The most likely scenario for Hong Kong’s exit from its isolation is to wait for China to finish developing a powerful mRNA vaccine and immunize its 1.4 billion people, the European Chamber of Commerce ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airport Passenger Volumes Lowest Since 1967: Chart
Air passenger volumes in Hong Kong continued their free fall last year, plunging to 1.35 million, the lowest since 1967, data from the Airport Authority Hong Kong and the city’s Census and Statistics ... ( read original story ...)
Fed Rate Hikes Would Hit Hong Kong’s Economy at the Worst Time
The last thing Hong Kong wants to do right now is increase borrowing costs. But that’s exactly what it will be forced to do when the Federal Reserve starts lifting interest rates. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Official Likely Out of Job After Violating COVID Protocols to Attend Party
"I will take responsibility for my wrong behavior," the official said in a social media post. "I will also learn from this and not make this mistake again." ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong expands restrictions after hundreds of COVID-19 cases discovered at public housing complex
Hong Kong authorities have expanded their lockdown restrictions after hundreds of residents at a public housing complex tested positive for COVID-19, The Associated Press reported. The housing block ... ( read original story ...)
CityLab Daily: Hong Kong Covid Zero Push Creates a Labor Shortage
Hong Kong’s Covid Zero policy has led to a shortage of foreign d. A group of mostly Filipina and Indonesian women provide live-in child care, cooking and cleaning to 10% of households, and serve as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong COVID-19 cluster in housing prompts partial lockdown
Hong Kong expanded a partial lockdown and tightened pandemic restrictions on Tuesday (Jan 25) after more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were discovered at a public housing estate. Hong Kon ... ( read original story ...)
Wells Fargo Said to Eye Sale of $1 Billion Hong Kong Bank Stake
Wells Fargo & Co. is considering a sale of its minority stake in a Hong Kong lender, as the U.S. bank continues to unload assets as part of a turnaround plan, people with knowledge of the matter said. ( read original story ...)
A Hong Kong journalist’s ‘survivor’s guilt’ amid media clampdown
A journalist who moved to Taiwan spoke to DW about her experiences.Anita can still vividly recall the traumatized feeling that she had when she saw notifications about news from Hong Kong on her phone ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong virus cluster in housing prompts partial lockdown
Hong Kong expanded a partial lockdown and tightened pandemic restrictions Tuesday after more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were discovered at a public housing estate. Hong Kong has already suspended many ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader skips mask to highlight ‘solemn’ effort against COVID
"at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url=" KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended herself on Tuesday against criticism for not wearing a face mask at newsconferences, saying it was so ... ( read original story ...)
Carrie Lam confirms Hong Kong home affairs chief’s suspension extended until inquiry into his attendance at infamous birthday bash concludes
Chief executive says the results of a probe into 15 officials who attended a birthday party visited by two coronavirus patients will be announced before the start of the Lunar New Year She added that ... ( read original story ...)
Fighting COVID, solemn-faced Hong Kong leader explains maskless appearances
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended herself against criticism on Tuesday by saying she appears for newsconferences without a face mask so that people could see how "solemn" she was when talking about ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defends decision to shed mask at certain events
Characterising the move as part of her ‘duty as the chief executive’, Lam says a mask would not allow the public ‘to see for themselves’ what she is feeling. ( read original story ...)