Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong says concerns raised by domestic worker employment agencies over the ban’s impact on the city’s supply of helpers were overblown. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: 14-day travel ban to Hong Kong leaves Filipino domestic worker stranded, feeling ‘helpless’
The 34-year-old Filipino boarded the bus at 10.30pm on April 18 and was due to get her final medical tests done before flying to Hong Kong to start work as a domestic worker. Her excitement turned ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong can’t innovate like Shenzhen. But it can be an experimental hub for tech
Well over 50 years ago now, as a small boy in Africa, I told my friends that I was going to move to Hong Kong. They had no idea where it was, but they had all heard of it. "Made in Hong Kong! Made in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exam students take change of venue over Covid-19 risks in their stride
Hong Kong university entrance exams enter second day, with 12,000 sitting chemistry test. Some candidates have to use exam authority’s Lai King assessment centre after Shung Tak Catholic English ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong buyers pile into Sun Hung Kai’s new flats in Tuen Mun on hopes of a speedy recovery
Hong Kong’s property market, the world’s most expensive, recovered better than expected in the first quarter after being walloped by the outbreak of Covid-19 last year. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Hyper-Competitive Kindergartens
In most cases, a “good head start” means attendance at an elite kindergarten. Hong Kong’s fully privatized early childhood education system is driven by the philosophy of parental choice ... ( read original story ...)
India’s ‘buoyant’ startup culture shut out of global SPAC hunt
The number of SPAC deals that have taken Indian companies public on the US stock exchanges remains stuck at exactly three"-even as an estimated $120 billion in capital seeks deals in Asia. Rules aimed ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land celebrates strategic milestone with the opening of “The Ring, Chongqing”, a new “urban-nature community” development
Hongkong Land today celebrated the official launch of "The Ring, Chongqing ", its inaugural lifestyle retail series. As the Group's first wholly-owned commercial development project in Southwest China ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land unveils Kidzplorer: A US$33 million strategic investment innovatively designed to integrate edutainment with lifestyle retailing
Hongkong Land today officially opened Kidzplorer, a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) oriented play-centre now fully integrated into its first wholly-owned commercial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s business sentiment improves amid abating COVID-19: survey
HONG KONG, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The overall business sentiment improved in Hong Kong alongside the receding COVID-19 pandemic locally, an official survey showed on Friday. According to the survey of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong journalist speaks after conviction over database search
An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has been found guilty of improperly searching ... Her conviction comes at a time of deepening concerns over press freedom in the international business hub as ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing’s national security permanent office gets new site at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon waterfront after land grant from city government
in Hong Kong will be set up at the West Kowloon waterfront following ... Authorities on Friday did not reveal when construction would start at the West Kowloon site, as well as a completion date, and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ICT Awards 2021 opens for enrolment
Since its debut in 2006, the HKICTA has endeavoured to recognise and promote outstanding ICT inventions and applications, thereby encouraging the pursuit of innovation and excellence among Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)
Will national security law force exodus of Hong Kong’s teachers, students over fears of shrinking academic freedom?
Rise in number of teachers resigning and students pulling out of school to emigrate, survey shows, as concerns over new ‘red lines’ grow. ( read original story ...)