Benefitting from the influx of investment from numerous multinational companies shifting their manufacturing bases to Vietnam in attempt ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong restaurant group paying $650k to fly staff home
A Hong Kong restaurant group is offering to fly 250 of its foreign staff home to see their families all over the world -- and they'll pay for their lengthy quarantines upone their return. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market May Add To Its Winnings On Thursday
The Hong Kong stock market on Wednesday snapped the nine-day losing streak in which it had plummeted more than 1,100 points or 4.4 ... ( read original story ...)
20-year-old Hong Kong independence activist sentenced to 43 months in prison under China security law
Tony Chung, the 20-year-old former leader of Hong Kong activist group Studentlocalism, has been sentenced to three years and seven months of imprisonment, making him the youngest person jailed under ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong off-duty police inspector arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting pregnant toy shop employee
Senior inspector with the crime prevention bureau is accused of kissing and molesting the victim, who is three months pregnant. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong has not done enough to fight the next infection wave, health chief says, pointing to adoption of tracking technology
City must further leverage technology to harness data and prepare for any possible fifth wave of the virus, Sophia Chan says, as officials prepare to iron out details on fully reopening the border ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Universities Have Fallen. There May Be No Turning Back.
Shrinking the public space that preserves the memory of the 1989 Beijing uprising has effectively turned Hong Kong into another silent mainland city. ( read original story ...)
Uber driver hopefuls in High Court challenge against Hong Kong government over rejection of hire car permits
Tesla motorists Chen Hai-tao and Yin Wai-ho wanted to use the ride-hailing app to take passengers but their hire care permit applications were refused They are challenging those government decisions ... ( read original story ...)
A Hong Kong quarantine hotel guest went maskless and wore a ‘selfish’ valve mask. His neighbor got covid.
The two coronavirus cases — in travelers who stayed across the hall from each other — were “very likely to be epidemiologically linked,” local public health authorities said. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sentences youngest person yet under national security law
At the time of his arrest in October 2020, local media reported plainclothes policemen took Tony Chung and two others away as they sat in a coffee shop near the US consulate. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong jails 20-year-old student activist for more than three years
A 20-year-old student activist and pro-independence leader has become the youngest person to be convicted under Hong Kong’s stringent national security law. Tony Chung has been sentenced to three ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s first automated parking system to commence service on Thursday in Tsuen Wan
System installed in car park at junction of Hoi Shing Road and Hoi Kok Street in Tsuen Wan has 78 automated parking spaces ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Hasn’t Done Enough to Handle a Resurgence, Chan Says
Hong Kong, which hasn’t seen a local Covid-19 outbreak for months, hasn’t done enough to prepare for a resurgence of the virus, Health Secretary Sophia Chan said, even as the the city tightens ... ( read original story ...)
The Death Knell for Hong Kong’s Democracy
Shrinking the public space that preserves the memory of the 1989 Beijing uprising has effectively turned Hong Kong into another silent mainland city. ( read original story ...)