🇭🇰 🌀 T3️⃣ 🔜 T🎱 The Observatory will issue the Gale or Storm Signal, No. 8 at 2:20pm on Tuesday.

🇭🇰 🌀 Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 issued at 9.40pm.

You can fit all of Hong Kong in the eye of Super Typhoon Ragasa.

"The weather will be persistently adverse on Wednesday". HKO, never one for hyperbole.

Tripperhead's Useless Trivia Time! Super Typhoon Ragasa, named by The Philippines (even though they refuse to use the international naming system themselves and have called it Nando instead...), means: "Rapid or fast motion" Seems rather apt.

🇭🇰 🛬 🛫 🚫 QANTAS confirming the Bloomberg scoop that HKIA will close to passenger flights from 6pm Tuesday until 6am Thursday. www.qantas.com/hk/en/travel... (AEST is +10GMT)

🇭🇰 🌀 Hong Kong Observatory signal warnings for Super Typhoon Ragasa on Monday Standby Signal, No. 1: 12.20pm Strong Wind Signal, No. 3: between 8pm and 10pm tonight.

🇭🇰 🏇 HKJC has cancelled Wednesday's Happy Valley Race Meeting due to the imminent arrival of Super Typhoon Ragasa.

🇭🇰 🇲🇴 🌀 Super Typhoon Ragasa with a clear cyclone eye formed, via HKO.

🇭🇰 🌀 🏫 The Education Bureau (EDB) will closely monitor the weather conditions, and based on the Hong Kong Observatory's latest assessment and forecast tomorrow (September 22), announce later tomorrow the arrangements for school attendance on September 23.

🇭🇰 🇲🇴 🌀 The monster that will be Super Typhoon Ragasa has formed.

🇭🇰 🥟🥢 New York Times: Hong Kong’s Dim Sum Cart ‘Aunties’ Make Their Final Rounds gift link thanks to @stevedunthorne.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...

🇭🇰 🇰🇷 🏟️ 👩‍🎤 BLACKPINK adds a third show at Kai Tak Stadium on January 26th, 2026. Tickets for the extra concert go on sale to the general public on October 10th.

🇭🇰 🌀 🛫 Cathay Pacific is waiving rebooking and rerouting fees on flights in and out of Hong Kong from September 23rd to 25th due to the arrival of Super Typhoon Ragasa. www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_HK/pre...

Chief Executive John Lee explained that the cost of giving everyone $5000 consumption vouchers is the same as building Kai Tak Stadium, stating that the $30 billion it would cost to give out payments can be spent on better things. Ming Pao (Chinese): buff.ly/rkH2Sc9

🇭🇰🇲🇴🌀 HKO has begun forecasting next week's mega storm, predicting it will be within 800km of Hong Kong and Macao at Super Typhoon strength by 8am Tuesday morning.

Pros: • Tastes better than it looks • Was edible Cons: • Looks nothing like the promo photo • Not hard to taste better than it looks 3/10, would eat again if stranded on a deserted island, otherwise hard no.

🇭🇰 🌀 🔜 T1️⃣ The tropical cyclone near Luzon has entered within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong. The Observatory will issue the Standby Signal, No. 1 at 9:20pm tonight. (note, this is not the monster typhoon expected next week. This is the first one.)

🇭🇰 🇲🇴 🌀 Absolute monster of a typhoon forecast by ECMWF on windy.com due next Wednesday.

2025 Chief Executive Policy Address is now live. Watch at webcast.info.gov.hk/revamp/eng/l... with English translation.

I'm torn whether the McDonald's "Bolognese Angus with fried egg" is awesome or an abomination. Perhaps I'll try tomorrow and report back.

🇭🇰 🌀 The area of low pressure near Luzon has intensified into a tropical depression. It will move across the vicinity of Luzon today and tomorrow and enter within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong. The Observatory will consider issuing the Standby Signal, No. 1 between Wednesday night and early Thursday.

The Securities and Futures Commission has banned former Citigroup head of Pan-Asia equities Richard Heyes from re-entering the industry for five years. apps.sfc.hk/edistributio...

🇭🇰 🚖 Transport minister Mabel Chan said on Tuesday that the authorities will introduce new written tests for taxi drivers in November, with more content aimed at improving service quality. news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...

Chief Executive John Lee, on the HKIS lawsuit: • case is in the courts so can't talk specifics • Government has advised both parties to put student interests first • EDB will monitor the situation

CE John Lee, on LegCo vetoing the same-sex couples bill last week: • Legco proved they're not just a rubber-stamp committee; unfair to call it that • a lot of the rights of same-sex couples relate to healthcare and property, so will look at how the govt can deal with that administratively

🇭🇰 🛬 🚅 HKTB Announces Provisional Visitor Arrivals for August 2025: • 5,152,837 arrivals in August, up 16% year-on-year • 33,179,451 arrivals January to August 2025, +12% y-o-y • Number of visitors from long-haul markets increased by 19% YTD y-o-y, with Australia showing the most significant growth

🇭🇰 🛫 🇳🇵 🛬 Starting Monday September 15th, Cathay Pacific has halted all flights into and out of Nepal until the end of the month.

🇭🇰 🚴 Registration begins September 13th for Hong Kong’s largest annual cycling event, the Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Cyclothon. The event will take place on 30 November. A quota of 6,000 places will be available for local, Mainland and overseas cyclists. Registration: buff.ly/kPWa3DH

All the Hong Kong International School news tonight in the Tripperhead Gazette! Out now to paid subscribers, free to read from 8am tomorrow; sign up for free at tripperhead.com

LegCo achievements this week: Same-sex partnerships bill 🚫 Legalise betting on basketball games ✅ www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6...

Owner and founder of Hong Kong International School, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod has begun legal action against the school's management company HKISAL, requesting the company comply with their agreement or they will evict HKIS and establish an new school on the existing HKIS Repulse Bay Campus.

🇭🇰 🎆 National Day Fireworks Display, October 1st: The 23-minute display will feature over 30,000 pyrotechnic shells launched in eight acts at an estimated cost of HK$18 million. The show is scheduled to begin at 8pm. www.thestandard.com.hk/hong-kong-ne...

HK Express has dispatched a new crew aboard UO132 to retrieve passengers of UO697, which hit the HKIA 3-Runway Project trifecta this morning arriving from Jeju before diverting to Kaohsiung.

🇭🇰 🌀T 3️⃣ Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 issued at 1:10pm.

07L (now 25R) reopened.

🇭🇰 🛬 Hong Kong Express flight UO235 is currently parked near 07L after reports the plane went off the tarmac on/after landing. No injuries reported and passengers were disembarked onto buses. HK01 (Chinese): buff.ly/HEHcGYp

Another trifecta at HKIA, but this time no fairytale landing on the third attempt like the previous typhoon.

🇭🇰 🏃 ⛰️ Following releases in 2016 and 2019, Hong Kong Post are set to issue the "Hong Kong Hiking Trails Series No. 3: Wilson Trail" stamp set. The stamps will be released at post offices and online at shopthrupost.hongkongpost.hk?lang=E from September 23rd.

🇭🇰 🌀 🔜 T3️⃣ The Observatory will issue the Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 at 1:10pm.

🇭🇰 🌀 The Gale or Storm Signal, No. 8 will remain in force at least until 1 p.m.

🇭🇰 🌀 🛬 CX624 from Bengaluru becomes the first plane to land at HKIA in 90 minutes. Diversions to Kaohsiung for CX252 from London and CX612 from Colombo. Go around after failed attempt by CX216 from Manchester.

🇭🇰 🌀 🛬 🚆 MTR will add two additional departures from HKIA on the Airport Express with the T8 now in force. 1.15am and 1.30am. MTR reminds passengers using those Airport Express services that when they reach their desired station, no other trains will be running.

🇭🇰🌀T🎱 No. 8 Southeast Gale or Storm Signal issued at 9.20pm

🇲🇴 🌀 Signal no. 8NE issued at 9pm

Hot Air Balloon Festival refund requests: "Please email us your bank details" At this point I'm not sure I would be comfortable with this organisation having my banking information on file...

🇭🇰 🌀 🏫 🚫 HKO to issue the Gale or Storm Signal, No. 8 at 9:20pm tonight. CLASSES OF ALL DAY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, SPECIAL SCHOOLS, KINDERGARTENS, AND CHILD CARE CENTRES, ARE SUSPENDED TOMORROW.

Macao will issue the Typhoon Signal No.8 at 9pm.

🇲🇴 🌀 🔜 T🎱 Macao: The T3 current signal will be considered replacing by signal no. 8NE between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. today.

🇲🇴 🌀 🔜 T🎱 Macao: The T3 current signal will be considered replacing by signal no. 8NE between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. today.