Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam asked major property developers to find 10,000 hotel rooms for isolating people who test positive for Covid-19 as the city’s biggest outbreak yet challenges its ... ( read original story ...)
China Medical Robot Maker Hurwa Weighing Hong Kong IPO, Sources Say
Hurwa, a Chinese developer of medical robots used in surgeries, is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong that could raise about $200 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. ( read original story ...)
HSBC, BOC close branches over Covid
HSBC and the Bank of China said on Thursday they have each shut around ten of their branches, after staffers tested positive for Covid-19. The branches, in various parts of the city including Tsim ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Test Whole City for Covid With Beijing’s Help
Hong Kong is planning a testing blitz of the entire city, deploying a tactic used to root out Covid-19 cases on the mainland as the financial hub struggles to get control over its most challenging ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of China Limited, Hong Kong Branch — Moody’s assigns A1 ratings to MTN drawdowns by Bank of China, Hong Kong Branch
Moody's assigns A1 ratings to MTN drawdowns by Bank of China, Hong Kong BranchGlobal Credit Research - 17 Feb 2022Hong Kong, February 17, 2022 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has assigned A1 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong divided on ‘dynamic zero’ COVID-19 policy
Daily infections have surged by more than 40 times since the start of February, and authorities have shut schools, gyms, cinemas and most public venues. Many office employees have reverted to working ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong group says retail traffic has dropped 40% from Dec
The Hong Kong Retail Management Association said on Thursday retail traffic in the global financial hub has dropped 40% from December as a surge in coronavirus cases and tighter restrictions batter ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong seeks property tycoons’ help to house Covid-19 patients
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam asked major property developers to find 10,000 hotel rooms for isolating people who test positive for Covid-19 as the city's biggest outbreak yet ... ( read original story ...)
Kirkland partner joins HKEx as co-head of IPO vetting
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Market (HKEx) has hired Kirkland & Ellis partner Li-Chien Wong as managing director and co-head of IPO vetting. Wong is expected to join HKEx in March. She will ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks approach three-month high as city steps up measures to contain Covid-19 while Russia defuses Ukraine situation
Hang Seng reverses earlier gains as the city grapples with rising Covid-19 cases, with banks set to endure an extended period of branch closures Key stock indices have lost by 20 to 48 per cent in ... ( read original story ...)
‘Battlefield mode’: Hong Kong hospitals buckle under Omicron-fuelled coronavirus wave
"We call this the fever zone," a nurse in full-body protective gear told AFP, declining to be named. "Don't get too close." Hong Kong is in the throes of its worst coronavirus outbreak, and record new ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong aims to get 10,000 hotel rooms in COVID fight amid reports of mass testing
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam called on residents to "remain confident" and support her administration's measures to contain a worsening COVID-19 outbreak, as daily infections surged by more than 40 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Battlefield mode’: Hong Kong hospitals buckle under Omicron wave
Huddled under blankets and thermal shields, dozens of elderly patients shivered on gurneys outside a hospital. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Mass-Test; Covid Mental-Health Scars: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong has plans to mass-test the whole city for Covid with Beijing’s help. Also, property developers have been asked to find 10,000 hotel rooms for isolating people who test ... ( read original story ...)