West Kowloon in 2011 โ€“ from the SCMP archive

This article was first published on April 3, 2011 If the altitude doesnโ€™t give you a nosebleed, the room rates might By John Carney You could say it is the height of luxury. And if putting on the Ritz is your thing, itโ€™s just the place for you. The highest hotel in the world opened in Hong Kong last week, and if the altitude doesnโ€™t give you a nosebleed, the price of a room will. Taking up floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre (ICC), the five-star, 312-room Ritz-Carlton Hotel...