Hong Kong’s transport minister has expressed deep concern over flight cancellations by Greater Bay Airlines, with the carrier blaming the issue on delays in the delivery of newly ordered aircraft and the need to conduct inspections on existing planes.

Investors will be looking out for Malaysia’s central bank policy meeting today, where the Bank Negara Malaysia is expected to keep its policy rate steady at 3%.

The project in Osaka is among ESR’s four data centers under development in Japan to capitalize on the AI boom.

But retail insiders say they are hopeful resumption of multiple-entry visas for Shenzhen residents will mitigate local spending decline More Hongkongers are expected to travel to Japan amid a weak yen,

In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 was set to rise, with the futures contract in Chicago up nearly 1%, last trading at 39,235 while its counterpart in Osaka is up 0.59%, last trading at 39,170 against the index's close of 38,902.50.

Hong Kong-based real estate manager ESR Group on Thursday said it was teaming up with U.S.-based data centre provider CloudHQ to jointly develop and operate a $2 billion data centre campus in Japan. The campus,

China is slated to report its industrial output and retail sales data for December, as well as fourth quarter GDP.

After a six-year break, Hong Kong Airlines has resumed nonstop services between Hong Kong and Australia's Gold Coast.

Meanwhile, the city retains its lead in terms of vertical urbanism on account of its large number of tall buildings and its high degree of urban consolidation. With 550 buildings of more than 150m in height, Hong Kong has more tall buildings than any other city in the world.

Hong Kong-based real estate manager ESR Group on Thursday said it was teaming up with U.S.-based data centre provider CloudHQ to jointly develop and operate a $2 billion data centre campus in Japan.

Resorts World Cruises is set to expand its operations to India with the homeport debut of its Resorts World One cruise ship in Mumbai from 5 March to 1 June 2025.

Novak Djokovic dropped his first set, battled through an undisclosed injury and rallied to win the next three, beating rival Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 Australian Open quarterfinals.