Racism, especially against South Asians, is not a new phenomenon in Hong Kong, whose population is 92 percent ethnic Chinese. But a wave of incidents during the pandemic — including comments from an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong holds scaled-down Lunar New Year fairs amid COVID-19, China crackdown
Hong Kong's Lunar New Year fairs, usually an opportunity to sell creative merchandise critical of the government alongside festive foods and decorations, are subdued this year amid coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong buyers partly responsible for driving UK house price affordability to its worst level in 10 years
A combination of foreign demand, including those from emigrating Hongkongers, and a rush to beat the impending property tax, pushed UK home prices to their most unaffordable level in 10 years, ... ( read original story ...)
CSOP kicks off launch of Hong Kong’s Star Market ETFs
A Chinese asset manager has launched the first Hong Kong exchange traded fund to track China’s Star Market, a Shanghai-based science and technology board that has drawn huge int ... ( read original story ...)
An island in Hong Kong is out of grass for its feral cows, their pasture destroyed by a stampede of campers escaping Covid-19 restrictions
Once grassy pastures that nurtured feral cows on an island in Hong Kong have been reduced to barren dirt by the feet of hordes of hikers and campers escaping coronavirus boredom, leaving the herd ... ( read original story ...)
Bull run in China stocks to continue in Year of the Ox, top Hong Kong MPF managers say
Investors in Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) can continue to bet on Chinese stocks in the Year of the Ox despite some short-term volatility, top performing fund managers said. The 401 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong economy: to ease budget deficits, stop subsidising large companies
Because of its currency peg to the US dollar, Hong Kong does not have an independent monetary policy, which also means that we cannot sustain the current budget deficit in the long run. Article 107 of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Reopens; Astra’s Asthma Drug Helps: Virus Update
The daily number of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. was under 100,000 for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, the first time that’s happened since the week of Nov. 2. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Relax Curbs; Biden’s School Push: Virus Update
Hong Kong will allow restaurant dining-in services until 10 p.m. and relax other social-distancing rules after the Chinese New Year as the city tries to move past a winter coronavirus wave that’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hanfu, traditional Chinese clothing, and the young people in Hong Kong reviving the ancient costumes
With ornate pins in her hair and wearing a long flowing robe with sweeping sleeves over a heavily embroidered gold and purple silk skirt, Veronica Kam Pui-ka blends in nicely at West Kowloon's ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, working from home was once lot of society’s poorest and most disadvantaged
Throughout months of pandemic-induced restrictions, city- or nationwide lockdowns, and intermittent office closures, working from home in one form or another has become commonplace all over the world. ( read original story ...)
U.S. senators revive bill to make refugee status easier for Hong Kong protesters
A bipartisan group of senior U.S. senators reintroduced a bill on Tuesday to make it easier for people from Hong Kong fearing persecution after joining protests against China to obtain U.S. refugee ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchanges Names JPMorgan’s Nicolas Aguzin as CEO
JPMorgan veteran will take the helm of what is now the world’s most valuable exchange group, as Hong Kong’s markets enjoy a boom in stock trading and new issuance. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Top Court Denies Bail to Pro-Democracy Publisher Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong’s highest court has denied bail to pro-democracy newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai, the most prominent figure facing prosecution under a sweeping national-security law imposed by Beijing. ( read original story ...)