The chief executive says her biggest hope for 2021 is social harmony, so the government and public bodies have more room to solve problems. ( read original story ...)
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo calls Hong Kong’s leadership ‘lackeys’
Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has described Hong Kong’s leadership as “lackeys” of a “fragile dictatorship” in Beijing who had “eviscerated freedoms” following the jailing of activists who ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms 42 Covid-19 cases, the lowest since fourth wave started, but experts warn of possible holiday spike
Hong Kong confirmed 42 new Covid-19 infections on New Year's Day, the lowest daily caseload since the start of the fourth wave almost six weeks ago, but health officials and experts warned more cases ... ( read original story ...)
Reshaping of Hong Kong Follows 2019’s Pro-Democracy Protests
Hong Kong endured a year of political crackdown in 2020, as the aftermath of last year’s pro-democracy protests took shape, with Beijing tightening its grip on the former British colony. The ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: good riddance 2020, but will 2021 be better for Hong Kong? Fortune-tellers point to sliver of hope
Covid-19 will continue to affect economic recovery at least until autumn, but radical conflicts are not expected, fortune-tellers say. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong national security law and Covid-19: ‘This was our 2020’, activists say as they lament change in protest mood
As the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve 12 months ago, groups of young people who had been gathering outside Times Square in Hong Kong - many of them couples - chanted "See you in Victoria Park ... ( read original story ...)
Ant’s record IPO refund causes Hong Kong’s dollar deposits to fall by HK$1 trillion in November, slows hot money inflow
The suspension of Ant Group's jumbo IPO in November caused deposits in Hong Kong's banking system to fall sharply during the month and led to a slow down of hot money inflow into the city, Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai ordered into custody after release on bail
Hong Kong dissident and media mogul Jimmy Lai has been ordered back to prison, more than a week after he was freed on bail. ( read original story ...)
Stocks off to slow start on final day of a tumultuous year
Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street on the last day of 2020, a year that saw a breathtaking nosedive in markets in the spring as the coronavirus took hold followed ... ( read original story ...)