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Hong Kong’s Transport Strategy Blueprint outlines a long-term vision with a “dual-innovation” approach across three themes, six strategies and 25 recommendations, but its impact will depend on concrete implementation.
Video footage shows extensive street damage in Iran after air strikes, with search teams recovering bodies from rubble, highlighting the human and regional impacts.
Hybe shares plunged after BTS’s comeback concert in Seoul attracted about 104,000 fans versus an initial police estimate of 260,000, prompting the agency’s biggest intraday drop since June 2022.
K11 Musea in Tsim Sha Tsui is bringing in more than 60 mostly luxury brands as operators expect double-digit rent increases, betting on affluent tourists amid warnings of wider economic headwinds.
A global Ipsos and King’s College study found 66% of Indonesians and 60% of Malaysians agree that “a wife should always obey her husband,” highlighting enduring traditional gender attitudes.
Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel collections drew renewed attention during awards season, with pieces hitting stores earlier in March and Teyana Taylor wearing a Chanel fall/winter fur jacket at a pre-Oscar party.
Jonathan Anderson’s Dior “Crunchy” bag — named after a tactile sensation — highlights the Northern Ireland-born designer’s unconventional approach since taking sole creative control of Dior in 2025.
Alessandro Michele presented Valentino’s fall/winter 2026 ready-to-wear collection, Interferenze, at Rome’s Palazzo Barberini, marking the house’s first official return to the founder’s hometown since Valentino Garavani’s passing.
Hong Kong stocks slumped as the Strait of Hormuz crisis deepened, with the Hang Seng down 2.6% and miners hit amid falling bullion prices, dragging Asian markets lower.
China’s ship research centre in Wuxi has designed a tourist submersible rated to 1,000 metres, with a prototype planned this year and commercial service targeted by 2030 for up to four passengers.
Bryson DeChambeau beat Jon Rahm in a sudden-death play-off near Johannesburg, making a birdie on the first extra hole to claim back-to-back LIV Golf titles after a second-shot set-up on the par-five 18th.
Asian equities in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong slid after Iran threatened attacks on regional energy infrastructure, a move that coincided with an ultimatum from Trump and raised investor risk aversion.
Malaysia’s monthly fuel subsidy bill jumped from 700 million to 3.2 billion ringgit after oil prices spiked amid the US-Israel war on Iran and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.
A South China Morning Post opinion piece argues Hong Kong needs a global vision for arts and culture to match its financial success, saying culture can shape city identity, community and soft power.
President Trump gave Iran a deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on power plants, while Israel signalled a possible ground offensive into Lebanon to confront Hezbollah.
The Hong Kong Observatory warns of a hot, damp spell midweek as coastal mist and a cloud band push humidity up to 95% and daytime highs near 28°C.
North Korea’s state media reported Kim Jong-un was reappointed as president of state affairs at a session of the Supreme People’s Assembly, reaffirming his constitutional role as the DPRK’s supreme leader.
A Chinese influencer with three million followers deleted her social account after a media investigation found a face cream she sold for 69.9 yuan had been promoted as a 3,999-yuan imported product but was produced by an OEM factory.
Sun Hung Kai Properties is focusing on arts-led commercial projects in West Kowloon, leveraging the district’s cultural profile and Hong Kong’s role as a cross-border wealth hub amid a weak office market.
JPMorgan will expand its Asia‑Pacific corporate banking team by about 10% this year, part of a plan to grow regional headcount 40% from 2023–2026, officials say, undeterred by Middle East tensions.