The illuminated HSBC Holdings Plc headquarters, center, at night in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. HSBC is scheduled to release earnings results on Feb. 22. , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- ... ( read original story ...)
Cardinal arrested in Hong Kong, Pope’s health declines: Last Week in the Church with John Allen Jr.
Cardinal arrested in Hong Kong, the Pope’s health sparks conclave speculation, the Pope’s summer travel schedule hangs in the balance, and the Church in Malta takes a new approach to secularization. ( read original story ...)
31 women contemporary artists working in Hong Kong celebrated in exhibition inspired by a landmark 1943 show
The exhibition at 10 Chancery Lane, which includes works from the late Irene Chou, Lulu Ngie, So Wing-po, Movana Chen and other artists, was inspired by a landmark 1943 show in New York. ( read original story ...)
42 per cent of Hong Kong kindergartens applied to raise tuition fees 42 per cent of Hong Kong kindergartens applied to raise tuition fees
About 440 kindergartens, comprising 300 subsidised schools and 140 non-subsidised ones, applied for tuition increase in 2022-23 school year. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam confident massive government restructuring plan will get nod from her cabinet
Carrie Lam adds that she is not in a position to say which principal officials will stay on in the next administration. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s next leader John Lee targets city’s reputation with government rejig
Mr Lee will add a deputy each to the Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and the Secretary of Justice. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
How estate agents and landlords should implement Hong Kong’s new tenancy control regime for subdivided units
The government has implemented a new tenancy control regime for subdivided units under Part IVA of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance, which came into effect on 22 January this year. ( read original story ...)
Against all odds, Hong Kong’s gallery scene is on the up
Amid a crackdown on dissent, and the havoc wreaked by the pandemic, Hong Kong’s galleries have not just survived but thrived, with several new openings ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Mulls Blocking Telegram Channel as Part of Crackdown on Doxing – Report
The administration says pro-democracy campaigners are exposing online sensitive personal data of government officials and citizens. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Considers Blocking Telegram, Local Paper Says
Hong Kong authorities are deliberating whether to curtail public access to the messaging service Telegram, the Sing Tao Daily reported, potentially reviving fears the former British colony is moving ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks rise more than 3% on China easing COVID-19 lockdowns
Hong Kong stocks rose by more than 3 per cent on Tuesday (May 17) afternoon following news of Shanghai authorities saying that the locked-down city will gradually reopen businesses. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to push on with next stage of vaccine pass scheme although 1 million residents have yet to receive third shot
Hong Kong will press ahead with a policy requiring residents to receive the third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to enter most premises by the end of the month, the city’s leader has confirmed, although a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to ease curbs even with hundreds of daily Covid-19 cases
Hong Kong will proceed with relaxing virus curbs despite recording hundreds of cases a day, as the city's Covid policy drifts farther from Beijing's zero-tolerance approach. Chief Executive Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s next government should scrap quarantine for travellers, provide pandemic exit plan: European business group
Frederik Gollob, chairman of European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, says he hopes city will provide mainland China with example of how to reopen to world Gollob has called on incoming government ... ( read original story ...)