Hong Kong will ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions later this month. City officials said Thursday that, from April 21, restaurants will be able to operate until 10 p.m. with a maximum of four ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Media Mogul Takes Security Case to UN
Lawyers for Jimmy Lai appeal to U.N. human rights office, calling charges against their client “legal harassment” ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘Mr. Metaverse’ on why he’s placing a big Web3 bet against Mark Zuckerberg
Animoca Brands is investing aggressively to beat technology giants including Meta, Microsoft and Tencent in building a Web3 that decentralizes digital assets. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong TV series sparks ‘brownface’ controversy after actor darkens skin
A Hong Kong TV series has sparked controversy over the use of "brownface" after one of its actors darkened her skin with makeup to play the role of a Filipina domestic worker. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to ease COVID-19 restrictions as infections fall
Hong Kong will ease some social distancing measures later this month, allowing people to dine in at restaurants in the evening and lifting restrictions on private gatherings, as the number of COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong confirms it will ease COVID restrictions from April 21
Hong Kong confirmed on Thursday it will ease some of the world's most stringent COVID-19 restrictions, allowing beauty parlours, cinemas and gyms to reopen from April 21 as infections in the global ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong questions costs of COVID rules on mental health, livelihoods
To fight COVID, Hong Kong shut schools and businesses, nearly sealed its borders for two years, banned more than two people from gathering and quarantined whole buildings. Still the draconian ... ( read original story ...)
CLSA proposes moving flagship investor forum from Hong Kong to Singapore
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest CLSA Ltd news every morning. CLSA, an institutional broker and investment group, has proposed moving its flagship investors’ forum from ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong suspends import of poultry meat and products from certain areas in Korea, UK, U.S. and Canada
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced that it has suspended import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea, the United Kingdom, the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: 4.2 per cent rise in food prices at Hong Kong supermarkets amid fifth wave surge and panic buying
Prices in supermarkets rose 4.2 per cent from January to March, coinciding with a rash of panic buying fuelled by fears of a lockdown as Hong Kong’s fifth wave of coronavirus infections gathered steam ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Rules Out Any Plan to Roll Back Home Isolation
Hong Kong doesn’t plan to resume sending everyone who tests positive for Covid-19 and their close contacts to government-run isolation centers even when the city’s outbreak dwindles, Chief Executive ... ( read original story ...)
John Lee secures nominations for Hong Kong leadership race
Hong Kong’s former No. 2 official John Lee said Wednesday he had formally registered his candidacy in the election for the top job after securing 786 nominations to enter the race. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Leadership Candidate Says One-horse Race ‘Not Easy’
Hong Kong's former security chief said it was "not easy" to run as the only candidate to become the city's next leader, as he announced on Wednesday that he had secured enough nominations to enter the ... ( read original story ...)
As Hong Kong fights Covid-19, animals must not be easy casualties
Readers discuss the importance of government sensitivity in invoking the power to kill, confusion over Covid-19 death data and the pain of Hong Kong's continuing flight bans Feel strongly about these ... ( read original story ...)