Amid the severity of the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a startup nurtured by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), known as iMeddy, is providing a free video medical consultation ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong holds on to third place in global financial centre rankings, as local markets defy Covid-19 restrictions
Hong Kong held on to third place after New York and London in the latest Global Financial Centres Index, weathering the tough restrictions that have weighed on the economy. ( read original story ...)
In COVID-battered Hong Kong, even dying is a dilemma
The government’s mishandling of the recent surge in COVID-19 deaths in Hong Kong shows how the city is woefully unprepared not just for the care of the living, but also those who have passed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 12,240 new COVID-19 cases, 205 new deaths
China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported under 13,000 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The city has been seeing a downward trend in cases in recent days after record numbers at the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to step up use of traditional Chinese medicine in pandemic fight, more practitioners en route from mainland
City leader Carrie Lam says she has requested Beijing send a team of Chinese medicine experts to offer the city ‘advice on how to prevent infections … and reduce severe cases’ of Covid-19. ( read original story ...)
Yacht builder Ferretti braves choppy waters with IPO valuing it at up to $1.2b
Italian luxury yacht builder Ferretti Group launched a Hong Kong IPO that values the company at up to $1.2 billion, a term sheet seen by Reuters showed, going ahead despite volatility in global equity ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong waitress arrested in connection with online romance scam that duped US lawyer out of US$2.6mil
The suspect is accused of being the holder of a local bank account used to launder the proceeds of the scam. The Michigan-based victim was tricked into making millions of dollars’ worth of bogus ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. lawyer says Hong Kong has deported him after police assault case
Samuel Bickett, who was convicted of assaulting a plainclothes officer, says he was immediately deported from the Chinese territory after his release from prison. ( read original story ...)
The Covid effect: Sheds, Hong Kong, Conferences: podcast
The pandemic continues to shape business and policy around the world. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate a possible 21 bln euro bid for city-centre warehouses, the relaxing of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to soon ‘open up to world’ just as Singapore lifts its own restrictions
Hong Kong is looking likely to “open up to the rest of the world” once its latest Covid-19 wave fades, before the lights of Singapore grow too tempting ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Holds Third Spot in World’s Financial Centers Ranking
In the main areas of competitiveness, Hong Kong ranked in the top four for business environment, human capital, infrastructure and general reputation, but out of the top 10 in financial sector ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 13,074 new daily coronavirus infections
Hong Kong reported 13,074 new coronavirus infections and 201 deaths on Thursday, slightly higher than 12,240 infections the previous day, as authorities prepare to ease some of the city's stringent ... ( read original story ...)
No real concept of ‘rights’ anymore in Hong Kong: deported lawyer
An American lawyer deported from Hong Kong after serving a prison sentence said Thursday that the territory was a police state controlled by Beijing, adding that rights were not respected. Samuel ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong architect convicted for carrying petrol, nails amid national anthem, security law protests
The defendant had said he had no knowledge of the items inside the two bags he was carrying, as he was only disposing of them for a friend, but a judge rejected that defence on Thursday. ( read original story ...)