Rocket debris

Debris of the recently launched Chinese Long March 5B carrier rocket fell back to Earth, into the Indian Ocean, on Sunday morning, and most of the remnants burnt up during the re-entry process, the China Manned Space Agency said.

The debris’ atmospheric re-entry and crash took place at 10:24 a.m., the agency said in a brief statement, noting the touchdown site is in waters located at 2.65 degrees north latitude and 72.47 degrees east longitude. It did not provide additional details.

Quarantine period

Hong Kong will shorten the quarantine period from today for inbound visitors who have been fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Travelers will face varied arrangements depending on their places of departure as public health authorities have divided overseas areas into five categories based on the severity of the pandemic, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said on Friday.

People from low-risk areas including Australia and Singapore will have their mandatory quarantine shorted from two weeks to one plus a seven-day self-monitoring, Thomas Chan, the permanent secretary for food and health, said at a press conference.

Runaway leopards

Two of the three leopards who fled a safari park in Hangzhou, capital of East China’s Zhejiang Province, have been captured.

A leopard was spotted in a residential area in Silian Village, Fuyang District at about 8 p.m. on Friday, according to an announcement by Fuyang District on Saturday. It was later confirmed that the animal was one of the three young leopards that had broken out of the Hangzhou Safari Park.

By Saturday afternoon, the two leopards were captured and the search team was hunting for the other one.

Domestic tourist trips

China saw a total of 230 million domestic tourist trips during the May Day holiday, up 119.7 percent from last year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Tourism revenue reached 113.23 billion yuan (US$17.5 billion), up 138.1 percent from last year, according to the ministry.

Figures from CTrip.com Group, an online travel service provider, show that orders on its platform for the holiday rose by 270 percent year on year. (SD-Agencies)