Even after city moves to meet Beijing’s conditions for reopening border, firms still frustrated that long-awaited easing has yet to happen. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Ocean Park posts HK$31.8 million deficit despite government bailouts as Covid-19 blights annual performance figures
Hong Kong's Ocean Park has slumped into a HK$31.8 million (US$4 million) deficit after posting a HK$1.92 billion surplus just a year earlier, even with the government pumping large sums of cash into ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to tighten COVID-19 rules with hope that China reopens
HONG KONG >> Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Tighten Its Strict Quarantine Rules
Carrie Lam, the city’s chief executive, said Hong Kong planned to strengthen its quarantine requirements in an effort to allow residents to travel to mainland China without quarantining. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to further tighten Covid travel restrictions, despite business warnings and low no. of infections
Hong Kong will tighten coronavirus travel restrictions to bring it more into line with the Chinese mainland, its leader said Tuesday, as the city extended its streak of more than two months without a ... ( read original story ...)
Can Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing, the tycoon dubbed ‘superman’, save the planet with ‘edible plastic’, seaweed food cartons?
Li’s Horizons Ventures says its investments in sustainability projects from ‘edible plastic’ to animal-free leather can soon be scaled up to production level and make a real impact on the global ... ( read original story ...)
This NY Startup Has A Biomaterial Solution For Leather. It Just Got $550K To Scale It.
Bucha Bio, the New York startup growing sustainable biomaterials from renewable bacterial-nanocellulose, has secured funding to scale up. ( read original story ...)
This French Startup Makes Vegan Seafood From Algae and Got A €2M Grant For It
Algama Foods, a French startup harnessing the power of algae and microalgae to ... she is always looking into the latest climate stories in Hong Kong and beyond. A long-time vegan, she also hopes to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton to start Super Fast on Sha Tin’s dirt
FRANCIS Lui’s SUPER FAST rates the best bet of the afternoon, when racing resumes with an eight-race programme on the dirt surface ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to axe most quarantine exemptions in bid to satisfy Beijing concerns over border reopening
City leader Carrie Lam says recommendation emerged from a recent meeting between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese health experts. ( read original story ...)
Alliance Group International Celebrates NowCompare.com 10-year Expat Aggregator Anniversary
Nowcompare.com, the world's first expat insurance and financial aggregator website, celebrates the 10th anniversary of its launch in Hong ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Airdoc Tech, UJU tap Hong Kong IPO market
Beijing Airdoc Technology, a developer of artificial intelligence-powered medical software, has kicked off book building for an up-to HK$1.8bn ($232.9m) listing, the third IPO in Hong Kong this week. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Tightens Covid Rules— Despite No Local Outbreaks—As It Bids For Quarantine Free Travel With China
Industry groups have warned that further tightening of Covid rules could impact Hong Kong’s status as a global business hub. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong rejects banks’ call to discard zero-Covid
Hong Kong’s government says it will stick to its “zero infection” strategy on Covid-19, rebuffing a plea from global banks for the city to ease its strict quarantine policy and set a clearer timeline ... ( read original story ...)