HSBC Holdings, Goldman Sachs and Barclays Bank allowed more employees to resume working from their offices in Hong Kong from Monday as the city relaxes social distancing curbs after largely containing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Reports First Locally Transmitted Coronavirus Cases in Weeks
Hong Kong reported its first two coronavirus cases in three weeks not linked to anyone who travelled overseas, with authorities scrambling to trace the origin of the infections. The Asian financial ... ( read original story ...)
Two New Infections End Hong Kong’s 24-day Virus Clean Sheet
Two people in Hong Kong tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Wednesday, ending a 24-day run of no new local cases that saw the city begin to ease social distancing regulations. The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seek gang-rape accuser’s arrest
Hong Kong police are looking to arrest a teenager for allegedly giving false testimony after she accused officers of gang-raping her in custody, a move the woman described Wednesday as an attempt to ... ( read original story ...)
People are catching hepatitis from rats in Hong Kong, but scientists don’t know how
A new strain of the hepatitis E virus that usually only infects rats is now sickening people in Hong Kong, with nearly a dozen human cases reported so far, according to news reports. But exactly how ... ( read original story ...)
Renewed virus concerns pull Hong Kong shares lower
HSI financial sector sub-index 0.6% lower; property sector down 0.3% May 13 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares closed lower on Wednesday, giving up earlier gains as investors fretted over the economic ... ( read original story ...)
BoC settles over half of cases in oil product losses: sources
Bank of China (BoC) has settled with more than half of customers hurt by losses in a crude oil-linked product after a historic oil price slide into negative territory, two sources with direct ... ( read original story ...)
JD.com Plans To Kickstart Hong Kong IPO As US-Listed Chinese Firms Increasingly Look Toward Home
Following in the footsteps of its bigger rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd – ADR (NYSE: BABA), JD.Com Inc (NASDAQ: JD) is planning to test the IPO waters in Hong Kong very soon, if reports are to be ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific stocks weighed down by US top coronavirus expert warning of ‘real risk’ of opening businesses too soon
The coronavirus continues to drive trading sentiment globally and in the Asia-Pacific region. But investors are also watching tensions between the US and China, which analysts expect to persist as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is pushing a controversial national anthem bill just as protests are kicking off again
After five months of being at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic, new infections in Hong Kong have slowed to a trickle, and the city is slowly getting back to normal. Which, these days, means ... ( read original story ...)
China can ill-afford causing a Hong Kong failure
The Hong Kong people are constantly being told by China’s Central People’s Government and the United Front overseas propaganda arm that we do not properly understand the concept of “one country, two ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea, China to lead travel recovery
South Korea, China and Hong Kong are the most probable places of origin for the first tourist groups to travel abroad as sentiment improves, according to Expedia. ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong Did It
I was eager to go back to Hong Kong, where I had been conducting research on its protest movement. A new epidemic there would likely mean that visiting the city anytime soon would be unsafe. I worried ... ( read original story ...)
‘The stakes are higher’: Hong Kong’s battle lines redrawn for post-Covid protests
The territory is braced for a summer of activism, but mass demonstrations may be a thing of the past as police target leaders, reporters and freedoms ... ( read original story ...)