Hong Kong's legislature on Thursday passed a law that allows overseas-trained doctors to practise in the Chinese-ruled city without taking a local licensing exam to ease a medical staff shortage, ... ( read original story ...)
Decoding the health code: can Hong Kong accept a mainland Chinese-style coronavirus app for border reopening?
Experts say technology exists to align Covid-19 protocols with the mainland, but privacy fears and a sceptical public are stumbling blocks. ( read original story ...)
For sleepy Hong Kong residents, 5-hour bus tour is a snooze
Travel-starved, sleep-deprived residents might find a new Hong Kong bus tour to be a snooze. The 76-kilometer (47-mile), five-hour ride on a regular double-decker bus around the territory is meant to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has strong new powers to fight wildlife crime
Wildlife crimes can now be treated among the most serious crimes in Hong Kong. The city's legislature incorporated wildlife crimes, including trafficking, into the Organized and Serious Crimes ... ( read original story ...)
Most Asia markets up, Hong Kong swings as Evergrande sale fails
Most Asian markets rose Thursday following another strong Wall Street lead as positive earnings continued to smother inflation and taper worries, while ... ( read original story ...)
Evergrande shares fall 10% as trading resumes in Hong Kong
Evergrande shares fell 10% on Thursday morning in Hong Kong as it resumed trading after a 17-day halt. The hugely indebted Chinese property giant had stopped its shares from trading ahead of an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks open lower as Evergrande plunges
Hong Kong shares fell at the opening on Thursday with China Evergrande plunging more than 10 percent as trading in the firm resumed following a ... ( read original story ...)
Three men charged after 295kg of meth is found hidden inside digger sent from Hong Kong to Australia
Police raided four properties around Sydney on Tuesday and three men are facing possible life sentences after being charged over their alleged role in the importation. ( read original story ...)
Five-year Prison Terms for Hong Kong Students Deepen Fears of Retroactive Use of National Security Law
On Tuesday, five former students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) were each sentenced to almost five years in prison for their involvement in protests against the National Security Law in ... ( read original story ...)
Lucrative deals keep UK law firms in Hong Kong
Critics argue that the nine British judges who sit on Hong Kong’s top court are providing legitimacy to a regime in Beijing that has no respect for western principles of the rule of law. Yet so far ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s reputation takes hit after national security law imposed but foreign forces to blame, Carrie Lam says
The city leader insists that foreign forces are to blame for the development, and that her government needs to do a better job of explaining the law. ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong’s Elite Turned on Democracy
Beijing’s bludgeoning of the prodemocracy movement in Hong Kong would not have been possible without the enthusiastic help of willing collaborators. ( read original story ...)
Covid plea fails to halt Hong Kong share freeze
A Hong Kong court has granted an injunction in aid of a CIETAC claim over a share transfer that was terminated on the grounds of covid-19 and “deteriorating Sino-US relations”. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Democratic Turncoats
Beijing’s bludgeoning of the prodemocracy movement would not have been possible without the enthusiastic help of Hong Kong’s ruling class. ( read original story ...)