Determined to keep cases near zero, city requires arrivals from about two dozen countries, including the U.S., to isolate in a hotel for three weeks. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sports Institute’s proposed HK$986.6 million expansion clears first hurdle with strong support from lawmakers
Members of legislature’s home affairs panel back proposal for new facilities, with plan brought forward after city’s Olympic success in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: computer technician gets more than 3 years in jail for role in riot where gate of government offices was set on fire
A computer technician who was among a group of protesters that set fire to the gate of a government office during a demonstration in 2019 has been jailed for more than three years for rioting. Cheng ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize HK$72 million worth of cocaine, arrest 2 in second major drug bust in as many days
Police find narcotics in two huts occupied by a 21-year-old man in a rural part of the New Territories in their second major drug bust in as many days. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong employers say new helper scheme’s entry quotas too low, quarantine costs too high
Some will give up entirely on the idea of hiring a domestic worker from overseas given the cost, warns leader of employers group. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong home prices rise for 7th month, near record high
Hong Kong private home prices rose 0.46% in July, official data showed on Friday, just short of a record high, supported by strong pent-up demand and hopes that mainland Chinese buyers will soon ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court grants bail to student charged under security law
A Hong Kong court on Friday approved bail for a student leader who is among four charged with “advocating terrorism” after their union passed a motion mourning the death of a 50-year-old who stabbed a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Paralympics: Hong Kong table tennis players Wong and Ng lose in final group matches, Wong advances to semis
Wong Ting-ting beaten by Japan’s Kanami Furukawa but teen moves on to unbeaten Russian Elena Prokofeva in final four as Rio bronze winner Ng Mui-wui misses out on medal shot ... ( read original story ...)
Genting Dream – Hong Kong’s first ‘cruise to nowhere’
China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has launched its first ever "cruise to nowhere." The Genting Dream will sail out to sea past the Lei Yue Mun and Tathong channels before ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Rush for Special U.K. Visas Slows in Second Quarter
More than 30,000 Hong Kong residents sought special U.K. visas in the second quarter of this year, although the pace of applications slowed from an initial rush to get on the path way to citizenship. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares open lower
Hong Kong stocks fell again at the start of business on Friday, in line with losses in New York and across most of Asia, as traders await a key speech later in the day by Federal Reserve chief Jerome ... ( read original story ...)
Tea Chain ChaBaiDao Is Said to Weigh $500 Million Hong Kong IPO
Chinese fruit tea chain ChaBaiDao is considering a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise about $500 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. ( read original story ...)
Foreign businesses threaten to quit Hong Kong over strict quarantine rules
A senior Hong Kong official has admitted that the city’s stringent travel quarantine regime had caused “suffering” for international businesses as executives warned that its reputation as a global ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong disqualifies independent lawmaker from legislature
Hong Kong authorities ousted an opposition legislator from his seat Thursday after finding him to be insufficiently loyal amid Beijing’s tightening grip on the semi-autonomous city. ( read original story ...)