Hong Kong malls are likely to lose between 10 and 15 per cent in ... portfolio after confirmed Covid-19 cases since late December while keeping them open for business. It does not have any mall in ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing ready to implement harsher Covid lockdown on Hong Kong
Follow how business and the economy are recovering post-pandemic with our Road to Recovery bulletin. Delivered 3 times a week. Beijing will help “formulate and implement” epidemic-control policies to ... ( read original story ...)
To play its role in China’s dual circulation strategy, Hong Kong needs open borders
As a global centre for finance, Hong Kong relies heavily on the flow of international business. The harsh quarantine requirements have discouraged international commerce and led many global firms to ... ( read original story ...)
Putting Hong Kong back on its feet
The four major negative factors are poor consumption due to business closures; prolonged delay in resuming normal travel between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland; the effect of flight reschedules ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong restaurants report smooth launch for vaccine pass pilot scheme as patrons opt to stay home amid surge in coronavirus cases
Tracking function for ‘Leave Home Safe’ app not illegal: Hong Kong privacy chief But the industry chairman said that most restaurants in the city had seen their business drop by 90 per cent since the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: tracking function for Hong Kong’s ‘Leave Home Safe’ app would not be illegal, privacy chief tells lawmakers
Sit said the scanning was encrypted to ensure business operators would not be able to access users’ details. Chris Lau is a reporter specialising in court and legal affairs in Hong Kong. From criminal ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Bill Gates-backed Hong Kong start-up wins US FDA approval for its Covid-19 rapid test kit even amid US-China strain
Phase Scientific International (PSI), the Hong Kong start-up that edged out established mainland Chinese peers to win US approval for a Covid-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kit, owes its success to its ... ( read original story ...)
New World ties up with Prenetics to donate 200,000 Covid-19 test kits to poor families as cases soar in Hong Kong
New World Development has partnered with Hong Kong-based biotech start-up Prenetics to donate 200,000 Covid-19 test kits to low-income families, as a record surge in coronavirus infections in the city ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s brokers and banks shut branches as financial hub hunkers down for city’s worst coronavirus flare-up yet
Hong Kong confirmed 1,161 new infections today and reported two ... so the new measures would not have any impact on our business," said Hui. Everbright Securities International, formerly known as ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: how this Bill Gates-backed Hong Kong start-up won US FDA approval for its Covid-19 rapid test kit amid strained US-China relations
He relocated its headquarters from California to Hong Kong in 2018. Do you have questions about the ... time was to develop a rapid test kit for the virus because that was our business - we were ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader “deeply sorry” for long queues amid COVID surge
HONG KONG, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leader ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Based Investors Chase Pre-IPO Startups in the Region
Hello, it’s Vinicy in Hong Kong. In today’s Bloomberg Deals newsletter, I’m doing a deep dive into the pre-IPO market for investing in Asia. Plus, there’s a potential bid for the Denver Broncos from a ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Indicaid’s rapid test kit production to rise fivefold as Phase Scientific goes into overdrive amid Hong Kong’s fifth Covid-19 wave
... the entire population The Home Affairs Department bought 300,000 kits from the firm ahead of the Lunar New Year Hong Kong biotech start-up Phase Scientific International (PSI) aims to raise its ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: Latest Hong Kong limits devised by officials with no ‘worldly concerns’ in further blow to businesses, critics say
The Covid-19 social distancing measure limiting the size of public gatherings to two people is “disproportionate” to the severity of the virus, the Democratic Party spokesperson has said, describing ... ( read original story ...)