Hong Kong will mandate three-day hotel quarantines for air cargo crew, as the Asian city steps up efforts to prevent any local transmission of the contagious omicron Covid-19 variant. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to tighten air crew quarantine rules amid Omicron threat
Hong Kong health authorities said on Tuesday the city would tighten quarantine rules for air cargo crew to tackle the growing threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant. ( read original story ...)
Interview: HKSAR lawmakers-elect vow to enhance Hong Kong’s sound governance
As the commencement date of Jan. 1, 2022 approaches for the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), lawmakers-elect have vowed to enhance ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Require Vaccines in Offices, Schools, Cable TV Says
Hong Kong plans to extend its vaccine mandate to schools and workplaces, Cable TV reported, as the Asian financial hub joins others seeking to boost protection against the omicron variant. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to require Covid-19 vaccines in offices, schools: Media
Exemptions would be granted to those with medical conditions supported by valid certificates. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ice hockey under scrutiny by government unit after investigation into use of public funds
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department, part of the Home Affairs Bureau, say it has found a breach of protocol after an investigation into president Mike Kan. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and ex-Apple Daily journalists face additional charge over ‘seditious publications’
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other former staff members of the now-defunct tabloid Apple Daily will face an addition charge over alleged seditious publications as part of ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to mandate hotel quarantine for cargo aircrew, mulls expanding vaccination requirement to schools
We’ll have to scramble quickly for hotels,’ aviation insider tells Post as city brings home quarantine to an end after recent infections. ( read original story ...)
Beijing loyalists stalk Hong Kong civil society leaders
Almost from the moment he took office as chair of the Hong Kong Bar Association this year, British barrister Paul Harris was a marked man in Beijing. Officials attacked him as “anti-China” for ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong fitness chain blames ‘unrealistic rent’, social-distancing toll in closing last branches
Goji Studios had eight outlets before its Whampoa branch became the first to close amid the Covid-19 pandemic in September 2020; it was unable to strike a deal on rent with its remaining landlords. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bourse counts on listing reforms to boost market in coming year after decline in IPO fundraising in 2021
Effective January 1, HKEX will allow SPACs, widen the pool of overseas companies that qualify for listing, and increase the profit threshold for new listings CEO Nicolas Aguzin promised to promote ... ( read original story ...)
Additional memorials to Tiananmen Square massacre removed in Hong Kong
Universities in Hong Kong are removing memorials to the bloody suppression of the 1989 Chinese pro-democracy movement centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize 1.27 tons of ketamine in bust
Police in Hong Kong made their largest ketamine bust to date, seizing 1.27 tons of the drug and arresting four in relation to its distribution. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong universities ‘pressured’ into removing Tiananmen Square monuments
Students at a Hong Kong university have accused the pro-Chinese government of trying to “wash away history” by removing monuments commemorating the 1989 Tiananm ... ( read original story ...)