The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Saturday that there may be hidden cases of COVID-19 in the premises of some areas in the city as the virus has recently been ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong could be hit by sixth wave in as little as two weeks, pandemic adviser warns
Professor Gabriel Leung, dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), offered his timeline for the arrival of the next wave at a seminar for HKU doctors on Saturday, according ... ( read original story ...)
Mao Zedong calligraphy scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong
Three people have been sent to jail in Hong Kong for stealing artworks worth millions, including a calligraphy scroll penned by former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. The three accused men, Ho ... ( read original story ...)
Investors rush to buy in first-weekend property sales despite biggest base rate rise in 22 years
“People can still afford to pay their mortgage loans with the expected rate rise. The property outlook for the Hong Kong market remains positive.” Some homebuyers are rushing to buy now in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police break up loan scam syndicate that conned HK$1.9 million out of 7 victims, arrest 22
Officers arrest 17 men, five women in raids on various places, including call centre in Kwai Chung and two financial intermediaries in Mong Kok Division of work in the syndicate was 'sophisticated', ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong central bank props up currency, first intervention since Oct 2020
twice buying Hong Kong dollars to stop the local currency weakening and breaking its peg to the US dollar. The de facto central bank bought HK$1.586 billion (US$202 million) from the market in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police bail Catholic cardinal arrested on national security charge
HONG KONG, May 11 (Reuters) - Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, and three others who helped run a now-disbanded Hong Kong fund for protesters were arrested on ... ( read original story ...)
Victim of Hong Kong’s costliest heist says jail terms for burglars ‘too lenient’, given HK$5 billion value of stolen items
Collector Fu Chunxiao says he intends to donate some of the reclaimed items to Hong Kong and mainland Chinese governments. ( read original story ...)
Leisure craft or floating hotels? Hong Kong hoteliers accuse authorities of inaction over ‘rampant illegal use of boats’
Hong Kong boatman Dong* is familiar with the sight of people heading for three houseboats moored next to each other at the Aberdeen typhoon shelter on weekends and public holidays. The visitors stay ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong becomes world’s must-watch market
While Hong Kong’s US$466bil (RM2 trillion) foreign-reserves stockpile and plentiful interbank liquidity suggest little chance of an imminent crisis, signs of financial stress are building. This week ... ( read original story ...)
John Lee: What Hong Kong can expect from ‘Beijing’s enforcer’
This week, pro-Beijing hardliner John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's new leader, replacing Carrie Lam. The 64-year-old former security chief ran uncontested in the chief executive election, and was ... ( read original story ...)
What Hong Kong can expect from ‘Beijing’s enforcer’
This week, pro-Beijing hardliner John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's new leader, replacing Carrie Lam. The 64-year-old former security chief ran uncontested in the chief executive election, and was ... ( read original story ...)
Pelosi says Hong Kong’s arrest of cardinal ‘one of the clearest signs yet of Beijing’s worsening crackdown’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed the arrest of a cardinal in Hong Kong, calling it “one of the clearest signs yet of Beijing’s worsening crackdown” in an op-ed published Friday in The ... ( read original story ...)
The Arrest of Cardinal Zen Marks a New Low in Hong Kong
China’s Communist Party quietly crushes dissent in the first free, prosperous city to fall to totalitarians since World War II. ( read original story ...)