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⚡️🚗⚙️⛓️✈️ Bloomberg @business @TheTerminal @BloombergTV @BloombergRadio . 彭博社新闻的记者. 🗣️ my own. dlee1187ATbloombergDOTnet
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WATCH:
@bbgoriginals
@business
and I take a look at the biggest car brand you’ve never heard of. It’s now bigger than Elon Musk’s Tesla in EV sales.
BYD is the biggest car brand you’ve probably never heard of. Here’s how the Chinese company overtook Tesla to become the world’s largest maker of electric vehicles. Watch the full video
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WATCH: about 10 seconds into my clip. You can see the police captured & subdued a suspected protester but a riot cop hits the young guy repeated w/ the end of his baton. He is stopped further when the press (me) is spotted filming.
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NEW: Boris Johnson says U.K. Govt. to offer BNO passport holders a route to British citizenship.
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A Sriwijaya Air plane is missing. Flight
#SJ182
went off radar shortly after take-off.
We are following reports of a missing Boeing 737-500 in Indonesia. We hope to have more information soon.
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And there we go,
@cathaypacific
becomes the first airline to land on Hong Kong’s third runway
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Outside Eastern Magistrates Court in Sai Wan Ho, protesters awaiting the 44 people inside facing a judge over rioting charge...in T8 typhoon conditions
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Some personal/professional news: my time has ended at
@SCMPNews
. The last 8 years have been quite the journey.
- Filed 2,572 stories
- 1,200 of them were on Cathay Pacific (or referenced CX)
- 598 with a Cathay headline
- 471 front page stories inc. my final story
Goodbye!
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🚨 PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL NEWS, PART 2: From next week, I’ll be part of Bloomberg’s
@business
Asia Transportation Team focusing on the electric vehicle supply chain (and!) still keeping an eye on airlines &
@cathaypacific
Too longer than a few years, but dream finally realised
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SINGAPORE AIRLINES AND TATA SONS TO MERGE AIR INDIA AND VISTARA
SIA TO TAKE 25.1% STAKE IN ENLARGED AIR INDIA GROUP
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Wow Air is no more.
Credit: BBC for the list of airlines that have since shuttered.
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URGENT/BREAKING: ALL FLIGHTS OUT OF HONG KONG AIRPORT TO BE CANCELLED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
@SCMPNews
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Attention (from an aviation friend): this is what a new
@cathaypacific
A321neo looks like!
New build A321neo swiftly stripped of its Cathay Dragon colours (after arriving into HKG on Nov 15)
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If you’ve ever been refused boarding to a flight because your name was spelled wrong on the ticket, you might take comfort from this fairly glaring error on the side of a
@CathayPacific
plane. Or should that be “Cathay Paciic”? via
@SCMPNews
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Minus Carlos Ghosn.
Extraordinary stat: In 30 years of operation, Kansai International Airport says it has never once lost a piece of luggage, despite handling around 10 million pieces a year.
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Welcome to the newest vantage point in Hong Kong airport — the skybridge is open
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If Emirates, Iberia and Air Belgium had a baby: it gives you Air India
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SCOOP: Hong Kong plans to legalize retail trading for crypto starting in March after years of skepticism — a stark contrast to mainland China's ban via
@technology
@business
by
@johnchenghc
,
@pingroma
&
@kiuyanwong
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Basically all of Hong Kong just got a very alarming message. Literally. The noise.
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EXCLUSIVE:
@CathayPacific
parks 120 planes and slashes 75% of flights in March, revealing scale of its crisis, as
#coronavirus
epidemic hammers global aviation industry
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For a short time, Dan Air was the busiest airline at
@hkairport
on Monday. MANY CUSTOMERS. I would like to add: WE ARE HIGHLY PROFITABLE.
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Big farewell to
@BernUnitHK
, leaving Hong Kong for the final time! The best dining and walking buddy you could have 😭😭😭
(As
@SCMPNews
food writer, there was a reason why she was such a good friend 🥶)
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Quite a good cartoon to summarise the WHO Vs. Taiwan “racist” attack claims - presented without evidence
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Another long read
@SCMPNews
on
@cathaypacific
:
- Hogg & Loo not just out of Cathay, also out of Swire system
- Swire-CAAC meeting Mon sealed CEO, CCO fate
- Chairman Slosar hates new CEO Tang
- Tang was due to retire next month
- Slosar day’s numbered
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BREAKING: CATHAY PACIFIC CEO ASKS ALL STAFF TO TAKE THREE WEEKS OF UNPAID LEAVE
@SCMPNews
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Happy new year everyone from Hong Kong!
I kind of regret my chilly hike to High West but the viewssssss right now!
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A bin catches fire but protesters rush to put out the flames
@SCMPNews
- at around 11.30pm.
From my colleague Sum Lok-kei .
More on our live blog:
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The blame should be laid at the Government’s door for it’s vague and confusing policies on aircrew - trust me, I’ve read the constant rule changes enough + who wants to live in a state of stress for almost 2 years now in a profession.
All Hongkongers must now pay the price for Cathay’s quarantine failure
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*VIRGIN ATLANTIC AXES HONG KONG FLIGHTS PERMANENTLY
*VIRGIN ATLANTIC CLOSES HONG KONG OFFICE
*VIRGIN HAD PLANNED TO RESTART HONG KONG FLIGHTS IN MARCH 2023
@TheTerminal
@business
story by
@AirEVthingTRNSP
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Attention: there is a shortage of passengers.
Show us pictures of what the passenger terminal looks like inside now. I dare you.
There is no shortage of action in our cargo terminals. Tag us
@hkairport
for a chance to be featured next!
(
#Instagram
📷 @ black_fdz)
#hkia
#hkairport
#hongkongairport
#hkg
#aviation
#airport
#avgeek
#planespotting
#chinaairlines
@DHLexpress
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I’m en-route to the Airport Express & hope to reach the airport. Full gear is necessary.
I don’t like environment of which the protesters are enclosed in & the police are potentially set-up.
Not hard to be quite nervous after last night.
We shall see. The world is watching.
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Airport Authority Hong Kong has lost control of the airport I’m afraid. All airport security channels are blocked across the terminals. Barely anyone getting through and fights breaking out. Lots of ugly shoving
@SCMPNews
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SCOOP: *HONG KONG TO REOPEN DOWNTOWN AIRPORT CHECK-IN, BAG DROP JULY 5
Via
@business
by
@AirEVthingTRNSP
(Only Hong Kong Station...)
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BREAKING: VIETNAM BANS ALL MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG, MACAU AND TAIWAN FLIGHTS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT UNTIL MAY 1 - FAA NOTAM
@SCMPNews
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I just love how pilots write in and add material to my flight log 🥰
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Yes, I did come to the Qantas lounge 9 hours early so I could enjoy unlimited salt and pepper squid. This is the start of my first 2 portions combined 😬
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Got served my in flight
@cathaypacific
meal on Beijing-Hong Kong Sunday. Draongair lives on!
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NEW: HONG KONG AIRPORT TO GIVE AWAY 60,000 AIR TICKETS TO VACCINATED RESIDENTS AND AIRPORT STAFF IN LUCKY DRAW
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EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong Airport
@hkairport
force airlines to cut flights on Monday amid city-wide strike. Sources say HKIA to go to one-runway operation from midday.
@SCMPNews
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Breaking the spell after 5️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ days.
Out of a zero Covid world and heading to somewhere living with Covid.
See y’all in 7 weeks time.
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AIR NEW ZEALAND INTRODUCES “NO JAB, NO FLY” POLICY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STARTING FEB 1, 2022
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In a major development: Cathay Dragon cabin crew union head Rebecca Sy has lost her job
@SCMPNews
and its understood to be linked to the protests, but the nature is still unclear.
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SCOOP: HONG KONG AIRPORT TO BAN TRANSIT TRAVELERS FROM HIGH-RISK PLACES - SOURCES: BBG
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LIVE: the queues for taxis at Hong Kong Airport with no trains available yet due to the T9 typhoon signal
Via lucxurytraveling
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Singapore will repeal Section 377A, and decriminalise sex between men. "I believe this is the right thing to do": PM Lee
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EVERYONE: STOP TWEETING ABOUT RUPERT HOGG RESIGNING, REFUSING TO SUBMIT NAMES OF STAFFERS TO BEIJING.
THIS IS FAKE.
(AND ALSO DOING MY HEAD IN ALL DAY)
Read the real inside story of the turmoil at the top of
@cathaypacific
here in
@SCMPNews
:
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On this day, 7 years ago, I started working for the
@SCMPNews
...
What a mad 7 years it has been in Hong Kong.
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Big thanks to SCMP’s Henry Wong for the design - and for Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon, Greater Bay Airlines gatecrashing the final farewell. Apols to Hong Kong Airlines and HK Express who didn’t get a look in.
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Some pretty disgusting behaviour directed at Anson Chan. Appalling harassment.
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NEW: HONG KONG BUDGET BADGE REVEALED.
TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE. WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.
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SCOOP: China has asked foreign business leaders in Hong Kong how to revive the isolated financial hub’s economy: sources via
@bpolitics
JV by
@KariSoo1
.
@BruceEinhorn
&
@AirEVthingTRNSP
#scoop
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New by me: A total of 5,082 people departed Hong Kong on Sunday, the most since the city was hit with its most severe and far-reaching wave of Covid. Escape by air is the most popular choice. via
@bpolitics
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600 days.
From Dec 30, 2019, until today: that’s the last time I saw my family back in the U.K.
Jfc.
Well, the upside is I didn’t get my mum nagging me about marriage, dating, and eating too little or too much!
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Did anyone else feel some shaking? That was really weird
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Paper crane creation unfolding in Chater Garden in Central while Wan Chai and Causeway Bay are tear gassed, doused in water (with the cannon)
#HongKongProtests
.
Follow our live blog here
@SCMPNews
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SCMP: HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO BAIL OUT CATHAY PACIFIC WITH HK$30 BILLION IN LOANS AND DIRECT STAKE
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I just discovered I received something extremely sinister through my mailbox.
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It’s done. 2nd dose - very much enjoyed the small prick. T-minus 15 days until “fully vaccinated” status.
My mum over in the U.K. gets her 2nd AstraZenica dose too. That means the whole family has had 2 doses 👏🏻
#HKTwitterGetsVaxxed
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I just got muted in a Cathay Pacific Zoom press conference 😅
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Very distressing. I’ve been seated next to a YouTube flight blogger… 9 hours. Welp.
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This appears to be a staggering expansion of Penny’s Bay. Credit to Susan Law/HK Quarantine Support Group >>> Penny’s Bay now Vs. Oct 2020 (my photo)
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*HONG KONG ALLOWS PILOTS TO LEAVE THEIR HOTEL ON OVERSEAS TRIPS
*CATHAY PACIFIC DETAILS COVID RULE CHANGE IN MEMO TO CREWS
@TheTerminal
@business
> late night scoop by
@AirEVthingTRNSP
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Cleared immigration in 5 minutes. Pretty easy arrival into Singapore - the walk from the plane to immigration felt longer
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My new Bloomberg Terminal-from-home-but-pantryless set-up is ready!
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Good morning Hong Kong on strike day. I’m awake and on my way to Hong Kong International Airport
@hkairport
to assess the flight disruption for travellers. It’s a costly day for the likes of
@cathaypacific
😣.
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Dan Air also provides genuine customer support. I’ve been quite helpful and am grateful for the messages from travellers.
With little sleep, much work, stress, and covering the protests endless twist and turns, these kind messages help.
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Thanks to the guy who basically paid for our lunch knowing us 5
@SCMPNews
staffers were on duty covering the protests. He footed HK$500 towards our HK$600 lunch. Cheers mate
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I am spoiled for choice on my
@Qantas
flight next week.
I’ll take a whole row, Alan. Cheers.
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My dad swam to Hong Kong from mainland China a very long time ago
Like a lot of Hongkongers, my family escaped here from China in the hold of a “snake boat” that chugged across the Pearl River estuary to what was then a beacon of hope.
That people are now doing essentially the same to escape this place is unimaginable—or at least it should be.
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Siberian ‘Detour’ Forces Airlines to Retrace Cold War Era Routes
@business
JV by
@justinbachman
@JournoDannyAero
@pohjanka
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Back in some very familiar surroundings:
@CathayPacific
’s The Pier First Class Lounge at HKG reopened after 3.5 years.
Giving it a good shake down over 8 hours for breakfast and lunch 😂
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Latest: Hong Kong Needs Clear Roadmap to End Quarantine, Cathay Says
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I’m shocked people are still boarding the Airport Express to Hong Kong Airport.
One young couple said their airline hadn’t been told and thus their flight was still okay. It’s not. Best advice I gave was get off at the stop before Airport.
Still people board with luggage 😱
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First arrest under Beijing-drafted National Security Law of Hong Kong.
Watch this individual's case closely.
#BREAKING
: A man was arrested for holding a
#HKIndependence
flag in
#CausewayBay
, Hong Kong, violating the
#NationalSecurityLaw
. This is the first arrest made since the law has come into force.
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BREAKING: CATHAY PACIFIC CEO HOGG TELLS STAFF THEY COULD BE ‘SACKED’ FOR SUPPORTING ILLEGAL PROTESTS: MEMO
@SCMPNews
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Oh dear! It seems it is a hazard parking so many planes on the ground. Two
@cathaypacific
appear involved in a bit of a knock...just like
@Emirates
&
@British_Airways
plane banging together in Dubai.
Sent by sources 🥴
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No better visual representation of the Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble bursting (via Facebook)
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*HONG KONG SAYS COVID CASE LOAD EXCEEDS CITY'S [HOSPITAL] CAPACITY
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I feel so sorry for Taiwan's Starlux Airlines.
Launched Jan 23 to Macau, Danang & Penang from TPE.
Immediately scales back MFM from 3x daily to 1x daily eventually.
Now Vietnam bans all Taiwan carriers, hitting Starlux's 2x daily DAD flight.
They're screwed...
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