Canada’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point and said it is prepared to “act more forcefully” in its efforts to bring inflation under control. The Bank of Canada ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong revives centralised quarantine for people with certain Omicron subvariants
Those who test positive for COVID-19 in Hong Kong will be quarantined in a centralised facility if they are infected with certain subvariants of the Omicron strain of the virus, Bloomberg reported on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to list monkeypox as statutory notifiable disease next week, with three-tier response plan
Doctors are required to report any suspected or confirmed case of monkeypox to the Centre for Health Protection under new arrangement. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Backpedals on Home Quarantine as Variants Flare
Hong Kong is reviving one of its toughest Covid Zero measures, forcing patients with even mild infections caused by the new omicron sub-variants and their close contacts into centralized quarantine to ... ( read original story ...)
Border reopening and choice of new ministers at top of Beijing talks, incoming Hong Kong leader says
Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu returned home from Beijing on Tuesday with instructions to form a top team of like-minded officials to help him implement his policies as he embarks on a new ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Backpedals on Home Quarantine as Covid Variants Flare
Hong Kong is reviving one of its toughest Covid Zero measures, forcing mild virus cases and their close contacts into centralized quarantine to tame the spread of new omicron sub-variants. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Retail Sales Unexpectedly Rebound as Covid Curbs Ease
Hong Kong’s retail sales surprisingly rebounded in April, lifting the sector out of contraction after strict Covid curbs hammered consumer spending earlier this year. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reward for winning Asia Rugby Championship would be clash with Tonga side featuring Folau, Piutau and Fekitoa
If Hong Kong successfully defend their Asia Rugby Championship next month, a World Cup qualifier then awaits against a Tongan side likely to include former Wallaby Israel Folau and ex-All Blacks ... ( read original story ...)
The legends of Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club
At the end of the great spy novelist John Le Carre’s Hong Kong story The Honourable Schoolboy, a legendary 1970s character at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club has a furious argument over “a silly ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sees Rush of Chinese Visitors, Most Since Pandemic
Hong Kong is seeing a sudden rush of Chinese nationals entering the city, with more visitors arriving at the hub’s international airport in May than the past two years combined. ( read original story ...)
SM Teo Chee Hean and next Hong Kong leader John Lee welcome closer ties in meeting
Senior Minister Teo was on the fourth and final day of a working visit to Hong Kong. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Chinese electric car start-up WM Motor files to go public in Hong Kong
Although China's electric car market is the largest globally and a fast-growing one, automakers such as BYD and Tesla dominate sales. Chinese start-ups such as Nio and Xpeng — both listed in the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize submachine gun, ammunition during HK$3.6 million drugs bust, investigate whether radicals were planning attack
Police are investigating whether radicals had planned to launch an attack in Hong Kong after seizing a high-powered submachine gun and 50 rounds of ammunition during a raid on a subdivided flat in a ... ( read original story ...)
Regulators launch Hong Kong-China ETF Connect following long delays
Six years after scheme was proposed, investors will soon be able to trade eligible ETFs on each other’s exchanges ... ( read original story ...)