NEWS
INSTAGRAM PIER CLOSES TO THE PUBLIC The popular Instagram Pier in Kennedy Town, also known as the Western District Public Cargo Working Area, has been closed to the public. While access to the pier was never legal, the government tolerated its use and the pier was even promoted on the Hong Kong Tourism Board website. Residents and visitors were shocked to find its gates locked and guarded last month. Those who attempted to access the location were informed they needed a staff card to prove they worked there. The Hong Kong Government has since stated Covid concerns as its reason for closing the pier, but many residents believe rising tension between visitors and cargo workers was the cause.
HONG KONG SETS RECORD FOR HIGHEST RENT The city’s property market has done it again. A house on 11 Plantation Road, located on The Peak has been rented out for $1.35 million a month, setting the record for highest rent in Hong Kong. At a whopping 10,804 square feet, the luxury home is one of seven stunning houses and
has its own elevator, a private garden, roof and garage and spectacular views of the Hong Kong skyline. The property project is owned by Wharf Holdings which reportedly has plans to sell four of the seven properties overlooking Victoria Harbour and will attempt to rent the other three houses.
CATHAY PACIFIC SUSPENDS PET TRANSPORTATION UNTIL MAY Cathay Pacific recently announced that pets travelling as check-in baggage or cargo on flights out of Hong Kong will be unavailable until April 30. Pet owners planning to relocate in the coming months have already found it difficult to book pets
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on a flight. With even less options, there is a worry many will be left abandoned. “We have temporarily stopped pet shipments. The service may resume again in May, but there will be an update in mid-April,” a spokesperson from Cathay Pacific said.
