Crystal Lau’s parents fled mainland China for Hong Kong when she was a child. Thirty years later she and her husband, Davy, have made a longer journey. They are making a new home in the city of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sets Global COVID Infection Record as Morgues Overflow
There were almost 900 confirmed COVID-19 infections per 100,000 residents of Hong Kong when case numbers peaked in the city earlier this month, according to an analysis of government data by the Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Here in Hong Kong, Covid has surged and we’ve run out of coffins. Please learn from our mistakes
To keep out the virus, the city shut up shop. But low vaccination rates mean it has now stormed our defences, says Hong Kong-based writer Ilaria Maria Sala ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong COVID-19 infections surge past 1 million
Hong Kong has passed one million COVID-19 cases throughout the pandemic on Friday as the country struggles to contain its latest COVID-19 outbreak. The city said its total number of cases since the ... ( read original story ...)
Leapmotor applies for initial public offer in Hong Kong, joining Xpeng, Li Auto and NIO as electric car makers call the city their fundraising home
Leapmotor may seek to raise more than US$1 billion, according to market sources familiar with the plan Leapmotor, with a production base in eastern China's Zhejiang province, is poised to join Xpeng, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng finishes in negative territory, but ends week more than 4% higher
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slipped 0.41% on Friday but still saw its first positive week in five following a big gains on Wednesday and Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: relaunch of wage subsidy scheme will benefit up to 1.3 million workers affected by fifth wave, Carrie Lam says
The city leader has said the new round of subsidies to help employers cover payroll ‘will adopt a more targeted approach’, with many larger companies excluded. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest 38 over HK$285 million worth of fraudulent loans sought under government-backed pandemic relief scheme
The force’s commercial crime bureau says two syndicates had set up 53 shell companies and submitted false documents to banks. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s COVID infections exceed 1 million amid outbreak
Hong Kong’s total coronavirus infections exceeded 1 million and the number of related deaths topped those in mainland China, as the city grapples with a widespread outbreak. Health officials reported ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 20,082 new COVID cases as city promised fewer restrictions
HONG KONG, March 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported about 20,000 new coronavirus cases on Friday as health experts called for a clear way out of a "zero COVID" policy that has left the city isolated. ( read original story ...)
Omicron Created a Perfect Storm in Hong Kong
For most of the Covid pandemic, life in Hong Kong remained a simulacrum of normal. The city maintained one of the world’s strictest border control measures, requir ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 20,082 new COVID cases on Friday
Hong Kong health authorities reported 20,082 COVID-19 cases on Friday, down from 21,650 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and 206 deaths compared with 202 in the previous 24 hours. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong housing: who benefits from the budget’s raising of mortgage caps for homebuyers?
Readers discuss the government's opening of the mortgage funding tap, and how the use of Covid-19 isolation units could be extended Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? ( read original story ...)
‘Pandemic is temporary’, Hong Kong developer Wheelock says, remains optimistic about housing market, price recovery after record year
Hong Kong developer Wheelock Properties expects to shrug off headwinds and remains optimistic about the city’s home prices recovering 5 per cent this year if Covid-19 eases. ( read original story ...)