Hong Kong's public hospitals have announced a major overhaul of their Covid-19 infection control protocols, including a second test for all inpatients, following a recent outbreak at a facility. In a ... ( read original story ...)
China Rejects U.S. Call to Release Hong Kong Fugitives
China urged the United States to stop using the Hong Kong issue to interfere with its domestic affairs on Monday, after the U.S. embassy called for the release of 12 Hong Kong fugitives on trial in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: Covid-19 in sewage samples leads to mandatory testing for residents of public housing block, as city expects more than 60 new cases
All residents of a Wong Tai Sin public housing block with 731 flats will be required to undergo mandatory Covid-19 testing after Hong Kong's sewage monitoring programme detected coronavirus in waste ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. embassy urges China to release 12 Hong Kong fugitives
The U.S. embassy in China has called upon Chinese authorities to immediately release 12 fugitives from Hong Kong and permit them to depart the country on Monday, according to a statement released on ... ( read original story ...)
Protest granny ‘prepared to die’ for Hong Kong’s freedoms
For Ms Wong, the flag — which is despised by the Chinese Communist party as representing British colonial rule in Hong Kong — was the ultimate symbol of defiance. Authorities ran out of patience in ... ( read original story ...)
Peak performance: the glorious highs of Hong Kong’s trail runs
Having moved to Hong Kong from Paris, I was completely new to trail running. Parisians are, by default, not very outdoorsy. But Hong Kong’s beautiful landscapes are impossible to resist — even to the ... ( read original story ...)
Holidays in Hong Kong: with more housing on the way, you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone
WITH A PINK HOTEL, A BOTIQUE AND A SWINGIN' HOTSPOT It would appear the mutant virus successfully became the Grinch that tried to take away our holiday fun, and like many people I had to break it to ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble unlikely for now, but commerce minister urges patience, says vaccines offer sliver of hope
Hong Kong's commerce minister is not optimistic about resuming talks on the postponed travel bubble with Singapore, citing the surging Covid-19 pandemic worldwide, but he has offered a sliver of hope ... ( read original story ...)
How son’s asthma diagnosis set dad on a mission to find its cause, and led to a new career tackling air pollution in Hong Kong
In 2007, Saketaram Soussilane and his wife, Christelle, were working in finance in Paris but keen for a change of scenery. Hong Kong ticked all the right boxes: it was safe, multicultural and had ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: ‘super spreader’ patient at public hospital triggers review of preventive measures as 59 new cases confirmed in Hong Kong
An elderly Covid-19 patient in a public palliative care ward became a "super spreader" who infected at least 14 others, prompting officials to pledge to do more to contain the outbreak and strengthen ... ( read original story ...)
China can still salvage ‘one country, two systems’ in Hong Kong – here’s how
Fears that Beijing will renege on autonomy promises is only encouraging calls for independence from mainland China. ( read original story ...)
People’s Daily Slams Hong Kong Court for Releasing Lai on Bail
Hong Kong’s High Court’s decision to grant bail to media tycoon Jimmy Lai is “unbelievable,” according to a commentary in the mouthpiece of China’s Communist Party, which warned there are legal ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong teachers come up with video clips to help deaf students with online learning amid Covid-19 pandemic
Two Hong Kong teachers have come up with video clips to make economics classes fun and easy for hundreds of deaf students preparing for university entrance exams amid a lack of suitable online ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing mouthpiece slams Hong Kong court for granting ‘extremely dangerous’ Jimmy Lai bail, warns China can take over his national security law case
Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily on Sunday blasted a Hong Kong court for granting bail to media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, warning that the mainland had "sufficient legal grounds ... ( read original story ...)