Hong Kong's coronavirus policies have turned the Asian travel and business hub into one of the world's most isolated major cities. The economic and psychological toll from the hardline approach is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong limits private gatherings to fight COVID-19
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader announced on Tuesday the city's toughest social-distancing restrictions yet, including unprecedented limits on private gatherings, as new daily cases surge above ... ( read original story ...)
CULines readies Hong Kong IPO
China United Lines (CULines), one of the fastest growing container carriers during the pandemic, is gearing up for a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. CULines has expanded dramatically over the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong – Guideline On Banking Services For Persons With Dementia – Fine Balance Between Autonomy And Protection.
The Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) and the Hong Kong Association of Restricted License Banks and Deposit-taking Companies has jointly issued a new Guideline on Banking Services for Persons with ... ( read original story ...)
China crushed our Apple Daily newspaper and jailed my colleague – this is how Hong Kong’s democracy is dying
Apple Daily was the leading voice for democracy in Hong Kong – until China jailed its owner. Mark L Clifford tells the horrifying story of his colleague Jimmy Lai who founded the newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Further Tightens Its Tough COVID Rules
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will limit public gatherings to two people and close sites such as churches and hair salons, leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, as the Asian financial hub battles a ... ( read original story ...)
Covid live news: Hong Kong faces more restrictions after record cases; Canada warns US Republicans against protest interference
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says the will stick to a ‘dynamic zero’ strategy; Canadian minister says we ‘need to be vigilant about potential foreign interference’ in truckers protest ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong – The “Letters Of No Consent” Regime Was Held Unconstitutional By The Court Of First Instance.
Coleman J delivered an important judgment in Tam Sze Leung v Commissioner of Police [2021] HKCFI 3118, where he held that the regime under which “letters of no consent” (LNC regime) are issued by the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Food Prices Soar as Covid Curbs Trigger Panic Buying
Hong Kong residents are facing a shortage of fresh food -- and fast-rising prices for what they can find in stock -- as anti-virus controls in mainland China leaves truck drivers responsible for ... ( read original story ...)
Vegetable shortage adds to Hong Kong’s COVID woes
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Supplies of vegetables were running low in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with shoppers scrambling to buy whatever they could find, as the government blamed a resurgence of COVID-19 for a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court refuses American’s assault conviction appeal in ruling critics see as win for police impunity
A judge dismissed an appeal by U.S. lawyer Samuel Bickett, who intervened to stop a police officer from hitting a teenager. The case was seen as a litmus test of Hong Kong judicial independence. ( read original story ...)
Australia denied access to dual citizen detained for alleged ‘subversion’ in Hong Kong
China does not recognise dual citizenship of Australian-Chinese man held for 11 months under national security law ... ( read original story ...)
Live news: US lawyer loses Hong Kong appeal over police assault case
A US corporate lawyer in Hong Kong has been sent back to jail over a conviction for assaulting a plainclothes police officer two years ago, in a case that highlighted political risks for foreigners ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is the top international financial centre in Asia —survey
Survey respondents also saw Hong Kong as a gateway to mainland China. Hong Kong is the top international financial centre in Asia, ahead of Singapore, China and Tokyo, according to the The Oxford ... ( read original story ...)