Hong Kong, China stocks are making a positive start to trading on the first day of 2021 as technology stocks lead gainers. Chinese telco and oil giants slide amid concerns about US delisting moves. ( read original story ...)
Mannings Hong Kong Campaign Shows Appreciation for Women Who Helped Us Get Through 2020
Mannings Hong Kong is reflecting on the challenges of 2020 and appreciating the women in our lives who have helped us through them. ( read original story ...)
Why the Hong Kong gov’t has a problem with remembering the past
Hong Kong has a problem with history and the recent incident of official vandalism at the more than century-old Roman-style underground reservoir at Bishop’s Hill in Shek Kip Mei serves as a timely ... ( read original story ...)
Rise of nano flats in Hong Kong has led to fall in living standards, with government policies to blame, land use group says
Hong Kong private developers have built more than 8,500 nano flats that were each sold for millions of dollars over the past decade, according to a research group, which called for the government to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong researchers claim breakthrough method can detect autism risk by scanning back of eye
Chinese University team studied retinal images taken with specialised cameras for physical signs found in eyes of children with the disorder, but they need more test subjects to fully develop the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government does listen, if you use the right channels
We refer to the letter from Ho Tsz Ying and He Tsz Yuk urging the Legislative Council to communicate with young people, and the letter from Chris Stubbs questioning the government's willingness to ... ( read original story ...)
How to better promote green burials in Hong Kong
Considering the limited number of families who have used the services, however, the department must target its promotional efforts at the elderly and collaborate with the Department of Health, which ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong salon operators, bars plead for shutdown to end, warning workers’ livelihoods have been ruined
Operators of beauty salons and bars in Hong Kong have called on the government to urgently lift social-distancing restrictions, and warned that the livelihoods of thousands of workers have already ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong construction site hit by second Covid-19 outbreak as city confirms 41 new cases
Hong Kong recorded 41 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, as a fresh outbreak among 11 construction workers at the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin tunnel prompted authorities to issue mandatory testing orders ... ( read original story ...)
Ensuring all Hong Kong residents take coronavirus vaccine will be challenge, health expert says, as city faces ‘about 40’ new cases
Vaccinating all Hongkongers against the coronavirus will be a huge challenge but residents will hopefully be motivated to take the step by a desire for life to return to normal, a member of the ... ( read original story ...)
When friends fall out: The messages that fuel mutual mistrust in Hong Kong
Last year, as the height of the Hong Kong protests, I received a message from an old friend in Hong Kong. For 20 years we had played tennis together and our families had always got on well. He ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: when Covid-19 hit, many jumped on the mask-making bandwagon. Where are they now?
Nearly a year since Hong Kong came under the spectre of the coronavirus, local mask manufacturers, who jumped on the supply bandwagon at the start of the pandemic amid a frenzied demand for the ... ( read original story ...)
No soup for Hong Kong’s young snake catcher
Unlike commercial snake catchers of yesteryear, whose catch often winds up in soup served at shops, a new breed of catchers strives to release the reptiles into nature. ( read original story ...)
After years of financial difficulties, Hong Kong boarding school for troubled teens is seeking donations to stay afloat
A Hong Kong boarding school catering to teenagers with drug and behavioural problems has put out a plea for donations to sustain its ailing model, but years of shrinking enrolment and stubbornly high ... ( read original story ...)