Hong Kong is heading for a record budget deficit, leaving little room for the kind of cash handouts and stimulus Financial Secretary Paul Chan doled out in 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak. Chan ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Homes Ranked World’s Least Affordable for 11th Year
Hong Kong remained the world’s least affordable housing market for the 11th year, underscoring the income disparity in the financial city. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader gets China’s Sinovac vaccine to bolster public confidence
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam received China’s Sinovac vaccine on Monday together with top officials at a live televised event to bolster public confidence ahead of the vaccine’s rollout in the global ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the man who’s climbed every peak and visited every island in Hong Kong
Photographer and adventurer Simon Wan Chi-Chung says he's climbed all of Hong Kong's many hills. He tells CNN Travel what inspires him to keep exploring and offers advice for those looking to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong budget: more than 250,000 jobless workers to be offered low-interest loans in unprecedented measure
According to a source, HK$10 billion will be set aside for the loans, which will have an annual interest rate of 1 per cent. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s top leader is inoculated ahead of a mass vaccination campaign.
Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, and other top officials received the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine on Monday as the semiautonomous Chinese territory prepares to begin its mass inoculation ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong national security law: officials defend education guidelines against ‘malicious’ accusations of ‘brainwashing’
Education Bureau releases 1,200-word defence of new guidelines for city’s teachers and schools, and says it needed to clarify unfounded allegations and misunderstandings in the media. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong budget will be a difficult balancing act
The budget to be delivered by Paul Chan Mo-po tomorrow will be one of the most challenging. It has to take into account the economic hardships facing the city, the government's dwindling reserves and ... ( read original story ...)
China and the UK test HSBC’s divided loyalties in Hong Kong
When Ted Hui arrived in the UK last December after fleeing Hong Kong, he had a rude shock: not only was his HSBC bank account frozen, but his bank balance was at zero. The opposition lawmaker couldn’t ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC is facing dueling loyalty tests it can only fail
When Ted Hui arrived in the UK last December after fleeing Hong Kong, he had a rude shock: not only was his HSBC bank account frozen, but his bank balance was at zero. The opposition lawmaker couldn’t ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC mulls sending senior executives back to Hong Kong roots
HSBC is considering the return of some global leaders to the bank’s original hometown, reinforcing Asia’s role as its centre of gravity. A cadre of senior executives is set to relocate in coming ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s top executives following the money prepare Asia moves
A cadre of senior executives is set to relocate in coming months to Hong Kong from HSBC’s Canary Wharf headquarters, say people familiar with the plans, as Europe’s biggest bank pares its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader, other officials receive COVID-19 vaccine
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and other government officials received COVID-19 vaccines on Monday as the city begins its inoculation program. Lam and city’s health ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: ‘Patriots’ law will ban democracy supporters from office
Hong Kong must be governed by “patriots” who respect China’s political system and do not harm the Communist Party rule, a senior Beijing official declared as he laid the groundwork for electoral and ... ( read original story ...)