When bar and nightclub owners in Hong Kong met with city officials this month, they expected to hear how the government planned to coax more of the largely resistant population to get vaccinated, with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Eases Quarantine For Vaccinated Top Staff, Drawing Ire
Hong Kong is allowing vaccinated directors and senior executives of major listed companies to travel globally more easily, in a significant relaxation of its onerous border curbs that’s drawing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks retreat to trim monthly gain as manufacturing in China slows and yuan weakens
Hong Kong stocks decline, paring a monthly advance after an official report shows China’s manufacturing cooled in May and authorities move to temper the yuan’s recent strength. ( read original story ...)
Beijing’s Hong Kong office slams intimidation of judge in tycoon Jimmy Lai’s case
Beijing's office that oversees matters in Hong Kong has warned of threats made to a judge who sentenced media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other democracy activists for their roles in an unauthorised assembly ... ( read original story ...)
Watching Hong Kong from the U.K.
The U.K. says it received at least 34,000 visa applications since it offered a path to citizenship to Hongkongers. Lincoln Chong, 26, told us why he plans to take the offer as China tightens the rule ... ( read original story ...)
British Startup Ivy Farm Says It Plans To Bring Cell-Based Pork Sausages To Market By 2023
Ivy Farm Technologies, a spinout of Oxford University, says it wants to become the first British firm to commercialise cultured meat. ( read original story ...)
IPO fatigue hits Hong Kong despite debut boost for JD spinoff
The best start to a year for new equity listings in Hong Kong is being tarnished by the rising number of offers that are slumping on debut, raising questions over the continued strength of the listing ... ( read original story ...)
As borders reopen, Asia’s ‘zero-Covid’ economies need to start puzzling it out
The pandemic has split the world into two camps. One camp - represented by mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand - is pursuing a policy of Covid-19 eradication. This is their ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Turns to Businesses to Fix Foundering Vaccine Program
When bar and nightclub owners in Hong Kong met with city officials this month, they expected to hear how the government planned to coax more of the largely resistant population to get vaccinated, with ... ( read original story ...)
What does Hong Kong’s defiantly buoyant property market tell us – and Beijing?
New bill ensuring only ‘patriots’ govern Hong Kong effectively signals an end to big business’ influence in shaping policies, but it does not mean a quick fix for deep-rooted livelihood issues, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mountaineer on a high after fastest Everest climb by a woman
Former Hong Kong schoolteacher Tsang Yin-hung said Sunday she always believed in aiming high after setting a new record for the fastest ascent of Everest by a woman. In 2018, Nepali climber Phunjo ... ( read original story ...)
Mainland Chinese tech start-ups hope to tap SPAC trend to go public
Tech start-up backed by Legend Holdings, Baidu are among those exploring options regarding special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), industry insiders said. ( read original story ...)
‘Big headache’ for Hong Kong workshop owners in factory estates making way for public housing
Now he has 18 months to move out, as the factory estate is making way for public housing. He has to find a new place and dreads the “big headache” of moving his six large pieces of equipment, weighing ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong civil servants to get ‘two days off’ as vaccine perk; no new infections
SHots must be taken by a certain date, according to source, with those already vaccinated also entitled to the scheme. ( read original story ...)