Hong Kong will require travelers to the city to fill out an electronic health declaration form before boarding a flight, no longer allowing them to do the paperwork after landing, in an effort to make ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Finance Chief Says ‘Huge’ Reserves Will Maintain Peg
Chan is the latest official to address the strength of the city’s reserves after Hayman Capital Management ’s Kyle Bass wrote on Twitter a few days ago that the central bank’s reserves to defend the ... ( read original story ...)
Cantonese opera singer explains her passion for helping young Hong Kong audiences enjoy the traditional performing art
The classic performing art had its heyday in the 50s and 60s, but Chloe Chan Hei-yu, 27, believes it still has much to offer for young Hongkongers. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong heatwave: Residents in city’s subdivided flats, rooftop huts bear brunt of scorching weather
Hong Kong residents in the city’s infamous subdivided flats and rooftop huts are bearing the brunt of a sweltering heatwave, with temperatures set to hit 35 degrees Celsius on Thursday or even higher ... ( read original story ...)
Stay away from ‘destructive forces’ in industry, John Lee warns city journalists as he urges media to ‘tell Hong Kong stories’
Hong Kong’s leader has urged journalists to keep a distance from “destructive forces” in the industry that endanger national security, urging them to focus instead on “telling stories” from the city. ( read original story ...)
A different take on Chinese migration to California – and a new way to look at Hong Kong
Historian Elizabeth Sinn argues that far from being shipped overseas as indentured labourers, Chinese emigrants to California chose to go there under their own steam. ( read original story ...)
Hozon Auto Pockets USD443.7 Million in Pre-Hong Kong IPO Fundraiser
Hozon bagged CNY10 billion (USD1.5 billion) through the entirety of its Series D round. The new energy vehicle manufacturer will speed up finishing its stockholder reforms in the future, it said. ( read original story ...)
Science whizz-kid, tennis champ among winners of Hong Kong’s Student of the Year Awards
Annual awards, organised by the Post, celebrate secondary school pupils who have shown academic excellence, outstanding commitment to community service. ( read original story ...)
China bubonic plague case: Hong Kong officials offer a little more info
NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the bubonic plague case reported from Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reports: The case involves ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gets its first metaverse churches, complete with avatars and virtual preachers. But are they for real?
Hong Kong's Baptist minister Reverend Enoch Lam Yee-lok has said he believes he has the answer for Christians who find going to church too inconvenient and the services to be boring. In February, he ... ( read original story ...)
Tonga beats Hong Kong to qualify for 2023 Rugby World Cup
Tonga has advanced to next year's Rugby World Cup in France after a 44-22 win over Hong Kong in the final of an Asia Pacific qualifying tournament on Saturday. Tonga led 20-8 at halftime. Sonatane ... ( read original story ...)
Goodbye, An An: Hong Kong’s beloved giant panda euthanised at Ocean Park after period of declining health from old age
An An, the world’s oldest male giant panda under human care, was euthanised on Thursday morning (July 21) at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs confiscates cannabis worth HK$30 million, arrests suspected triad member
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a suspected triad member and seized more than HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) worth of cannabis buds in a crackdown on a newly established illegal drug storage ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong child abuse scandal: Ex-carer jailed about seven months, becoming second person sentenced over case linked to charity group
A former carer at a leading child protection group in Hong Kong was jailed for about seven months on Friday, becoming the second person sentenced over one of the city’s biggest scandals involving ... ( read original story ...)