A team of mainland health experts led by Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under China's National Health Commission, on Saturday visited Hong Kong's anti-epidemic facilities in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mortuaries deploy mobile fridges amid surge in COVID deaths
Mortuaries in Hong Kong have deployed mobile refrigeration units to store bodies amid a surge in COVID-19 deaths in the city. Hong Kong had a capacity to store 1,350 bodies at the start of March, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 37,529 new COVID-19 cases
A deliveryman wearing a face mask rides on a street in south China's Hong Kong, March 5, 2022. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported 37,529 new COVID-19 cases and 150 deaths on ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong immigration officers hit hardest as 9,400 government employees are infected with Covid-19 since January
About 9,400 Hong Kong government employees have been infected with Covid-19 since the fifth wave of infections hit the city in late December, while more than 10,000 officers from the disciplined ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports record 55,353 daily Covid infections
As health officials reported a record 55,353 daily infections and over 100 deaths occurring on March 2, Hong Kong Chief executive Carrie Lam said people's movements may be restricted during mandatory ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 37,529 new COVID-19 cases, 150 deaths
Hong Kong reported 37,529 new coronavirus infections on Saturday and 150 deaths, as the city clings to a "zero-COVID" strategy despite spiralling cases that have spread through care homes and ... ( read original story ...)
Use Hong Kong’s consumption voucher scheme to boost elderly vaccinations and ease into sales tax
While another round of consumption vouchers is welcome, there are concerns money is being wasted on emigrants and not leveraged in the fight against Covid-19 The vouchers should be a financial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Dollar’s Slide to Two-Year Low Is About to Get Worse
The Hong Kong dollar is poised for steeper losses as impending Federal Reserve rate hikes exacerbate capital outflows triggered by the deadliest Covid outbreak in the city.Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong’s tough COVID curbs hobble its green finance ambitions
Hong Kong's ambition to become a hub for green and sustainable business is under threat as its persistent tough border controls against COVID-19 make the task of attracting senior specialists harder ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bet on zero-Covid. Now it’s facing a ‘preventable disaster’
By Julia Hollingsworth, Wayne Chang, Elizabeth Yee, Ivan Watson and Teele Rebane, CNN Morgues are nearly at capacity, hospitals overwhelmed and, as fears ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of East Asia to sell non-life insurance businesses to AIA for $278 mln
HONG KONG — Bank of East Asia (BEA) said late on Friday it has agreed to sell its non-life insurance and healthcare services businesses to a unit of AIA Group Ltd for an aggregate HK$2.168 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Infection Rate; Bali Set to Reopen: Virus Update
About 15% of Hong Kong’s population may have been infected by Covid-19, local media reported, citing estimates by a professor advising the government on the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
What are Hong Kong’s priorities in fighting latest COVID-19 wave?
Provided by Xinhua Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region HKSAR Carrie Lam said that the current priority for the governmen ... ( read original story ...)
Leaving Hong Kong: UK’s property boom is turbocharged by influx of city’s BN(O) migrants
London, Manchester and Birmingham among preferred destinations for Hongkongers moving to UK; property prices up as much as 11.5 per cent in hottest locations Nearly 104,000 eligible Hongkongers ... ( read original story ...)