Panic buying returned to Hong Kong with many supermarket shelves stripped bare following mixed messaging from the government over whether it plans a city lockdown later this month when it tests all ... ( read original story ...)
Spectre of mass lockdown to send Hong Kong property market into ‘deep freeze’ as transactions plunge to 25-month low
The grim projection by property agents comes as total transactions plunged to a 25-month low of 3,992 deals in February, according to data from Centaline. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 Measures Pressure Finance in Asian Financial Hub
Some financial professionals have asked employers whether they can relocate, while a few foreigners have decided in recent months to resign and move home. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Ballooning Covid Cases Shatter Investor Confidence
Investor confidence in Hong Kong is dwindling as the government loses its grip on an escalating omicron outbreak. Most Read from BloombergRussia Steps Up Aerial Campaign Against Cities: Ukraine ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Banking Regulator Lobbies to Shorten Covid Quarantine
Hong Kong’s banking regulator told finance executives in recent weeks that it’s lobbying the government to shorten the strict hotel quarantine placed on incoming travelers as it seeks to prop up ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Death Rate Is One of World’s Highest: Virus Update
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 fatality rate is now the highest in the developed world amid a wave of deaths among its under-vaccinated elderly population, ramping up pressure on officials to get the outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong dollar hits 27-month low on flush cash, grim mood
The Hong Kong dollar struck its weakest level in more than two years on Tuesday, weighed down by abundant liquidity, U.S. rate hike expectations and the Russia-Ukraine war. ( read original story ...)
HKSTP Takes Talent Mission to New Level with T2 – Hong Kong’s First-Ever Innovation Tech x Talent Month
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) presents T2 – the city’s first ever Innovation Tech x Talent month to showcase the fast-growing wealth of I&T opportunities emerging from the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residents empty store shelves as lockdown looms
Panic buying in Hong Kong has cleared supermarket shelves and long queues have formed outside banks and pharmacies as residents stocked up in anticipation of a citywide lockdown in the coming weeks. ( read original story ...)
FWD lines up Hong Kong IPO
Pan-Asian life insurance company FWD Group Holdings has filed an IPO application in Hong Kong, just over two months after pulling its US listing. The company is using the same syndicate that worked on ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong side Lee Man follow Kitchee’s lead, head overseas to train for AFC Cup campaign
Manager says they have no choice but to leave city as Covid-19 restrictions mean they cannot gather in Hong KongLee Man were scheduled to host Mongolian side Athletic 220 in a play-off next month but ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Residents Scramble For Supplies Amid Lockdown Reports
Hong Kong residents emptied store shelves in a scramble to prepare for a reported lockdown of the city later this month, when officials will carry out a mandatory testing drive intended to contain a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 32,597 new COVID cases on Tuesday
Hong Kong health authorities reported 32,597 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and a record 117 deaths in the past 24 hours, as the global financial hub prepared for mandatory testing and a lockdown. ( read original story ...)
Photos show Hong Kong residents buying out supermarkets amid fears of a COVID lockdown, in scenes reminiscent of the early days of the pandemic
There will likely be a city-wide lockdown when Hong Kong undergoes mass testing of all 7.4 million residents later this month, local reports said. ( read original story ...)