Hong Kong is readying for a surge in travel after the global financial hub ended mandatory COVID-19 hotel quarantine for international arrivals on Monday, with travel companies reporting 10-fold jumps ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong puts 90-year-old cardinal on trial over protest fund
Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop of Hong Kong and outspoken critic of China's ruling Communist Party, went on trial Monday over his role in a relief fund for the city's pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)
End of Hong Kong’s Covid quarantine fuels hope of looser China rules
Hong Kong’s leader, John Lee — best known for overseeing a severe and unpopular security crackdown — sent champagne corks flying around the city’s offices on Friday. In one short announcement, Lee ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cardinal among activists on trial over protest fund
A 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal will go on trial alongside four fellow democracy supporters on Monday over their role in running a fund to help defend people arrested in anti-government protests. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Businesses Push For Full Reopening as Quarantine Ends
Hong Kong’s dismantling of hotel quarantine for arrivals is being met by calls for the city to remove remaining restrictions on travelers to help revive its fortunes as an international financial hub. ( read original story ...)
Swapping Hong Kong for Crewe: ‘We won’t go back’
The BBC has followed families who have moved from Hong Kong to the UK, to see if life is everything they hoped for. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police to deploy large number of officers on National Day next week, chief says
Police Commissioner Raymond Siu also reveals counterterrorism hotline has received more than 6,300 messages since launch in June Force will monitor social media for potential threats in lead-up to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s financial services sector pushes for lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions ahead of major industry summit in November
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee vowed to host a 'successful financial summit' in November amid a competing event in Singapore in the same period The city's financial services sector is calling for ... ( read original story ...)
Traditional Hong Kong restaurants felled by Covid controls
On a corner in Hong Kong’s bustling Yau Ma Tei stood the two-storey Mido Cafe, its blue and yellow window panes, mosaic tiles and ceiling fans creating a moody vibe typical of the city’s old-school ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to end mandatory hotel quarantines for travelers, but some testing requirements remain
Travelers rushed to book tickets to Hong Kong following the announcement of the policy change taking effect Sept. 26. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Ease Pandemic-era Travel Rules Next Week
Hong Kong will eliminate its mandatory 3-day hotel quarantine and ease testing rules next week, ending one of the last strict pandemic-era travel quarantine measures left in the world. Starting Sept. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong scraps hotel quarantine, PCR test before departure for incoming travellers
Hong Kong's leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travellers to quarantine in designated hotels as it seeks to remain competitive and open up globally after nearly two years. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong removes international travel quarantine after more than two years
Though the city kept local cases to a minimum for the first two years of the pandemic, Hong Kong experienced an explosive outbreak of the highly infectious Omicron variant earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to scrap COVID hotel quarantine
STORY: Hong Kong’s government has announced it will scrap its COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy for all arrivals.More than 2.5 years after it first came into effect, the controversial system will end ... ( read original story ...)