China's Kuaishou, the country's number two short-form video platform, is set to hit the public markets in the next week or two. Although Kuaishou is China's second-place platform behind Douyin, which ... ( read original story ...)
Self-exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui gives evidence to British parliament related to freezing of his HSBC accounts
Self-exiled former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung said he had given evidence related to the freezing of his HSBC accounts to the British parliament, ahead of a meeting on Tuesday to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief hopes support for innovative technology will be key to city’s economic recovery
Paul Chan says the government has been supporting the use of new technology – such as touchless lift panels – to fight the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Greater Bay Area: Guangzhou lures young Hong Kong entrepreneurs to start businesses with rent waivers, subsidies
The city is attracting young Hongkongers by offering generous subsidies on business costs, access to trade officials and a favourable environment to raise capital. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Imposes COVID Lockdown in Densely Populated District
The local government in Hong Kong said Saturday that it had locked down one of the territory’s most heavily populated areas to complete mandatory COVID-19 testing of its entire population. Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong upstart Greater Bay Airlines formally applies for rights to operate more than 100 routes
The application to take over the routes is a major step for the fledgling airline, but it could face objections from would-be competitorsThe routes were relinquished by now-defunct regional carrier ... ( read original story ...)
10,000 locked down in their Hong Kong homes to contain virus spread, as cops seal off 200 buildings in crowded district
“Persons subject to compulsory testing are required to stay in their premises until all such persons identified in the area have undergone testing and the test results are mostly ascertained." ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Government declares lockdown in Hong Kong
Officials placed 10,000 residents under COVID-19 lockdown Saturday in a crowded district in Hong Kong. Secretary for Home Affairs Tsui Ying-wai said 3,000 civil servants were deployed in the Jordan ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Locks Down 10,000 For Mandatory Covid Testing
Hong Kong's government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, saying 10,000 residents must stay home until they have been tested and the ... ( read original story ...)
Who’s who of mainland financiers in Hong Kong as Mandarin becomes the common tongue for Central’s investment bankers
The changing demographics in Asia’s second-largest capital market has spillover socioeconomic implications in a city grappling with record unemployment and its worst recession in decades。 ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in city’s first Covid lockdown
Officials plan to test everyone inside a designated zone in the neighbourhood of Jordan within 48 hours ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong locks down thousands for compulsory COVID-19 testing
Hong Kong's government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday, saying its 10,000 residents must stay home until all of them have been tested for the new coronavirus and results largely ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong orders partial lockdown; Covid fragments found in Sydney sewage
New UK Covid variant may be 30% more deadly, says Johnson; World’s poor need action, not Covid ‘vaccine nationalism’, say experts; Germany’s Covid death toll exceeds 50,000 ... ( read original story ...)
A lawyer not coming to Hong Kong, a law not enforced
David Perry QC decided this week that he would not after all be coming to Hong Kong to lead the prosecution of nine pro-democracy figures for their part in a peaceful protest in 2019. Actually the ... ( read original story ...)