Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed 9.08% higher on Wednesday but remains down more than 2% so far this week after seeing heavy losses on Monday and Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Fossil Fuels, HSBC, and China
HSBC bank should not insult the rest of us while either investing directly or encouraging investment, in a state now operating on, fascist lines. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s finance chief warns economy will contract in first quarter amid fifth wave of infections
Paul Chan says economic growth depends on effectiveness of anti-epidemic efforts, and measures will soon be rolled out to help businesses. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong plans to review COVID restrictions on Monday as cases ease
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Sunday she plans to review COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, just days after acknowledging that many people in the global financial hub were "losing patience" with ... ( read original story ...)
H.K. Finance Chief Says Monitoring Markets to Ensure Stability
Hong Kong authorities have been closely monitoring last week’s stock market volatility to ensure orderly operations and smooth settlements, according to Financial Secretary Paul Chan. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong will review COVID-19 restrictions as cases decline
Hong Kong's leader said Sunday that the government would consider lifting strict social distancing measures as new COVID-19 infections in the city continued trending downward. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says plans to review COVID restrictions on Monday
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Sunday she expects to announce a review of COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, just days after she acknowledged that many financial institutions were "losing patience" ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong at the tipping point: ‘frank words’, dire warnings prompted city leader’s rethink of tough anti-Covid measures
The harsh numbers revealing people were leaving town in droves, particularly expatriates from the financial sector, finally convinced Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to rethink the city’s ... ( read original story ...)
Climate Change: Hong Kong property firms are assessing risks and improving resilience, as extreme floods and storms loom on horizon
About a third of properties used as collateral for loans worth US$370 billion were located in areas vulnerable to flooding and rising sea levels, a stress test found last year It's literally 'adapt or ... ( read original story ...)
Overwhelmed by Omicron, Hong Kong runs out of space for its dead
Crematoria work around the clock and coffins run short as death toll soars, driven by large numbers of unvaccinated elderly people ... ( read original story ...)
Patients share wards with dead in body bags in Hong Kong Covid crisis
Hong Kong has the world’s highest daily death rate at 37 per million residents and is reeling from the sort of devastating scenes witnessed in Europe, the US, Brazil and India ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: why thousands of rooms at Hong Kong’s isolation hotels for Covid-19 patients are still empty
City leader has vowed to redesignate the space for other purposes, with authorities revealing occupancy rate at just over 50 per cent. ( read original story ...)
‘Dead bodies will pile up’: Hong Kong funeral industry warns of coffin shortage despite increase in supply following easing of lockdown restrictions in Shenzhen
'We need 300 coffins every day to cope with the daily fatalities,' says Hong Kong Funeral Business Association chairman Ng Yiu-tong 'Coffins are as essential as rice to people ... The government needs ... ( read original story ...)
How to Love Hong Kong Despite Everything
If you had asked me when I was 18 what I thought of Hong Kong, I would have told you that I was ambivalent. Hong Kong was a place where I just happened to find myself. It was the ... ( read original story ...)