HSBC Life, Manulife and AIA among the major insurance firms reporting strong growth of sales in the first quarter as their digital tools help to boost sales during the fifth wave of Covid-19. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s jobless rate will rise further: Paul Chan
Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said the latest unemployment rate to be released this week is expected to rise further, but he also said ... ( read original story ...)
US rate hikes strain Hong Kong’s Covid-weakened economy
Recent rate hikes from the Federal Reserve have come at a bad time for Hong Kong which, thanks to its US dollar peg, must follow suit despite its own flagging economy. Hong Kong has pegged its ... ( read original story ...)
Rush hour: Hong Kong railway fans queue overnight to board first train on new cross-harbour section of MTR’s Sha Tin-Central line
Hundreds of railway enthusiasts, including students, had lined up overnight at Exhibition Centre station despite light rain to be among the first to board. ( read original story ...)
Anti-China forces in Hong Kong have no extrajudicial privileges: Commissioner’s office of Chinese foreign ministry in HKSAR
HONG KONG - The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday strongly disapproved and firmly rejected a misleading ... ( read original story ...)
Positive COVID-19 results continue to be found in Hong Kong’s sewage samples
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Saturday that there may be hidden cases of COVID-19 in the premises of some areas in the city as the virus has recently been ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong could be hit by sixth wave in as little as two weeks, pandemic adviser warns
Professor Gabriel Leung, dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), offered his timeline for the arrival of the next wave at a seminar for HKU doctors on Saturday, according ... ( read original story ...)
Mao Zedong calligraphy scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong
Three people have been sent to jail in Hong Kong for stealing artworks worth millions, including a calligraphy scroll penned by former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. The three accused men, Ho ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police bail Catholic cardinal arrested on national security charge
HONG KONG, May 11 (Reuters) - Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, and three others who helped run a now-disbanded Hong Kong fund for protesters were arrested on ... ( read original story ...)
Leisure craft or floating hotels? Hong Kong hoteliers accuse authorities of inaction over ‘rampant illegal use of boats’
Hong Kong boatman Dong* is familiar with the sight of people heading for three houseboats moored next to each other at the Aberdeen typhoon shelter on weekends and public holidays. The visitors stay ... ( read original story ...)
What Hong Kong can expect from ‘Beijing’s enforcer’
This week, pro-Beijing hardliner John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's new leader, replacing Carrie Lam. The 64-year-old former security chief ran uncontested in the chief executive election, and was ... ( read original story ...)
Pelosi says Hong Kong’s arrest of cardinal ‘one of the clearest signs yet of Beijing’s worsening crackdown’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed the arrest of a cardinal in Hong Kong, calling it “one of the clearest signs yet of Beijing’s worsening crackdown” in an op-ed published Friday in The ... ( read original story ...)
The Arrest of Cardinal Zen Marks a New Low in Hong Kong
China’s Communist Party quietly crushes dissent in the first free, prosperous city to fall to totalitarians since World War II. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong National Security Police Arrest 90-Year-Old Cardinal Zen
Hong Kong national security police arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun on Wednesday for alleged conspiracy to collude with foreign powers. Cardinal Zen is a 90-year-old former bishop and senior f ... ( read original story ...)