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Shares of Chinese tech firms in Hong Kong soared in Wednesday trade, as the Hang Seng Tech index climbed more than 3%. ( read original story ...)

Chris Kyme (pictured above) continues his ‘Postcard from Hong Kong’ series. Years ago when Hong Kong was going through a rough patch (economic downturn, SARS, bird flu etc) there was a campaign which ... ( read original story ...)

Entornointeligente.com / A medical worker helps an elder citizen with COVID-19 testing in Hong Kong, March 20, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] The fifth wave of COVID-19 infections in the Hong Kong Special ... ( read original story ...)

Trading in the Hong Kong shares of ZTE Corp has been suspended, pending a company announcement in relation to a probation hearing held before a U.S. court on March 14, it said in a filing to the Hong ... ( read original story ...)

China could expect over a million Covid deaths in the next three months if it allows coronavirus to spread on the mainland in the way it has in Hong Kong, accor ... ( read original story ...)

Moving towards the endemic stage of Covid-19 under a “controlled transition” sooner rather than later would be the “safest” strategy for Hong Kong, according to public health experts from the ... ( read original story ...)

The full reopening of international travel in Hong Kong will have "little marginal impact" on the spread of COVID-19, an academic study said on Tuesday, as the financial hub begins to unwind strict ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is set to resume sending compulsory testing notices through a contact-tracing app, as a declining number of Covid-19 infections allows authorities to ramp up a key tool for tracking down and ... ( read original story ...)

Study underscores the importance of booster shots for those who have received China’s Sinovac vaccine against Covid-19. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Transport Department is planning to post crossed cheques of HK$10,000 each in a one-off non-accountable subsidy to eligible cross-boundary goods vehicle drivers from the city starting ... ( read original story ...)

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Hong Kong news every morning. Expatriates fleeing Hong Kong’s draconian pandemic restrictions are struggling to secure places for their ... ( read original story ...)

Covid has surged in a number of Asian countries that had once held the virus at bay. Vaccination levels have largely determined how deadly those waves would be. ( read original story ...)

As the U.S. braces for a potential new wave and China battles its biggest outbreak in two years, scientists are looking to Hong Kong for clues about the future of the pandemic. On ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's leader says the city will lift flight bans on nine countries including Canada and the U.S. as of April 1 and reduce quarantine time for travellers arriving in the city as coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)