Free flights to Hong Kong will kick off from March 1. Yes, for real. | Forexlive

Hong Kong’s free flight ticket giveaway will kick off from March 1.

• Cathay Pacific will initially give 80,000 tickets away to residents of south-east Asian countries.
• The remaining 420,000 airline tickets will be distributed to overseas travellers by airlines Hong Kong Express and Hong Kong Airlines over the course of six months
• After tickets have been allocated to visitors from south-east Asian countries, the next giveaway will be open to residents in mainland China and in north-east Asia
• Then to Europe and the US

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A cunning plan to prop up the HKD?

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