RTHK：Video News

About RTHK：Video News

Video news from Hong Kong and around the world.

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RTHK.HK

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Mar 2024

Latest episode

3 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

2,165 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Oct 2025

   Munich axes flights as drone plague hits Germany

   Germany's Munich airport said early on Friday that drone sightings on Thursday evening had forced air traffic control to suspend operations, leading to the cancellation of 17 flights and disrupting travel for nearly 3,000 passengers. Another 15 arriving flights were diverted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Vienna and Frankfurt, it said in a statement, marking the latest drone disruption to European aviation after sightings temporarily shut airports in Denmark and Norway last week. German air traffic control officials restricted flight operations at Munich airport from 10.18pm on Thursday, or 4.18am Hong Kong time on Friday, and later suspended them altogether due to several drone sightings, the airport added. Flight tracking service Flightradar24 said the airport would remain closed until 4.59am local time, or 10.59am Hong Kong time, on Friday. A flight from Bangkok was the first of the day to land at around 5.25am. Munich was already placed on edge this week when its popular Oktoberfest was closed temporarily due to a bomb threat and the discovery of explosives in a residential building in the city's north. Denmark has stopped short of saying who it believes is responsible for the incidents in its airspace last week, which disrupted air traffic at multiple airports, but Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has suggested it could be Russia. European Union leaders backed plans on Wednesday to bolster the bloc's defences against Russian drones. Russian President Vladimir Putin joked on Thursday that he would not fly drones over Denmark anymore, but Moscow has denied responsibility for the incidents. (Reuters) _____________________________ Last updated: 2025-10-03 HKT 12:59

2. 

   2 Oct 2025

   Calls for more PLA ship visits on second open day

   Hong Kong residents flocked to the Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base for a second day on Thursday to tour two People’s Liberation Army vessels, saying the event gave them a rare chance to see the country’s military up close. The vessels – training ship Qi Jiguang and landing ship Yimengshan – arrived on Tuesday for a port call. A military enthusiast said he was pleased to board the ships. “It feels great. I hope more different naval vessels can visit Hong Kong in the future so the public can see a wider variety,” he said. Cadet Luo Jiayi from Guangdong said the warm response from Hongkongers gave him a strong sense of connection. “It feels like being with family. Over the past two days, every time I spoke Cantonese with visitors they were surprised, and it felt like chatting at a family gathering – a real two-way exchange,” he said. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law said it was her first time stepping onto a PLA warship. “Since the military parade in Beijing last month, we know that our country loves peace, but our military power needs to be strong so others won’t dare to invade us. So this visit to the PLA ship makes me feel the power as a Chinese,” she said. The ships will depart on Friday for exchanges in Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore.

3. 

   2 Oct 2025

   More mainland tourists to visit HK for Golden Week

   A tourism sector representative says he expects more mainland tourists to arrive in Hong Kong on Thursday and Friday as their National Day Golden Week continues. More than 224,000 mainlanders arrived in the SAR when the eight-day mainland holiday began on Wednesday. Timothy Chui, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Association, told an RTHK radio show on Thursday that he believes many visitors are still on their way to the SAR by high-speed rail or plane, as they only finished work the day before National Day. He said that among the 1,200 tour groups that are expected to arrive, half of them will be one-day tours, while the rest are on a multi-destination basis. Chui, who is also the managing director of O'Hotel, said many tourists chose to stay in Hong Kong after the National Day fireworks, despite room rates in Tsim Sha Tsui being up by five to 10 percent. "The room rate for boutique hotels like ours, or luxury hotels, even though it is higher than usual, the difference is not too significant," he said. "The travelling habits of many mainland tourists were: if they could reserve a hotel room after enjoying the fireworks, they would book it, or return to Shenzhen where they would definitely be able to book a hotel room if they failed to do so." Meanwhile, wholesale and retail sector lawmaker Peter Shiu said the long holiday, along with discounts and perks at restaurants and half-price movie tickets as part of the National Day celebrations, boosted business. Queues were seen outside stores selling luxury goods and jewellery, he said. Shiu said at least 226,000 SAR residents left Hong Kong on Wednesday, but the impact on the retail sector was not too significant. "With people leaving Hong Kong, of course sales would decline. But I believe people heading north has become a routine, and the number of people leaving Hong Kong to the Greater Bay Area is even higher over the weekend. As today is not a public holiday, so there should be fewer people leaving the city yesterday," he said. "Also, as the government rolled out many discounts on National Day, it might have reduced the number of people heading north."

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• Judy Chan
• Rosanna Law
• TSE Chin-wan
• John Lee

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