Hong Kong health authorities said on Saturday (Feb 26) they would adjust COVID-19 testing procedures to allow some people to test from home to ease long queues at designated testing centres, as the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Shifting to Rapid Covid Tests to Fight Record Outbreak
Hong Kong is changing its Covid-testing strategy to obtain faster results with self-administered kits as it battles to suppress its worst coronavirus outbreak to date. ( read original story ...)
Two batches of mainland medical experts sent to Hong Kong to fight COVID-19
Two batches of mainland health experts have arrived in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to work with the HKSAR government in fighting the latest COVID-19 outbreak, a health official ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the young luxury watch collectors driving Hong Kong’s NFT frenzy
Gen Z and millennial luxury watch collectors in Hong Kong follow the lead of social media influencers betting big on NFTs A Monkey Kingdom NFT sold for more than US$148,000 in December, higher than ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: 12 banks, including HSBC, Standard Chartered and BOCHK to suspend services on Saturdays
Twelve Hong Kong banks, including note-issuing lenders HSBC, Standard Chartered and Bank of China (Hong Kong), will suspend all banking services on Saturdays starting this week and the next until ... ( read original story ...)
Startup carrier unfazed by Hong Kong aviation ‘lockdown’
Hong Kong International Airport, previously one of the busiest in the world, is eerily quiet these days as government flight bans and quarantine restrictions have choked off most passenger services. ( read original story ...)
The real problem with Hong Kong’s Covid-19 strategy? Insufficient alignment with mainland China’s model
Readers call for a more effective adherence to the mainland strategy of responding to outbreaks, the release of even more data on infections, and mandatory vaccination rather than mass testing Feel ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong residents rush to stock up on frozen meat after outbreak at abattoirs affects supply of fresh goods
Closure of Sheung Shui and Tsuen Wan slaughterhouses has affected supply, with a number of fresh meat stalls closed and residents forced to buy frozen products instead. ( read original story ...)
Cash-strapped small Hong Kong landlords to be offered interest-free loans as part of new government policy for delayed rent collection
Financial Secretary Paul Chan says authorities will offer small commercial property owners three months’ worth of rent on their tenants’ behalf, of up to HK$100,000. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lawmakers, advisers call for greater flexibility, clarity in budget policies, citing dampened consumer sentiment
Lawmakers and advisers to Hong Kong’s leader have called for greater flexibility in the distribution of consumption vouchers and a clear explanation by the government on landlords’ liabilities under ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to let some COVID-positive children stay home amid separation fears
Hong Kong authorities said they would allow some children testing positive for COVID-19 to remain at home, rather than being separated from their parents and hospitalised, after a public outcry from ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: 11 banks, including HSBC, Standard Chartered and BOCHK to suspend services on Saturdays
Eleven Hong Kong banks, including note-issuing lenders HSBC, Standard Chartered and Bank of China (Hong Kong), will suspend all banking services on Saturdays starting this week and the next until ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: residents of Hong Kong’s subdivided flats forced to sleep on rooftops or streets after catching Covid-19
One construction worker and his wife camped on rooftop of their tenement building out of fear they would infect six other loved ones living in 200 sq ft unit ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Covid crisis and lockdown threat put city on edge
More than a year after Sushmita Gurung was forcibly separated from her two children by Hong Kong medical authorities after testing positive for Covid-19, her five-year-old daughte ... ( read original story ...)