A documentary about pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong won a high-profile award at the Golden Horse Awards, the Chinese-speaking world's version of the Oscars, in Taiwan on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong drama bags nominations at Golden Horse Awards
Taiwan’s annual Golden Horse Awards kicked off Saturday with a Hong Kong drama receiving the most nominations for the Asian equivalent of the Academy Awards. The Golden Horse Awards, which began in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Wants 80% Vaccination Rate Before Borders Open: Paper
Hong Kong will have to achieve a vaccination rate of at least 80% before it will consider reopening its borders to mainland China and the international community thereafter, The Standard reported, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong wants 80 percent vaccination rate before borders open
Hong Kong will have to achieve a vaccination rate of at least 80 percent before it will consider reopening its borders to mainland China and the international community thereafter, The Standard ... ( read original story ...)
Why wiping out Hong Kong’s opposition may have cost China a whole generation in Taiwan
Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong has played an important role in how Taiwanese view China, with opinion polls suggesting more people now support the self-ruled island becoming formally independent ... ( read original story ...)
NetEase’s Music App Raises $422 Million in Hong Kong IPO
The music streaming arm of Chinese gaming giant NetEase Inc. raised $422 million in its Hong Kong initial public offering, pricing the shares at the mid-point of a marketed range. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong nightlife veteran Richard Feldman on why Lan Kwai Fong is ‘a magical place’ and opening his new gay bar, Petticoat Lane
Canadian Richard Feldman, who for 34 years has run businesses in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong and SoHo nightlife districts, tells Kate Whitehead about life in the fast lane and why the city is ‘going to ... ( read original story ...)
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong may have pushed Taiwan further away than ever
Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong has played an important role in how Taiwanese view China, with opinion polls suggesting more people now support the self-ruled island becoming formally independent ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong confirms two cases of virulent new COVID-19 variant, one of which travelled from Canada
The traveller from Canada stayed in a hotel room across from a traveller from South Africa, who may have transmitted it, local public health officials say. Two cases of the new Covid-19 strain raising ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong toughens border controls over heavily mutated new variant, covering 8 African countries
Non-Hong Kong residents barred from entering the city from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe; city residents must undergo three weeks of quarantine. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong companies call on government to roll out new Health Code app soon so executives can understand how it works
Some executives say that while they are eager to cross the border, they also want to know details about what personal details will be required for new app needed to join scheme. ( read original story ...)
90,000 from Hong Kong apply to British visa scheme
Nearly 90,000 Hong Kong residents have applied to come to live and work in the UK under a visa programme which sets them on a pathway to citizenship after five ... ( read original story ...)
LegCo hopefuls in livestreamed open debate about Hong Kong’s future
In Hong Kong's first-ever livestreamed election debate, 51 Hong Kong legislator hopefuls from the Election Committee Constituency on Friday engaged in a heated discussion on thorny issues the city is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong arrivals ban targets travellers from southern Africa
Hong Kong's government on Friday said it will ban non-Hong Kong residents arriving from eight southern African states from entering the territory if they had stayed in those countries within the past ... ( read original story ...)