Following China's decision to ban the BBC World News on the mainland, Hong Kong’s public broadcaster also announced Friday it will no longer carry the British outlet. Radio Television Hong Kong, owned ... ( read original story ...)
Lunar New Year: mindful of national security law, Hong Kong festival market stalls opt for subtle messages on products
Kowloon neighbourhood in Hong Kong, with dozens of booths selling red packets, dried flowers, calligraphic greetings, decorations and more. Shoppers who took a closer look, however, could spot ... ( read original story ...)
Lunar New Year opens with about 25 coronavirus cases as Hong Kong’s hardest-hit sectors plead for more government aid
on Friday as about 25 new cases were expected to greet the first day of the Lunar New Year. Yeung Wai-sing, chairman of the Association for Hong Kong Catering Services Management, told local radio it ... ( read original story ...)
Biden, Xi first phone call: US voices concern over Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Taiwan
In the maiden phone call with Xi, Joe Biden expressed concern on Beijing’s unfair economic practices, Hong Kong crackdown, human right abuses in Xinjiang and its increasing assertiveness in Taiwan. To ... ( read original story ...)
Wave of coronavirus cases brings a tide of racism in Hong Kong
Racism, especially against South Asians, is not a new phenomenon in Hong Kong, whose population is 92 percent ethnic Chinese. But a wave of incidents during the pandemic — including comments from an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong holds scaled-down Lunar New Year fairs amid COVID-19, China crackdown
Hong Kong's Lunar New Year fairs, usually an opportunity to sell creative merchandise critical of the government alongside festive foods and decorations, are subdued this year amid coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong buyers partly responsible for driving UK house price affordability to its worst level in 10 years
A combination of foreign demand, including those from emigrating Hongkongers, and a rush to beat the impending property tax, pushed UK home prices to their most unaffordable level in 10 years, ... ( read original story ...)
CSOP kicks off launch of Hong Kong’s Star Market ETFs
A Chinese asset manager has launched the first Hong Kong exchange traded fund to track China’s Star Market, a Shanghai-based science and technology board that has drawn huge int ... ( read original story ...)
An island in Hong Kong is out of grass for its feral cows, their pasture destroyed by a stampede of campers escaping Covid-19 restrictions
Once grassy pastures that nurtured feral cows on an island in Hong Kong have been reduced to barren dirt by the feet of hordes of hikers and campers escaping coronavirus boredom, leaving the herd ... ( read original story ...)
Bull run in China stocks to continue in Year of the Ox, top Hong Kong MPF managers say
Investors in Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) can continue to bet on Chinese stocks in the Year of the Ox despite some short-term volatility, top performing fund managers said. The 401 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong economy: to ease budget deficits, stop subsidising large companies
Because of its currency peg to the US dollar, Hong Kong does not have an independent monetary policy, which also means that we cannot sustain the current budget deficit in the long run. Article 107 of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Reopens; Astra’s Asthma Drug Helps: Virus Update
The daily number of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. was under 100,000 for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, the first time that’s happened since the week of Nov. 2. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Relax Curbs; Biden’s School Push: Virus Update
Hong Kong will allow restaurant dining-in services until 10 p.m. and relax other social-distancing rules after the Chinese New Year as the city tries to move past a winter coronavirus wave that’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hanfu, traditional Chinese clothing, and the young people in Hong Kong reviving the ancient costumes
With ornate pins in her hair and wearing a long flowing robe with sweeping sleeves over a heavily embroidered gold and purple silk skirt, Veronica Kam Pui-ka blends in nicely at West Kowloon's ... ( read original story ...)