TG Wednesday March 11th, 2026

Tripperhead Gazette

• Cathay Pacific reported good numbers for last year, and has some fuel hedges to offset the mess in the Middle East.

So the staff get an increased bonus…

… and the company gets some new planes.

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• Meanwhile, expect the fuel surcharge to rise soon for Cathay and subsidiaries.

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• Meanwhile HK Express posted a pretty big loss.

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• The Red Cross has wound up its donation drive for the Tai Po fire victims, with $530 million donated.

$26 million kept in “administration fees”.

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• ICAC have charged a bus company worker with soliciting bribes, after the person paying the bribes to continue employment didn’t want to keep paying, so let ICAC know all about*.

*Allegedly (must do the correct legal thing, even though that’s the same information ICAC put in their press release)

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• The Transport Dept justified the April 1st ferry price rises by saying the ferry companies are losing lots of money on those routes.

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• And update to an almost three year old story, with a former district councillor jailed for 45 months over a phone scam.