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 ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: top mainland Chinese expert proposes ‘closed-loop’ staffing arrangement for elderly care homes to reduce deaths
Mainland Chinese expert Liang Wannian says such an arrangement would involve tight restrictions on the movement of personnel and residents of care homes. ( read original story ...)