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Greater Bay Area: Travel & Lifestylei

The "Greater Bay Area" refers to the Chinese government's scheme to link the cities of Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing into an integrated economic and business hub.

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  • Residents to pay more tax on annual salaries exceeding HK$5 million, while government will revive 3 per cent tax on hotel stays and raise tobacco duty
  • But economists remain sceptical of effectiveness of measures in reducing deficit

The Chinese contemporary art community was rocked when a cut in funding shut down Guangdong Times Museum in 2022. A fundraising auction of works provided by artists has allowed it to reopen.

Moordn Art Fair, created to tap Chinese metropolis Guangzhou’s potential as a market for art, drew a crowd in its first in-person iteration, but slow sales left some gallerists unsure if they’ll return.

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How do you get a visa to Shenzhen? How do you pay for everything without cash? Everything you need to know, download and use before, during and after entering the Chinese city from Hong Kong.

While most countries in Asia have now dropped Covid-19 entry requirements, as of August 2023, mainland China, Myanmar and Iran are holding out. Here are their respective rules.

Several Hong Kong art lovers made a recent trip to Midea’s headquarters in China because of the double appeal of a Roni Horn art retrospective held in the Tadao Ando-designed He Art Museum.

Four major Hong Kong insurers including the local units of Ping An and China Taiping plan to introduce a new ‘one-stop’ motor insurance policy covering the city and Greater Bay Area as they expect cross-border traffic to surge under a forthcoming easing of travel quotas.

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Feasibility studies under way with race subject to government approval, but first edition of event will take place in Hong Kong, with Zhuhai and Macau added in future.