Financial Secretary Paul Chan tops list of names being tossed about as possible candidates for March 27 race Beijing has not indicated its preferences, but incumbent Lam will have an advantage if she ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Arrests Ex-Cathay Crew at Center of Omicron Outbreak
Two former Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. flight attendants were arrested for violating pandemic rules, Hong Kong police said late Monday, after they were identified as the source of the city’s omicron ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s birth rate on track to hit 24-year low, with local schools fearing closures as enrolment declines
Educators are now calling for more government subsidies for kindergartens, warning there could be a wave of school closures otherwise. ( read original story ...)
Air pollution in Hong Kong rose last year as traffic returned amid relaxed social-distancing rules, NGO finds
The Clean Air Network found that the annual average concentrations of major air pollutants all increased last year from 2020 levels, though they were still below the amounts recorded before the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Olympic champ Edgar Cheung Ka-long wins fencing World Cup gold
Olympic fencing star Edgar Cheung Ka-long won another historic gold for Hong Kong at the FIE (International Fencing Federation) World Cup in Paris over the weekend. Cheung, who made history last year ... ( read original story ...)
Police charge Cathay flight attendants at centre of Hong Kong outbreak
Hong Kong police arrested and charged Monday two Cathay Pacific flight attendants for allegedly contravening Covid regulations, after the emergence of the Omicron variant in the territory was traced ... ( read original story ...)
3 senior Hong Kong officials caught up in Omicron ‘partygate’ scandal leave quarantine camp early after policy eased
Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui, Immigration Director Au Ka-wang and political assistant Allen Fung leave Penny’s Bay camp. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports outbreak of African swine fever – OIE
Hong Kong reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the northern part of the territory, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. There had been recent ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong suspends poultry meat, products from Poland
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on Friday that it will suspend imports of poultry meat and products, including eggs, from parts of P ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s MPF net inflows seen at three-year low in 2021
Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund net inflows declined in 2021 to the lowest level in three years as the coronavirus crisis continued to weigh on the city’s economy, according to local pension ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Visitor numbers for Hong Kong continue to plunge as tourism lawmaker calls for clear criteria on border opening plans
Tourism sector lawmaker says mainland only hope for business, calls on government to specific criteria for border reopening. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: student jailed for nearly 8 years for slashing police officer’s neck with box cutter
Judge calls Hui Tim-lik’s assault on Sergeant Wesley Leung during a demonstration in October 2019 ‘the most severe form of attack’ on police officers. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong watchdog shell-shocked no crustacean in lobster meatballs
It may look like lobster and taste like lobster, but Hong Kong's consumer watchdog is warning hungry hot pot fanatics that the shellfish-tasting meatballs do not, in fact, come from under the sea. ( read original story ...)
School clerk, student plead guilty to sedition over leaflet urging Hong Kong independence
However, the pair have disputed that the leaflet was aimed at inciting violence, with a judge set to pass sentence only after determining the document’s intent. ( read original story ...)