Category: NEWS

Asian financial centers Singapore and Hong Kong will allow quarantine-free air travel between them to begin this month, a move seen as a breakthrough in the region where concern about new waves of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and Singapore will start an air travel bubble at the end of November, allowing travelers from each city to visit the other without entering quarantine in a first step ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's pro-democracy legislators pose a picture before a press conference at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. The lawmakers said Monday that they would resign en masse ... ( read original story ...)

Reeling from a lack of tourists, Hong Kong hotels first launched staycation packages targeted at families to stay afloat. Now, they have set their sights on the city's working women, launching ... ( read original story ...)

As Prince Charles sailed out of Hong Kong’s harbour in the early hours of July 1 1997, he lamented the symbolic end of British empire after 156 years of colonial rule in the city. “Whatever may be ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s first socially distanced outdoor entertainment park opened its doors to the public on Tuesday in an attempt by the entertainment industry to adjust to the coronavirus pandemic. The park, ... ( read original story ...)

Alexandra Wong, 64, better known as “Grandma Wong,” said she had been detained by the Chinese authorities and made to pledge she would stop protesting. ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong journalist appeared in court on Tuesday on a charge of making a false statement to obtain data for a documentary on the police's handling of a mob attack, in a case that has stoked concern ... ( read original story ...)

Some lawmakers are clearly trying to stall Legislative Council proceedings with quorum calls, Hong Kong's No 2 official has said, a day after the opposition bloc threatened to quit en masse over a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will face a record budget deficit next year and the financial secretary has called for prudent spending, given the ongoing economic and pandemic uncertainties. Top of the list should be ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. State Department has announced sanctions against an additional four Chinese officials over the crackdown on political rights in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

For many people in Hong Kong, it is hard to imagine the city with its home airline controlled by any group other than Swire Pacific. Alongside Jardine Matheson, Swire is one of two British colonial ... ( read original story ...)

The United States has levied sanctions against four Chinese officials in Hong Kong’s security establishment for what it says is their role in cracking down on dissent. In a statement attributed to ... ( read original story ...)

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on four more officials accused of curbing freedoms in Hong Kong, vowing accountability over China's clampdown in the city. ( read original story ...)