But authorities caution fewer screenings expected over Lunar New Year holiday when people reluctant to visit doctors and most private clinics are closed. ( read original story ...)
Made in Hong Kong was once world-famous. But now it’s disappearing from Australian shops
Despite a resurgence in buying Made in Hong Kong products, experts say it's difficult for the label to reclaim its glory days of the 1980s. ( read original story ...)
Plagued by dwindling harvests and shrinking shellfish, Hong Kong oyster farmers turn to conservation group for answers
Now they are counting on a scientific study of Deep Bay, in Lau Fau Shan, to help turn the tide and ensure they can continue selling their sun-dried “golden oysters” and protect the shellfish habitat ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese tech giants like Kuaishou are listing in Hong Kong instead of U.S. after Trump’s trade war
Kuaishou soared in its Hong Kong debut, the latest Chinese tech company to shun U.S. exchanges and stay closer to home. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: closed under social-distancing measures, dying bars urge authorities to let them restart business as pandemic eases
Lan Kwai Fong Group chairman Allan Zeman says bars are on ‘life support’ and ‘will do anything the government wants’ in order to restart their business. ( read original story ...)
Beijing hits out at European Union over ‘irresponsible comments’ on Hong Kong affairs following BBC World News ban
Beijing’s mission in Brussels says the bloc has no right to use the ban on BBC as a pretext to make irresponsible comments on Hong Kong’s security law. ( read original story ...)
Immigration Law Proposed In Hong Kong: What Is It And Why Is It Worrying?
Hong Kong govt proposed "particularly troubling" immigration law to limit the individuals fleeing the city providing “apparently unfretted power” to director. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong unemployment set to surpass 7 per cent after Lunar New Year, minister warns as Covid-19 continues to strangle the economy
High chance’ of jobless figure breaking 7 per cent mark, according to labour secretary, in what would be a new 16-year high. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police investigating case of suspected animal cruelty after video emerges showing woman swinging around dog tied to tree branch
Hong Kong police are investigating a case of suspected animal cruelty after receiving a tip-off about a video showing a woman swinging around a dog tied to a tree branch. The force received a report ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Premier League returns without fans, HKFA Senior Shield and FA Cup cancelled
Friday, but fans are banned and two of the three cup competitions have been cancelled. Four Leisure and Cultural Services Department venues – Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Stadium, Siu Sai Wan Sports ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong banks report decline in customers seeking new notes for ‘lai see’ amid rise of electronic channels, economic uncertainties
Up until Lunar New Year in 2020, about 350 million banknotes worth almost HK$10 billion on average were exchanged within the two weeks before the holiday every year, data from Hong Kong Monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: alarm over proposed law that could ban anyone from leaving
Barristers say proposal would give head of immigration ‘unfettered power’ to stop people leaving the city without any court process ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lawyers express concern over proposed law that can impose travel ban on anyone
Hong Kong's lawyers have expressed concern over a government proposal which if approved could bar anyone from leaving the city. A paper has been submitted by the Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA) to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong prisons start trimming female inmates’ tresses just past shoulders after court ruling on sex discrimination
Hong Kong prisons have begun trimming the locks of female inmates to just past shoulder length, after a recent court ruling that the Correctional Services Department was discriminating by imposing ... ( read original story ...)