Hindustan Times – Online

Dragon boats get together during as they take part in the annual Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Hong Kong’s Aberdeen. May 30th marks the fifth day of the fifth month of the traditional Chinese calendar — an annual celebration known as Duanwu in Mandarin, Tuen Ng in Cantonese and the Dragon Boat Festival in the West. It’s famous for the races held on that day in traditional paddled long boats, each ornamented with a dragon’s head at the prow.

The Hindu Business Line – Print

In protest Members of Cathay Pacific local staff union hold signs during a protest at its headquarters Cathay Pacific City in Hong Kong, on May 22. Asia’s biggest international airline will eliminate 600 jobs as part of the biggest revamp in two decades following its first loss in eight years. The intensifying competition in the region also took a toll on Singapore Airlines, which announced unexpected losses in the quarter ending March.

Travel Trends Today – Online

The 2017 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival, organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) and co-organised by the Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association (HKCDBA), will return this year from June 2 to 4. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the scale of the Carnival will be expanded, featuring exciting dragon boat races, food and beer, music and local cultural elements at the Central Harbour front.