The phrase 'Hong Kong, add oil', co-opted by demonstrators during the 2019 anti-government protests in the city, is in danger of being banned outright Hongkongers should retake ownership of the phrase ... ( read original story ...)
Woman arrested for allegedly duping 22 residents out of HK$130,000 by offering fake discounted tickets to Hong Kong Disneyland
Suspect, 34, posed as relative of resort executive to win trust of victims and carried out a few legitimate transactions to build trust, police say Victims lost between a few thousand Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Over 178,000 people in Hong Kong take 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccines
A total of 178,728 people in Hong Kong have taken the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines, official data showed Saturday. Since the start of a mass inoculation program in February last year, about 6.76 ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: health chief to look into experts’ call for Hong Kong to ease curbs and build natural immunity through infections; city logs 3,762 cases
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau acknowledges suggestions from HKU experts, two of whom are government advisers, but sounds note of caution He also reassures public on privacy protection in proposed ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: should Hong Kong ease curbs and build natural Covid immunity through infections? Health chief to look into experts’ call but warns ‘policy doesn’t depend on …
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau acknowledges suggestions from HKU experts, two of whom are government advisers, but sounds note of caution He also reassures public on privacy protection in proposed ... ( read original story ...)
Boundary Bookstore helps locals quench their thirst for knowledge about Hong Kong history and culture
City residents have become more aware of Hong Kong news and politics, as well as locally-made products, says Boundary Bookstore co-founder. ( read original story ...)
1.16 tonnes of drugs seized at Hong Kong airport in first half of 2022, double that of same period in 2021
Customs officers have confiscated 1.16 tonnes of illegal drugs at the Hong Kong International Airport in the first half of this year, double the 580kg of narcotics seized during the same period in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong health minister Lo Chung-mau is in the hot seat – and his public appearances reveal how he plans to steer city out of pandemic
Flight suspensions are “soul destroying”. These are not the words of a frustrated traveller or a homesick Hongkonger, but from a sitting health minister of Hong Kong, a city that has become synonymous ... ( read original story ...)
Time to ‘get away’: Hong Kong residents cooped up by Covid pandemic take flight as travel bug bites, never mind soaring airfares
Outbound flight demand for travel from June to August grew more than 120 per cent year on year, and 35 per cent more than in the previous three-month period, said Lavinia Rajaram, ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Is China stumbling into its own mortgage crisis?
A rapidly spreading protest — borrowers refusing to make mortgage payments on unfinished homes — threatens to rattle the Chinese financial system, says Bloomberg’s Shuli Ren. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong regulator moves to wind up Target Insurance
The Insurance Authority (IA), through its appointed managers, has presented a winding-up petition against Target Insurance, which is deemed insolvent under Hong Kong’s Insurance Ordinance. In January, ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive-HSBC set to push back against Ping An breakup proposal – sources
HSBC Holdings Plc is set to speed up its exit from non-core markets and deploy additional capital in Asia, in a bid to push back against a breakup proposal put forward by its biggest shareholder, two ... ( read original story ...)
B.C. court sends wrongful dismissal suit against large Canadian bank to Hong Kong
The Supreme Court of B.C. granted an application from RBC DS and Royal Bank of Canada, which asked the court to rule that a $3.9 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit brought by a former executive, David ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land’s emission reduction targets get SBTi approval
It is the fourth real estate company in Hong Kong that secured approval. Hongkong Land said its near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets in line with the goal to keep the temperature ... ( read original story ...)