旅遊及發展局今日（14日）公佈，6月份的初步訪港旅客數字為275萬人次，日均旅客量約9.2萬人次。今年上半年累計錄得約1,300萬訪港旅客人次，其中內地旅客佔超過1,000萬人次，比率逾7成6。旅發局預測下半年旅遊業會繼續穩定復蘇，但亦受航空運力、環球經濟、外幣匯率等影響；未來將繼續加強宣傳推廣「Hello Hong Kong」，並舉辦不同大型盛事吸引更多旅客。
旅遊及發展局今日（14日）公佈，6月份的初步訪港旅客數字為275萬人次，日均旅客量約9.2萬人次。今年上半年累計錄得約1,300萬訪港旅客人次，其中內地旅客佔超過1,000萬人次，比率逾7成6。旅發局預測下半年旅遊業會繼續穩定復蘇，但亦受航空運力、環球經濟、外幣匯率等影響；未來將繼續加強宣傳推廣「Hello Hong Kong」，並舉辦不同大型盛事吸引更多旅客。
Telegram is riding high, adding tens of million of users this year. Now the bill is coming due.Telegram is one of the few significant social-media challengers to Facebook Inc., FB -1.90% on a trajectory toward one billion users active each month by the end of 2022, up from roughly 550 million today.
Telegram hopes to raise $1bn with a convertible bond private placement
The super secure UAE-based Telegram messenger service, developed by Russian-born software icon Pavel Durov, is looking to raise $1bn through a bond placement to a limited number of investors from Russia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the Kommersant daily reported citing unnamed sources on February 18, 2021.The issue reportedly comprises exchange bonds that could be converted into equity in the messaging service that is currently 100% owned by Durov and his brother Nikolai.Kommersant reports that the price of the conversion would be at a 10% discount to a potential IPO should it happen within five years.The minimum bond placement is said to be set at $50mn, but could be lowered to $10mn. Five-year bonds could carry an annual coupon of 7-8%.
