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 ...)
COVID-19 outbreak: Mainland medical experts arrive in Hong Kong COVID-19 outbreak: Mainland medical experts arrive in Hong Kong
Two batches of mainland health experts have arrived in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to work with the HKSAR government in fighting the latest COVID-19 outbreak, a health official ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bankers plot escape from zero-Covid nightmare
Annie left Hong Kong to spend Christmas with her family in Britain and never went back. With flights from the UK banned in early 2020, the finance executive who lived in the territory for almost four ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong allows COVID-19 home testing as daily cases soar
Hong Kong health authorities said on Saturday (Feb 26) they would adjust COVID-19 testing procedures to allow some people to test from home to ease long queues at designated testing centres, as the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Shifting to Rapid Covid Tests to Fight Record Outbreak
Hong Kong is changing its Covid-testing strategy to obtain faster results with self-administered kits as it battles to suppress its worst coronavirus outbreak to date. ( read original story ...)