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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday she would review COVID restrictions in coming days, as she understands people in the global financial centre are growing increasingly impatient with rules ... ( read original story ...)

Asian markets rallied again Thursday with another blistering surge in tech firms helping Hong Kong extend its recovery from the recent rout, while traders also cheered soothing comments on the US ... ( read original story ...)

Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said during a Wednesday press conference that the region is suffering shortages of supplies such as coffins due to China's ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is running out of coffins as it fights a devastating surge in coronavirus deaths.Kwok Hoi-bong, president of the city’s Funeral Business Association, ... ( read original story ...)

As a COVID-19 outbreak overwhelms Hong Kong, it’s hard for its 7.4 million residents to know what’s next. Uncertainty is the only certainty as store shelves are stripped of goods, mainland Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s crematoriums are straining under the pressure of the world’s highest Covid-19 death rate, while a lockdown in the neighboring mainland China city of Shenzhen risks causing a shortage of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong health authorities reported 29,272 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up from 27,765 on Tuesday and 217 deaths, compared with 228 in the previous 24 hours. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s share benchmark, the Hang Seng index, soared 9% on Wednesday after a senior Chinese official said Beijing would provide more support for the slowing Chinese economy. The surge was a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will close most of the city's beaches, leader Carrie Lam said Wednesday, after photos of maskless residents enjoying sun and surf sparked outrage in mainland China. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s ongoing anti-COVID restrictions are forecast to cost the city’s cinemas HK$1.5 billion ($192 million) in lost box office receipts and cause the unemployment of thousands of people in ... ( read original story ...)

A former top government adviser condemned Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday (Mar 15), calling for her to "resign in shame" over a deadly COVID-19 wave that has clogged the city's healthcare system and ... ( read original story ...)

Having kept COVID-19 at bay for two years, Hong Kong is now experiencing one of the worst outbreaks in the world. ( read original story ...)

Ex-Hong Kong adviser condemns city leader over deadly COVID storm Hong Kong: Hong Kong will close its beaches starting Thursday, local media reported, days after residents enjoying the sand and waves ... ( read original story ...)

Despite having two years to prepare, critics say the government was caught off-guard by a virus outbreak that has killed thousands of unvaccinated seniors. ( read original story ...)