Authorities were working with businesses to finalise the events ... Christmas and running until Lunar New Year in February. After 3 years of pandemic curbs, authorities hope “Hello Hong Kong ...

The massive fireworks celebration was viewable in Hong Kong hours after the show in Sydney ... and Australia's Christmas Island. 12:30 p.m. ET Myanmar and the Cocos Islands.

Crowds around the world marvelled at fireworks, raised their toasts and greeted 2025 across dozens of timezones as they bid farewell to a tumultuous year that was the hottest on record in more ways ...

Hong Kong’s air passenger traffic reached more than 180,000 people a day on average amid the Christmas period, a return to pre-pandemic levels, the transport minister has said, while promising ...

New year celebrations in South Korea ... Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, China January 1, 2025. Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate ...

Happy New Year from Hong Kong! Midnight has struck in Tokyo, Seoul and Victoria marking the start of 2025. Earlier, Sydney ...

New year celebrations in South Korea, meanwhile, were cancelled as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives in Sunday's deadly plane crash. Public parties and firework celebrations were called ...

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.

The theme for the 12-minute light and musical extravaganza was "The Symphony of Happiness," conveying wishes for prosperity in the new year.

New year celebrations in South Korea, meanwhile, were cancelled as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives in Sunday's deadly plane crash. Public parties and firework celebrations were ...