Hong Kong will extend social restrictions through the end of the Lunar New Year to help contain an omicron outbreak that’s taken local cases to about 60, local media reported. In the meantime, South ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s zero-COVID policy causing nightmares for Australian banks
Australian banks with offices in Hong Kong, which has the world’s strictest border controls, are allowing staff to work from other countries or paying expensive hotel quarantine bills in an effort to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to extend Covid-19 curbs for Chinese New Year: Local media
The govt is trying to contain an Omicron outbreak that has reached some 60 cases locally. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Who’s next? Hong Kong media fearful after arrests, shutdowns
When Hong Kong's national security police knocked on his door before dawn last month, journalist Ronson Chan was unsurprised but still found himself shaking. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Quarantine Chaos; South Korea Eases Rule: Virus Update
Hong Kong, one of Asia’s wealthiest cities, is struggling to house, feed and process some 3,000 people it has forcibly isolated as tales of chaos poured out of a makeshift quarantine camp, including ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks slip as mainland China funds trim bets on Tencent, HKEX while investors await trade data
Mainland Chinese investors turned net sellers of Hong Kong-listed stocks on Thursday with Tencent, HKEX, Sunny Optical among those under pressure Hang Seng remains 3.3 per cent stronger from last ... ( read original story ...)
Chaos at Hong Kong’s Covid-19 quarantine centre leaves some people trapped
The city appears to be struggling to house, feed and process some 3,000 people it has isolated. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Chaos at Hong Kong Quarantine Camp Leaves Some Detainees Trapped
These are among the tales of chaos pouring out of a makeshift quarantine camp in Hong Kong, as one of Asia’s wealthiest cities struggles to house, feed and process some 3,000 people it has forcibly ... ( read original story ...)
Dispute over late Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok’s estate ‘rather sad’, judge hearing the case says
Three of the tycoon’s children argue their brother Ian Fok had misled his siblings by failing to inform them of an option to buy back interest in a Nansha development project ... ( read original story ...)
Omicron: Hong Kong officials bolster Covid-19 screening operations in high-risk district swamped by demand for tests
Scramble follows series of compulsory testing orders relating to infections linked to Omicron-carrying Cathay aircrew member. ( read original story ...)
Shares of cruise operator Genting Hong Kong plunge more than 50% as it warns of defaults
Hong Kong-listed shares of cruise operator Genting plunged more than 50% after it announced that it may not be able to pay its debts and other obligations. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist on bail rearrested for remarks ‘endangering national security’
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was rearrested on suspicion of making remarks endangering national security after being released on bail last year in a case in which he faces charges of "conspiracy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s own ‘partygate’ exposes territory tensions
When Hong Kong’s new “patriots only” legislature convened for its inaugural session on Wednesday, many of the chamber’s 90 seats were embarrassingly vacant. Twenty lawmakers could only log in from ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police to implement Chinese-style foot drill from July 1
Hong Kong police said on Thursday that it will start the force-wide implementation of the Chinese-style foot drill from July 1. Apart from ceremonial events and passing-out parades, officers of all ... ( read original story ...)