Hong Kong's economy maintains a steady recovery and is expected to record an economic growth of around 6.5 per cent this year, said Paul Chan Mo-po, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special ... ( read original story ...)
Are Hong Kong’s ever-tightening Covid-19 rules keeping people safe or stressing them out?
Is there a point at which Hong Kong’s Covid policies go from keeping people safe – if claustrophobic – to risking the opposite result and making life in the SAR unnecessarily complicated? More ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong NGO using ‘social-emotional learning’ to help students improve mental health gets funding boost
Teach for Hong Kong helps students better manage their emotions, aims to provide similar training for parents, teachers with grant from NGO Leadership programme that is sponsored by UBS and Post’s Ope ... ( read original story ...)
Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 16
Members of pro-Beijing group Chinese Hearts unfurl a large national flag at the piazza outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on October 1, 2021. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. HKFP ... ( read original story ...)
Financial firms’ race to list first SPAC in Hong Kong heats up as HKEX decision nears
Financial firms are busy working with wealthy clients to be among the first to list SPACs in Hong Kong in anticipation of approval for blank-cheque companies. ( read original story ...)
FTSE Russell considers revamping China index after launch of Hong Kong rival
FTSE Russell is considering major changes to the index underpinning a widely used China futures contract in Singapore, including potentially doubling the benchmark’s constituents, after Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)
2 dead after Lamborghini and 2 other cars crash in northern Hong Kong
One person dies at the scene of the accident on Bride’s Pool Road in Tai Po and another person succumbs in hospital, while four others injured. ( read original story ...)
Hot Topics: Hong Kong’s new rules to ‘Leave Home Safe’
While disabled people and certain age groups are exempt from the new policy that starts from today, an NGO says the rule may hurt the homeless and others without smartphones. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong GDP Offers Read on One of Last Covid-Zero Holdouts
Hong Kong’s economy faces increasing challenges in maintaining its growth momentum as the city sticks with a Covid zero strategy that’s largely kept borders shut and raised questions about its future ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s economic growth to approach 6.5% in 2021, financial secretary says
Economic growth in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 2021 will likely approach 6.5 percent, HKSAR Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po predicted on Sunday. Data for the city's ... ( read original story ...)
Mainland Chinese lawyer who tried to help Hong Kong fugitive arrested while fleeing to Taiwan stripped of licence
Lin Qilei was involved in defence of Hong Kong fugitives caught by national coastguard trying to flee to Taiwan last year. ( read original story ...)
Pair of Northern Metropolis towns on fast track, Hong Kong development chief says after site visits
The process of levelling land for project in Kwu Tung North to be completed by mid-2022, development secretary Michael Wong says; the two sites will together provide housing for about 188,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong GDP growth should hit ‘upper end’ of predictions, finance chief says, but salaries lag behind
City should near 6.5 per cent growth year-on-year, but average pay cheques lagging when inflation taken into account, Paul Chan says. ( read original story ...)
Face off: Should consumer vouchers be given to all Hong Kong permanent residents, regardless of age?
Each week, two of our readers debate a hot topic in a showdown that doesn’t necessarily reflect their personal viewpoint. This week, students discuss whether more Hongkongers should be included in a ... ( read original story ...)