System issues at launch include some members of public being able to take early slots reserved for priority residents. ( read original story ...)
China Must Reform Hong Kong Election Rules, Carrie Lam Says
Hong Kong’s leader said it is “crystal clear” that Beijing needs to reform the financial hub’s electoral system, just a day after China’s top official for the city signaled major changes were coming. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Film Business Reopens With a Surge After Lockdowns
Hong Kong’s film industry moved ahead on several fronts over the weekend after coronavirus-mandated lockdowns were reduced. But the return to business is likely to be uneven. Cinemas reopened on ... ( read original story ...)
The 3rd HK Digital Advertising Start-ups X Publishing (Writers) Promotion Support Scheme Unleashes creativity amid pandemic challenges
Nurture digital advertising talent to collaborate with publishing sector with diverse publicityHONG KONG, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To adapt to the new normal under the pandemic, many activities ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Leader and Top Officials Will Get Covid Vaccine Monday
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other top officials will receive Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, as the Asian financial hub prepares to begin its delayed rollout of inoculations. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong AI marketing platform EternityX helps global brands tap China’s US$6 trillion consumer market through ‘social commerce’
Hong Kong-based artificial intelligence marketing platform EternityX is helping global brands such as LVMH tap China’s US$6 trillion domestic consumer market by placing adverts on several ‘social ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-owned hotels, restaurants in Greater Bay Area city of Zhaoqing enjoy bullish start to Year of the Ox
Hong Kong entrepreneurs said their businesses in the Greater Bay Area city were buoyed after mainland authorities asked workers to stay back instead of travelling to their hometowns during the Lunar ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: reopening borders depends on high take-up of coronavirus vaccine, health minster says in fresh appeal to the public
Calling the jabs a “shot in the arm” for Hong Kong, Cheung also urged residents to get the shots as early as they could. Lawmaker and Executive Council member Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung said the local ... ( read original story ...)
Investors Scoop Up Prime Development Sites in Hong Kong
Singapore-based Mapletree Investments won a Hong Kong government tender to acquire a site in Hong Kong’s New Territories for HK$ 813 million. Mapletree Investments plans to develop its first Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic adds to woes of Hong Kong’s ethnic minority residents facing discrimination
Hong Kong-born and raised, Rai brought his wife and son from Nepal ... His wife runs a beauty and hair salon in their neighbourhood. She says business has been bad since the pandemic started last year ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s real estate bull run gives Year of the Ox a galloping start as homebuyers return to city’s first sales weekend
The return of homebuyers, helped by a booming stock market, is a particularly important indicator of improving sentiments ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms 15 new cases, expert says Sinovac vaccine safe for elderly in stable health condition
Dr Thomas Tsang, a member of the government’s task force on the pandemic, says key is whether the aged with chronic illnesses have their conditions under control. ( read original story ...)
Tall order for Paul Chan’s budget: help Hong Kong’s needy, save stricken businesses, revive economy amid Covid-19 pandemic
In his 70 sq ft cubicle in Cheung Sha Wan, renovation worker Xu Guiquan, 62, struggles with feelings of desperation as he has been mostly out of work since the Covid-19 pandemic hit Hong Kong early ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 adds to woes of Hong Kong’s ethnic minority residents facing discrimination, language barrier, difficulty finding jobs
Since the outbreak in Yau Tsim Mong district, members of ethnic minority groups say they have been targeted and blamed for “spreading the virus”, especially after Raymond Ho L ... ( read original story ...)