Hong Kong holds the world's worst death rate for COVID-19, though the worst wave of the coronavirus has peaked, according to health experts. Faced with unprecedented spread of the omicron variant, ... ( read original story ...)
Painting provides the colour palette for ‘liveable’ family home in Hong Kong that’s centred on an open-plan kitchen
A light-filled, open-plan kitchen where the family can cook and eat together is at the centre of an apartment home in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, for a pilot, her husband and their two children. ( read original story ...)
Bankers abandon Hong Kong as Beijing and COVID-19 remake the city
The death knell for Hong Kong has been sounded many times since Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997. But executives say this time it’s different. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Leader Goes Silent as City’s Covid Crisis Deepens
Since taking office five years ago, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has held a steady stream of news conferences. Now, as the city tops the world in Covid deaths, she’s gone without a briefing since ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth Hospital to dedicate its more than 2,000 beds to treating serious cases, source says
All emergency ambulance transfers will be diverted to other public hospitals, while non-Covid-19 patients will be discharged or transferred, insider says. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist arrested for making online comment that may endanger ‘national security’
A Hong Kong activist hospital worker was arrested for suspected violation of her bail conditions by making comments online that could endanger national security, media reports said. ( read original story ...)
Ant Group IPO said to be delayed indefinitely
Bankers who last fall discussed a possible Hong Kong-based IPO of the fintech company in the second half of this year or in early 2023 are now saying an IPO is off the table, according a report ... ( read original story ...)
HK’s financial system resilient, says IMF
A report released on Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund gives an endorsement of Hong Kong's resilience as a major global financial centre ... ( read original story ...)
Why has the omicron coronavirus variant hit Hong Kong so hard?
Covid-19 cases are soaring in Hong Kong, and the government’s focus on testing instead of vaccinating older populations may be the reason deaths are spiking and hospitals are overwhelmed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property agency Full Mark temporarily closes its offices as city struggles to contain Omicron outbreak
Lam Ka-sing is a business reporter who covers property affairs and results. He joined the Post in 2017 and has a degree in international journalism from Hong Kong Baptist University. ( read original story ...)
‘Two sessions’ 2022: Hong Kong can offer a hub for trading Chinese offshore bonds to organise market’s ‘pervasive’ chaos, Charles Li says
Hong Kong can offer a hub for offshore Chinese bonds, helping to establish a market place for transacting the debt issued by the nation's corporate borrowers, the city's former stock exchange chief ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong NGO offers emergency supplies delivery to asylum seekers amid lockdown fears
A Hong Kong NGO has been offering emergency supply delivery for asylum seekers and refugees who are struggling to stock up amid fears of a lockdown when the city conducts its universal testing for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong May See Empty Isolation Camps as Covid Zero Crumbles
Hong Kong’s worst-ever Covid-19 outbreak brings to mind images of overwhelmed hospitals, isolation facilities full of patients and mortuaries overflowing with bodies. Yet one development seems out of ... ( read original story ...)
China says Hong Kong must stick to “dynamic zero” COVID strategy
"at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url=" Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -A top Chinese health official rallied embattled Hong Kong on Tuesday to stick with a “dynamic zero” coronavirus strategy and ... ( read original story ...)