To speed up the detection of COVID infections among communities as Hong Kong’s fifth wave of the epidemic saw a daily increase exceeding 3,000, local health authorities are mulling the rollout of ... ( read original story ...)
Xi Jinping’s July 1 speech offers Hong Kong room to transcend petty politics
Taking the long view on 'one country, two systems', President Xi Jinping essentially set the path for the formula to continue beyond 2047 In addressing Hong Kong's uniqueness in his speech, he allowed ... ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong returnees who want to leave again
The teenager is enjoying an extra-long summer holiday before leaving Hong Kong to study in the UK in September. She will be joining her elder brother, who will start at university in England this year ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary by Arthur Cyr: Hong Kong illustrates the terrible truth about Communist China
July 4, American Independence Day, resonates in the grim “celebration” of the twenty-fif China receiving authority over Hong Kong from Britain. On July 1, China President Xi Jinping briefly visited ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong mulls China-style COVID code system – newspaper
Hong Kong is considering to implement a health code system similar to China to fight Covid infections without tightening social-distancing measures, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mulls China-style COVID code system, South China Morning Post reports
Hong Kong is considering to implement a health code system similar to China to fight Covid infections without tightening social-distancing measures, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mulls China-style COVID code system – newspaper
Lo dismissed the concerns on proposed measure to be unpopular with the residents of Hong Kong, arguing it would enhance the freedoms of uninfected residents, the newspaper said citing the health ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residents crossing border at Shenzhen Bay Port can soon book Covid-19 tests online as eager travellers throng checkpoint
New system is aimed at easing crowding at the crossing point as travellers head to mainland China Traffic has intensified after the Shenzhen government increased quota of quarantine hotel rooms Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly 80% of recent Hong Kong travellers planning trips before October
Many Hong Kong travellers are raring to go, according to a recent survey by online travel agency Expedia, with 79% of respondents in the city planning to venture overseas before the end of September. ( read original story ...)
Smallest flats see brisk demand at first Hong Kong home sale after Xi speech underlining desire for larger homes
The sales come less than a fortnight after Xi says in a speech that: “At present, what the people of Hong Kong desire the most is a better life, a bigger flat, more business start-up opportunities, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s finance chief says high-powered land supply, housing bodies to hold meetings this week
Financial Secretary Paul Chan says government will respond to housing crisis 'with determination and courage, but also wisdom and techniques' Steering Committee on Land and Housing Supply and the Task ... ( read original story ...)
Superdrug pays Hong Kong billionaire owner Li Ka-shing £35m
Superdrug has paid out £35m in dividends to its Hong Kong owner Li Ka-shing . The chain, which has about 800 stores across the UK and Ireland, has been under the ownership of Mr Li’s Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong considers coronavirus code system similar to mainland China to contain Covid-positive residents, health minister says
Secretary for Health Dr Lo Chung-mau says the proposed measure would prevent the freedoms of uninfected residents from being affected by Covid-positive people. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mulls coronavirus code system similar to mainland China to contain Covid-positive residents, health minister says
Secretary for Health Dr Lo Chung-mau says proposed measure would prevent freedoms of uninfected residents from being affected by Covid-positive people Governments taking mainland and Macau health code ... ( read original story ...)