The city is attracting young Hongkongers by offering generous subsidies on business costs, access to trade officials and a favourable environment to raise capital. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Imposes COVID Lockdown in Densely Populated District
The local government in Hong Kong said Saturday that it had locked down one of the territory’s most heavily populated areas to complete mandatory COVID-19 testing of its entire population. Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong upstart Greater Bay Airlines formally applies for rights to operate more than 100 routes
The application to take over the routes is a major step for the fledgling airline, but it could face objections from would-be competitorsThe routes were relinquished by now-defunct regional carrier ... ( read original story ...)
10,000 locked down in their Hong Kong homes to contain virus spread, as cops seal off 200 buildings in crowded district
“Persons subject to compulsory testing are required to stay in their premises until all such persons identified in the area have undergone testing and the test results are mostly ascertained." ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Government declares lockdown in Hong Kong
Officials placed 10,000 residents under COVID-19 lockdown Saturday in a crowded district in Hong Kong. Secretary for Home Affairs Tsui Ying-wai said 3,000 civil servants were deployed in the Jordan ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Locks Down 10,000 For Mandatory Covid Testing
Hong Kong's government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, saying 10,000 residents must stay home until they have been tested and the ... ( read original story ...)
Who’s who of mainland financiers in Hong Kong as Mandarin becomes the common tongue for Central’s investment bankers
The changing demographics in Asia’s second-largest capital market has spillover socioeconomic implications in a city grappling with record unemployment and its worst recession in decades。 ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in city’s first Covid lockdown
Officials plan to test everyone inside a designated zone in the neighbourhood of Jordan within 48 hours ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong locks down thousands for compulsory COVID-19 testing
Hong Kong's government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday, saying its 10,000 residents must stay home until all of them have been tested for the new coronavirus and results largely ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong orders partial lockdown; Covid fragments found in Sydney sewage
New UK Covid variant may be 30% more deadly, says Johnson; World’s poor need action, not Covid ‘vaccine nationalism’, say experts; Germany’s Covid death toll exceeds 50,000 ... ( read original story ...)
A lawyer not coming to Hong Kong, a law not enforced
David Perry QC decided this week that he would not after all be coming to Hong Kong to lead the prosecution of nine pro-democracy figures for their part in a peaceful protest in 2019. Actually the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Locks Down Area; N.Y. Vaccines Run Short: Virus Update
Hong Kong is locking down thousands of residents for the first time over the weekend in a bid to contain a worsening outbreak. In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state would on Friday run out ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Imposes City’s First Covid Lockdown in Kowloon Area
Hong Kong is locking down thousands of residents for the first time over the weekend in a bid to contain a worsening outbreak of the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lockdown: anger and confusion over looming Covid-19 restrictions, but to some, move is ‘better than nothing’
Some residents feel a partial lockdown will fail to control the outbreak in the city, as the virus may also spread in other areas, but others feel strict restrictions are necessary to halt a sudden ... ( read original story ...)