More than half of Hong Kong-mainland married couples prefer living in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area over the long term, a study by think tank Hong Kong Ideas Centre (HKIC) revealed on Tuesday. These couples were generally optimistic about the nation’s development prospects, the study showed. The study also suggested that 41% of marriages in the city in 2016 were between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland.

A new age of #shopping is here. This store in #Japan allows you to buy clothes without the hassle of trying them all on.

The Paris mint or the Monnaie de Paris has produced coins since 864 AD and it’s doors are finally open to the public.

The new head of the State Council's Hong Kong affairs office said on Monday that the central government will not change its implementation of the "one country, two systems" principle in the city despite reshuffling some key officials. Zhang Xiaoming, newly appointed director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and former director of the liaison office in Hong Kong, also stressed that advocating separatism in Hong Kong is "intolerable". Zhang urged people from all walks of life in the city to stand firm against such ideas.

Still using a #drone to take photos and videos? Well, #Dubai just tested a drone #taxi…

Hong Kong on Monday signed cooperation agreements with nine provinces and regions on customs clearance and tourism at the 2017 Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation Chief Executive Joint Conference in Changsha. The agreements are expected to fast-track customs clearance between Hong Kong and the nine provinces and region. In the area of tourism, it will expand the openness of the Hong Kong and Macao SARs.

Facebook and Google have little choice but to rein in internet political ads in the face of growing US government pressure, a panel of advertising consultants and executives said on Monday.

Leaders in the high-tech industry from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland see considerable future potential in collaborating and leveraging the city's role as a "super-connector" under the Belt and Road Initiative. They say this will help to foster innovation and technology (I&T) development in the mainland and Hong Kong. These high-tech trailblazers met at a forum in Hong Kong on Monday.

Thousands have evacuated from their homes in fear of an imminent volcanic eruption on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia.

Piano silhouette The afternoon sun creates a silent piano keyboard at Yau Tong MTR Station. (fotoseries on Instagram, #hk24hr)

InnoTech Expo testifies to HK's innovative edge Hong Kong is well equipped to be an international hub of innovation and technology, Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said on Sunday at the InnoTech Expo 2017. In his speech at the opening of the expo, Wan said Hong Kong, equipped with a clear edge in the field, holds a key position in global innovation and technology development. Wan's remarks were supported by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuetngor and Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Tung Chee-hwa. (Photo/ISD) Read on at www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/190/151/184/1506333187569.html

Two months on, and thousands of bamboo poles later…this idol of #goddess #Durga is breaking records.