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Bigger and noisier groups of tourists from the mainland are expected to flock to Hong Kong during the long Spring Festival holiday, beginning on Chinese New Year's Day on January 23, according to a survey by China Tourism Institution.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that pilots on American Airlines flights would be allowed to use iPads instead of paper flight manuals in the cockpit starting Friday, as reported by ZDNet, even during takeoff and landing. But passengers are still required to shut down anything with the slightest electronic pulse from the moment a plane leaves the gate until it reaches an altitude of 10,000 feet.

With age come such things as catheters, colostomy bags and adult diapers. Now add another indignity to getting old — having to drop your pants and show these things to a complete stranger.

With more than 18,000 taxis plying their trade to a population of over seven million, the night shift is a busy one for a Hong Kong taxi driver. The daily five-hour stint behind the wheel takes Alan Leung from skyscrapers to street-corners as he traverses the tightly-packed territory in his bright red taxi. Timelapse of a night on the streets of Hong Kong.