HONG KONG — Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as property developers piled in to show support for the global ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoons offer land for hospitals to aid Covid-19 fight
Ever since Hong Kong's pricey homes were attributed by Chinese state media as the catalyst for the pro-democracy protests of 2019, local property tycoons have increased charitable efforts, including ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘cannot afford to lose’ fight against surging COVID-19
On Friday, Lam said Hong Kong had identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, with property developers piling in to show support. Lam said 21 hotels had expressed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘cannot afford to lose’ fight against surging COVID
On Friday, Lam said Hong Kong had identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, with property developers piling in to show support. Lam said 21 hotels had expressed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s future unclear as leadership election, lacking front-runner, is delayed by COVID-19
All of the city's leaders have been backed by Beijing and chosen by a small committee stacked with Beijing loyalists ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, China Announce Cross Border Fintech Initiative
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have announced that they are accepting applications from financial institutions and Fintechs for conducting pilot trials of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader election postponed as city battles COVID surge
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The election of Hong Kong's chief executive, scheduled to be held in March, will be postponed to May as the Asian financial hub battles to control an accelerating surge in ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands flee to Mainland China as Hong Kong outbreak widens
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese residents in Hong Kong are racing to get back to the mainland to get away from the financial hub’s worsening Covid outbreak, posing a challenge for officials fearful of ... ( read original story ...)
HKMA instructs Hong Kong’s 165 banks to allow only vaccinated staff in branches and offices, stepping up government’s vaccine pass policy
The de facto central bank "strongly encourages" banks to admit only staff who have received at least one vaccine shot into their workplace, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said. Banks have two ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong boy band Mirror enlisted in pandemic fight, Henderson Land offers site for makeshift hospital
Popular Hong Kong boy band Mirror has been appointed “anti-pandemic ambassador”, while a major property developer has offered the government a site in the New Territories to build a makeshift hospital ... ( read original story ...)
J&T Express Raises $2 Billion In Latest Funding From Temasek, Other Investors Ahead of Hong Kong IPO
Ho Ching, wife of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, executive director and CEO of Temasek ... [+] Holdings attends a press conference in Singapore on February 6, 2009. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands flee to mainland China as Hong Kong Covid-19 outbreak widens
HONG KONG, Feb 18 (Bloomberg): Chinese residents in Hong Kong are racing to get back to the mainland to get away from the financial hub’s worsening Covid-19 outbreak, posing a challenge for officials ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong postpones leader election amid COVID-19 outbreak
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will postpone elections for its next leader until May 8 as the city grapples with a worsening coronavirus outbreak with thousands of new infections daily. Hong Kong’s leader ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong hospitals hit 90% capacity as virus cases surge
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s hospitals reached 90 percent capacity on Thursday and quarantine facilities were at their limit, authorities said, as the Chinese territory struggles to snuff out a record ... ( read original story ...)