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ABBYY has opened a regional office in Hong Kong to strengthen its relationships with enterprise-level customers and partners in the market. ABBYY is currently present in most countries in Asia [...]

Hong Kong's Kwai Tsing terminals' volume fell 1.6 percent year on year in March to 1.23 million TEU while midstream operators handled 350,000 TEU, down seven percent. The cumulative total [...]

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The X-Games have nothing on the Olympic equestrian competitions in Hong Kong--they're being held this August during typhoon season, with extra days sandwiched into the schedule in case […]

Dubai Debate in the dunes Imagine watching falcons soar and swoop at sunrise, riding a doughty camel at dusk or spotting the once-endangered Arabian drink delicately from a watering hole. [...]

John Pawson's Cathay Pacific lounge at the new Hong Kong airport is long on luxury John Pawson shifts around in his club chair in the tea area of the I.M. [...]

Sculptor James Carpenter hangs a glass lantern in Hong Kong. A column of glass hung from the ceiling might seem to be a high-tech folly, a trope on steel cables. [...]

The Hong Kong Convention Center is designed and built to reflect the country's reverence for China. The building is built on landfill and is set apart from its US counterparts by its location, five-level stacking and extended roof.

The Hong Kong of popular international imagination is a dramatic high rise city, a dazzling harbor, and a densely populated urban environment. In urban Hong Kong the landscape of the […]

The $21 bil airport construction program of Hong Kong is considered to be Great Britain's crowning achievement in the region. The Chek Lap Kok airport, predicted to be the world's bustling airport when it opens in April 1998, would house a maintenance hangar, airline corporate centers, cargo warehouses, and a terminal. Its oustanding point is its terminal occupying 1,248 hectares of reclaimed land, and will have 39 gates highly qualified and equipped to manage a Boeing 747.

Foster and Partners have designed an innovative airport terminal building at Chek Lap Kok airport, Hong Kong, to cater for a predicted 34 million passengers in 1998 and 87 million by the year 2040. The building, which cost 800 million pounds sterling, has been made from modular units which have already been increased in number to serve the additional northern runway. The steel roof and glazed walls are constructed in order to balance the amount of light and to maintain the internal temperatures of the terminal building.

The design of a new lounge atop an urban luxury hotel pays homage to the Golden Age of transpacific aviation A recent renovation and expansion of Hong Kong's famed Peninsula [...]

The volume of business air traffic to Pacific Rim countries such as Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong and China has grown significantly in conjunction with the booming business opportunities in the region. However, corporate aviation faces numerous challenges, ranging from inadequate airport facilities to high landing costs. Despite these challenges, business travelers can take comfort in the efforts of some countries to expand and modernize their facilities.

The Provisional Airport Authority is building the major new airport on the newly create island of Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong. A fleet of dredgers created the new island in the South China Sea and now staff, workers, materials and plant are ferried to the site by an armada of vessels. The project is aiming for completion before China takes over Hong Kong in June 1997. The airport terminal has been designed by architect Sir Norman Foster and Patners. The majority of materials have been sourced overseas to arrive by ship, although the high capaicty pumping system was flown in. Progress on the progress is threatened by rain and typhoons.

The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club is investing 860 mil. Hong Kong dollars on a 40,000-seat stadium. Designed by architects Hellmuth Obata and Kassabaum Sports Facilities Group, and commenced by contractor Dragages et Travaux Publics in Apr. 1992, it should be ready to open on Mar. 11, 1994. Dragages also met the initial deadline of Mar. 1993, when it was able to sit 33,000 for the Rugby Sevens. Built in a natural amphitheatre, there will be larger clusters of seats around the halfway lines. Turf and concrete units have been imported from China. Ove Arup and Partners is responsible for structural engineering.

While on vacation in Hong Kong, Yu visited the Choi Hung housing complex. The cluster of multicolored buildings is a popular photographic destination, appearing frequently on Instagram. Yu arrived at [...]

Hong Kong is one of the most important ports worldwide, with the trade sector accounting for about one-fifth of its GDP and employment. However, with their low costs and better service, the ports of Yantian and Shekou-Chiwan, in Southern China, are posing a threat to Hong KongEs trade. In order to maintain its former competitive edge, Hong Kong needs to deal with the main issue of the high costs and difficulties involved in trucking goods to the port.

A description is presented of the restoration of the 131-year-old Kun Ting Study Hall in Hong Kong by architect Lam Sair Ling. The conservation of the elaborately carved decorations of the Study Hall is discussed.

Elsa Pau, a financial planner in Hong Kong, discusses her decision to move her organisation to a house with a garden in an unfashionable area of Hong Kong and her unusual way of giving financial advice.

The airports in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur have faced significant problems with the largest installation of an IT system. Among the difficulties encountered are lost luggage, dying live seafood, and rotting food. The new airports had just begun operation before the press acknowledged the problems.

Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong, opens on Jul 6 1998. It will eventually have two runways and deal with 87 million passengers each year. Architect Sir Norman Foster designed the airport, which stands on a reclaimed island between Hong Kong island and the Kowloon peninsula. The airport terminal is 1.27 kilometers in length. It has 36-meter spans and, despite vertical segregation of arrivals and departures, it is open and airy, and light penetrates between the levels. The building accommodates 75 gates, 210 retail outlets, and a direct connection with the rail terminal.

Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport, which opens for business on Jul 6 1998, has attracted attention as a major architectural and engineering project. The airport's opening is also significant in the economic development of Hong Kong, particularly as it coincides with a regional economic crisis. The new airport is a major rival to other regional airports. It will allow Hong Kong to accommodate night-time cargo flights for the first time in its history, and sophisticated infrastructure and transport connections offer business travellers a speedy departure from the airport.

Competition may spoil the party at Hong Kong's new Chep Lap Kok this summer - if the airport is open It might not say so on the calendar, but July [...]

Topshop Opening First Store in Hong Kong By ELLEN SHENG HONG KONG Topshop will open its first store here Thursday. The 14,000-square-foot store is on Queen's Road Central, across the [...]

Temples are among the most important tourist attractions throughout Asia. Debbie Ward presents a selection that shouldn't be missed by travellers Cambodia The atmospheric Angkor Wat site embraces the ruins [...]

Byline: LARA FARRAR MCM Opens 2nd Hong Kong Store, Plots Asian Expansion HONG KONG As it fans growth in Asia, MCM is about to find out what's more important: its [...]

Rooted in Tradition THE INSPIRATION IS ANCIENT IN A HOUSE ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA In their fabled wisdom, the ancient Chinese foretold one fact of contemporary architecture. The proverb [...]

An architecturally ruthless city is now wanting some of its past back OTHER than a nice view of landfill on the fringes of Hong Kong's harbour, Queen's Pier is a [...]

A new landmark building in Honk Kong is being completed using a specialist fire resistant curtain walling system from Wright Style Ltd. The Hong Kong Urban Renewal Authority Project, URA [...]

A second cruise terminal, 23 hotels offering 12,500 rooms, and a giant sports stadium, arts centre and aviation museum at the old Kai Tak airport are among more than #1.5 [...]

Three agents visited Hong Kong as guests of the territory's tourism board 'I expected Hong Kong to be a big, noisy city, but it is more than that. There is [...]

Byline: Eric Wilson NEW YORK - Anne Klein is planning an extensive push into Asia with a new licensing venture that includes three stores in Hong Kong and Shanghai opening [...]

Linthicum-based Ciena Corp. (www.ciena.com), a developer of fiberoptics technology, opened its Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Hong Kong. The office provides sales, training, testing and support facilities to staff and [...]