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Hong Kong police will deal with pet lovers who try to stop people giving up their hamsters to be put down, or who offer to care for abandoned hamsters, authorities said, after they ordered a cull of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's government quarantine camp at Penny's Bay accommodates people who are close contacts of confirmed cases and those who arrive from "high-risk countries." CNN takes a look inside this ... ( read original story ...)

Victor Dawes says the group should build closer ties to mainland China amidst concerns about the rule of law ... ( read original story ...)

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Hong Kong news every morning. In a place with fairly low levels of public trust in its leaders, Hong Kong’s top Covid-19 expert, ... ( read original story ...)

The government in Hong Kong said Thursday that it's decided to close all in-person classes at secondary schools on the island for at least the next couple of weeks, due to a rising number of COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)

In their relentless drive to eliminate the coronavirus, authorities in China and Hong Kong have zeroed in on new targets: international mail and hamsters. ( read original story ...)

An underground railroad is emerging to save abandoned hamsters, with foster carers concealing the animals from authorities intent on destroying them. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, 30, who first used one of the most popular protest chants of the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations, was released from prison on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Blanket travel bans ineffective against Omicron spread, WHO says; Hong Kong will likely suspend face-to-face teaching next week ... ( read original story ...)

Shares of Chinese property developers have jumped in Hong Kong as China's central bank cut a key mortgage rate for the first time in almost two years. The decision comes as concerns grow about a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will suspend face-to-face teaching in secondary schools from Monday until after the approaching Lunar New Year, authorities said, because of a rising number of coronavirus infections in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kongers leaving the increasingly isolated city are chartering private jets for their pets — the only way many can take their animals with them as pandemic restrictions squeeze freight space on ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Tsui and his wife had gifted "Marshmallow" -- a grey twitchy-nosed hamster scurrying through plastic tubes -- to their five-year-old son. But the family's joy turned sour after authorities urged ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of people in Hong Kong volunteered on Wednesday to adopt unwanted hamsters after a mass cull order from the government over COVID-19 fears raised alarm that panicky owners would abandon ... ( read original story ...)