Category: NEWS

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Things to do in Hong Kong news every morning.   At lunchtime during the week, it’s a treat to get takeout from one of the local places ... ( read original story ...)

The overall stamp duty revenue is at a 19-month low. The interest rate hike and weak market sentiment took its toll on Hong Kong residential sales. According to the Land Registry, a total of 3,671 ... ( read original story ...)

The government continues to leave students and schools in flux, with changes to the summer break now being followed by stringent new vaccination requirements Putting the pressure to raise vaccination ... ( read original story ...)

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau does not name news outlet but says report had cost the media its integrity, three days after Bloomberg piece. ( read original story ...)

With Hong Kong still largely isolated from the rest of the world because of strict Covid policies, some people leaving the Chinese territory are taking extreme measures to move their pets. ( read original story ...)

He criticised "foreign media" for saying officials were in disagreement over lifting hotel quarantine for arrivals in November. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

A 40-year-old woman in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect over the death of her five-year-old nephew, who was found covered in abrasions and bruises, with his pregnant mother ... ( read original story ...)

The number of new Covid-19 cases stayed above the 10,000 again on Sunday as authorities warned that the infection figures were likely to keep increasing. Health authorities reported 10,683 new ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong airport has a new ‘multimedia experience’ – fake nature scenes. The hordes departing Hong Kong, many for pastures new, get ‘Totems of Joy’. The emotion most feel is sadness, surely? ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong-based expats told Insider they were frustrated by the city's response to the Omicron wave. On top of facing daily disruptions and travel restrictions, they also feared a loss of freedoms. ( read original story ...)

A former transport worker who purportedly acted as a volunteer paramedic during violent clashes on a notorious date of the 2019 Hong Kong protests has lost an appeal against his conviction, with an ... ( read original story ...)

Kong will push ahead with a proposal that will allow more residents to travel to mainland China after completing a quarantine period locally, after the city’s leader secured a preliminary green light ... ( read original story ...)

Only 16 per cent of about 200,000 seniors identified as in need of jabs have registered since government home vaccination service began in April, official figures show Experts urge more action on ... ( read original story ...)

The city's premium shopping mall Harbour City saw more than 70 new store openings in the first three quarters of 2022, which includes a Dior flagship store, the biggest store in the city. ( read original story ...)