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Free on the Promenade
The Dragon Boat Food Lane opened Thursday at the TST Promenade. Admission is free through July 1, meaning any household can walk the harbour this weekend at no cost. The carnival is organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, with Sun Life as title sponsor; this year is the 50th edition. Paddling simulators run at K11 MUSEA for anyone who wants the motion without the water.
The big races are June 27 and 28: 220-plus elite teams from 16 countries competing on Victoria Harbour, with Eileen Gu as Dragonbeat Ambassador for the 50th edition. This weekend is the fair before those races. Anyone who wants the harbour without the peak-weekend crowd has a window today; the fuller Saturday is June 28, not this one.
The Stanley Dragon Boat Championships at Stanley Main Beach, the Tuen Ng Festival race marking the Chinese calendar's fifth-month holiday, ran Thursday with 185 teams and approximately 4,000 athletes. The TST Promenade is what remains open. Admission is free through July 1. The race finals are June 27 and 28.
Late Kick-Offs, New Tables
Now TV, the subscription pay-TV service holding exclusive rights to all 104 World Cup matches in Hong Kong, is required for every game; ViuTV, a free-to-air Hong Kong broadcaster, carries selected games under a sublicensed deal confirmed in February 2026. m. m. Sunday, Tunisia versus Japan at noon Sunday, Spain versus Saudi Arabia at midnight Monday.
Three openings are running this weekend for anyone whose plans go beyond the harbour. Don Pedro, an Argentinian steakhouse with 35 seats, opened in Sai Ying Pun. Fugazzi Pizzeria Napoletana is now in Kai Tak. Jollibee opened its first HKIA Terminal 2 branch. The Tiffany Blue Box Cafe at Lee Gardens Three, Causeway Bay, has been open since June 13.
For families this weekend: the FIFA Museum Hong Kong at Times Square in Causeway Bay is open through the World Cup window, and the Chinese Culture Festival 2026 runs through September with 55 events citywide, including free public carnivals. Both are reachable by MTR. The noon kick-off, Tunisia versus Japan, clears by 2 p.m. The midnight and 4 a.m. slots do not.
The Dragon Boat Food Lane is free through July 1. The HKMA holds its base rate at 4.0%; local mortgage rates are running 3.25% to 3.5%. The US Federal Reserve's next meeting decision lands before the June 27 race finals. If the Fed signals a cut before that date, the rate figure in the SCMP's June sales story changes. If it does not, the 4.0% holds into July unchanged.