Hong Kong health authorities on Sunday reported a record 26,026 daily COVID-19 infections, as an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant overwhelms healthcare facilities and proves ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: finance chief calls for ‘solidarity’ as he asks big landlords to offer rental aid to struggling tenants
Financial Secretary Paul Chan's appeal comes one day after city's leader asks developers to relieve rental 'burden' placed on tenants Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Chan highlight example of Swire ... ( read original story ...)
Feature: Hong Kong’s ambulance fleet gives hope of life amid epidemic gloom
With sirens blaring and lights flashing, the ambulance fleet is what COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong most want to see. Ambulances bring them hope. Working 16 hours a day and having no time to eat, Lam ... ( read original story ...)
Richard Li’s FWD could file for US$1 billion Hong Kong IPO as early as Monday
FWD Group Holdings, the Asian insurer backed by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li Tzar-kai, is close to filing an application for an IPO in the city this year, according to people familiar with the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Tycoon’s FWD Is Said to Near Filing for $1 Billion IPO
FWD Group Holdings Ltd., the Asian insurer backed by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, is close to filing an application for an initial public offering in the city this year, according to people ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Reports Record 26,026 Daily COVID Cases
Hong Kong health authorities on Sunday reported a record 26,026 daily COVID-19 infections, as an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant overwhelms healthcare facilities and proves ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba Ticks Up in Hong Kong Despite Profit Slump, Slowest Quarterly Revenue Growth Since IPO
Alibaba Group Holding’s Hong Kong-listed shares inched up despite the Chinese e-commerce giant reporting a plunge in profit and the slowest increase in quarterly revenue since going pubic in 2014. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Cafe de Coral among Hong Kong restaurants set to suspend dine-in services as eateries struggle amid outbreak
Cafe de Coral managing director says 163 fast food outlets and 42 Super Super Congee and Noodles stores will stop providing dine-in services from March 1 Number of restaurants opting to suspend ... ( read original story ...)
How does Hong Kong’s ‘Leave Home Safe’ stack up against global contact-tracing apps in keeping track of Covid-19 infections?
These apps have become essential for many people to safely carry on outside their homes, while observing social-distancing rules. ( read original story ...)
More than 100 displaced OFWs rescued as COVID wave hits Hong Kong — NGOs
"This inhumane treatment of MDWs leave them homeless in the height of winter in Hong Kong with no safe place to go or ability to protect their health in this time of crisis," the statement reads. ( read original story ...)
OPINION – A prudent and progressive budget for Hong Kong in difficult time
Judging from the content of the 2022-23 budget speech delivered by the Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan on February 23, the Hong Kong government not only maintains the principle of financial ... ( read original story ...)
Curb your enthusiasm, kiddo: younger members of Hong Kong advisory bodies find it hard to break through risk-averse bureaucratic culture
Scheme encourages ‘young elites’ to step forward, but many bodies still do not have members under the age of 35. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s success in fending off COVID comes back to haunt
For two years, Hong Kong successfully insulated most of its residents from COVID-19 and often went months without a single locally spread case. Then the omicron variant showed up. The fast-spreading ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Delays First Retail Green Bond Launch Due to Covid-19
Hong Kong’s government is delaying the launch of its inaugural retail green bond due to the spread of coronavirus cases in the city. The government postponed the subscription period and issuance of ... ( read original story ...)