The Hong Kong stock exchange operator's 2021 net profit rose 9% but missed expectations, as China's regulatory crackdowns resulted in fewer listings and struggling markets hurt its investment income. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong starts vaccine requirement for restaurants, stores
Hong Kong launched a vaccination requirement to enter shopping malls, restaurants and a host of other places on Thursday as it battles an expanding omicron outbreak and tries to overcome vaccine hesit ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis-China steps in to steer Hong Kong’s COVID crisis as risks loom
As COVID-19 rages across Hong Kong at the start of a sensitive political year for China and President Xi Jinping, Beijing is determined not to be embarrassed and undermined as it was by the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s January home prices at 11-month low, hit by COVID-19
Hong Kong private home prices dropped for the fourth consecutive month in January to the lowest since February 2021, official data showed on Thursday (Feb 24), as the financial city was hit by a new ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief brushes off concerns over consumption vouchers after being criticised for not offering cash
Hong Kong’s finance chief has sought to play down concerns about the decision to distribute handouts to residents in the form of digital consumption vouchers after being taken to task in some quarters ... ( read original story ...)
A Third of Hong Kong Eateries, Bars, to Close as Curbs Linger
Thousands of bars and restaurants in Hong Kong will shut as some of the world’s toughest Covid restrictions, aimed at taming a record outbreak, deal a heavy blow to the once-vibrant city’s economy. ( read original story ...)
Covid live news: Hong Kong calls for medical staff from China as hospitals are overwhelmed
Hong Kong’s government invokes emergency powers to allow doctors and nurses from the Chinese mainland to help with rising cases ... ( read original story ...)
Parents separated from baby as Hong Kong clings to zero-Covid
Fighting back tears, Laura and Nick struggle to comfort their sobbing 11-month-old daughter, Ava, through a phone screen. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Jan home prices at 11-month low, hit by COVID
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong private home prices dropped for the fourth consecutive month in January to the lowest since February 2021, official data showed on Thursday, as the financial city was ... ( read original story ...)
Besieged Hong Kong fires loud stimulus cannon
Hong Kong’s financial secretary is stuck between a pandemic rock and an economic hard place. Paul Chan on Wednesday laid out a budget for the financial year starting in April dedicating HK$170 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s tiny apartments increase pain of Covid isolation
The city-state’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak has left tens of thousands of patients struggling to isolate themselves from their families in one of the world’s most crowded cities ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong football season may be abandoned after social-distancing measures are extended to April
Omicron surge throws football season into doubt as Hong Kong extends lockdown There are eight teams in the BOC Premier League this season but so far only four rounds out of a total 14 have been ... ( read original story ...)
Rainy days and a ‘listening ear’: did Hong Kong’s finance chief deliver in his budget address?
For Chan, there had been no lack of critical challenges since becoming financial secretary in January 2017, with the city going through several economic and political upheavals. But the current ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Covid-19: Parents separated from baby as city clings to zero-COVID
Fighting back tears, Laura and Nick struggle to comfort their sobbing 11-month-old daughter, Ava, through a phone screen. ( read original story ...)