Follow how business and the economy are recovering post-pandemic with our Road to Recovery bulletin. Delivered 3 times a week. Beijing will help “formulate and implement” epidemic-control policies to ... ( read original story ...)
To play its role in China’s dual circulation strategy, Hong Kong needs open borders
As a global centre for finance, Hong Kong relies heavily on the flow of international business. The harsh quarantine requirements have discouraged international commerce and led many global firms to ... ( read original story ...)
Putting Hong Kong back on its feet
The four major negative factors are poor consumption due to business closures; prolonged delay in resuming normal travel between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland; the effect of flight reschedules ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Seeks Help as Cases Soar; Canada Protest: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong will send a delegation to Shenzhen this weekend to try to secure personnel from the mainland to triple its testing capacity and to request another temporary isolation facility ... ( read original story ...)
China Pledges Support for Hong Kong Amid COVID Surge
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China will fully support Hong Kong with its "dynamic zero" coronavirus strategy as the territory battles an escalating outbreak, its office overseeing matters in the city said. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to report new record of at least 1,325 COVID cases on Friday – TVB
HONG KONG, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Hong Kong health authorities are expected to report at least 1,325 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, setting a new record for daily infections, broadcaster TVB reported, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Report More Than 1,320 New Coronavirus Infections
Hong Kong is set to report more than 1,320 coronavirus cases on Friday, with the worsening outbreak straining health-care resources and ramping up pressure on the government’s steadfast push for Covid ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong couples forced to scale down weddings amid ban on cross-family gatherings
Hong Kong couples planning to tie the knot this month were shocked to find out their weddings would be restricted to only two witnesses under the government’s latest social-distancing rules announced ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Risks Everything With ‘Impossible’ Covid-Zero Goal
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong is doubling down on a Covid-Zero strategy that has failed almost everywhere else, battering its economy and threatening its status as an international financial center just as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong restaurants report smooth launch for vaccine pass pilot scheme as patrons opt to stay home amid surge in coronavirus cases
Tracking function for ‘Leave Home Safe’ app not illegal: Hong Kong privacy chief But the industry chairman said that most restaurants in the city had seen their business drop by 90 per cent since the ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited — Moody’s assigns Aa3 rating to green bonds to be issued by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
Rating Action: Moody's assigns Aa3 rating to green bonds to be issued by Bank of China (Hong Kong) LimitedGlobal Credit Research - 10 Feb 2022Hong Kong, February 10, 2022 -- Moody's Investors ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 4-Hong Kong COVID infections surge, experts warn could near 30,000 a day
Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, has said she is deeply sorry and anxious about long queues at coronavirus testing centres and isolation facilities after a record number of new cases left authorities ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: tracking function for Hong Kong’s ‘Leave Home Safe’ app would not be illegal, privacy chief tells lawmakers
Sit said the scanning was encrypted to ensure business operators would not be able to access users’ details. Chris Lau is a reporter specialising in court and legal affairs in Hong Kong. From criminal ... ( read original story ...)
China gives property firms easier access to escrow funds -report
HONG KONG : China has moved to give real estate firms easier access to presale proceeds from residential projects, local media outlet Cailianshe said on Thursday, as authorities seek to loosen a ... ( read original story ...)