Compared with 2018, before social unrest and the coronavirus pandemic hit Hong Kong, the number of work visas issued to people from the US plunged nearly 70 per cent last year. Wo ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union to hold special meeting to vote on disbanding and liquidation
Professional Teachers’ Union has already agreed to sell a property which housed one of its two supermarkets to a medical group for HK$175 million. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong seeks success with inno-tech industry
I hope I can offer a different perspective on Hong Kong's inno-tech industry. I am confident that Hong Kong does indeed have a future in innovation and technology. I believe that there are three ... ( read original story ...)
She became a child spy, but her real talent was for business – Anna Wong on growing as an entrepreneur and empowering women
The co-founder of Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide tells Kate Whitehead why she became a child spy and how empowering women has helped her to grow. ( read original story ...)
China to issue billions in sovereign bonds in Hong Kong
China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) plans to issue sovereign bonds totaling 20 billion yuan (3.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region this year. The MOF will issue the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s September home sales head for a record as buyers snap up most of 588 flats offered at three projects
Hong Kong's homebuyers returned to the city's largest weekend property sales in almost a year, snapping up almost 80 per cent of the flats on offer, as sentiments were lifted by an improving economy ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: stringent measures protecting Hong Kong from possible Mu variant risk, says health minister
Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan questioned as to why public wasn’t alerted to risk of new strain sooner; city logs 1 imported case. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: quarantine-free scheme for mainland set to resume ‘soon’, as Hong Kong records zero cases for first time in over a month
Plans to grant entry to residents – and visitors – from mainland China without isolation period will move forward quickly once outbreak across border stabilises, Carrie Lam saysWhile no new Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong takes silver in mixed pair boccia BC4 event
Hong Kong boccia players on Saturday claimed silver in the mixed pair BC4 event at the Tokyo Paralympics after losing 3-2 to Slovakia. It was a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Paralympics: Hong Kong boccia bowlers going for gold after beating Portugal
BC4 pair Vivian Lau Wan-yai and Leung Yuk-wing guarantee silver after 4-1 semi-final win over Portuguese duo but it will be bronze at best for Hong Kong’s BC3 pair after South Korea prove too strong. ( read original story ...)
‘I can’t go home’: Afghans in Hong Kong watch and worry as Taliban sweeps into power
Afghans in Hong Kong don’t believe Islamist militia group has moderated its views, expect return of harsh restrictions for girls, women Sitara left Afghanistan for Hong Kong on August 8, just a week ... ( read original story ...)
Disbanding Hong Kong teachers’ union in HK$175 million property deal with local medical group
Professional Teachers’ Union selling space in Good Hope Building in Mong Kok to Bamboos Health Care Holdings that will use it for office space and screenings. ( read original story ...)
‘I fled Hong Kong for Britain and now China won’t let me have my pension’
Hong Kongers arriving in Britain seeking a new life are being blocked from accessing their retirement savings early because of political interference from China. British National (Overseas) passport ... ( read original story ...)
Healing power of art on display for all to see, thanks to Hong Kong therapists’ new endeavour
When the directorof a small art exhibition in Hong Kong wanted to buy an unassuming illustration, which showed a woman holding up an umbrella under a sky of abstract black and white shapes, he had no ... ( read original story ...)