The UK is introducing a visa system that will give millions of people from Hong Kong greater opportunities to live and work in the UK from 31 January. It will also provide them with a route to British ... ( read original story ...)
Two days of total lockdown in a crowded Hong Kong neighborhood
Hong Kong on Monday lifted an unprecedented two-day lockdown on an area in Kowloon’s Yau Ma Tei and Jordan neighborhoods, which restricted some 10,000 people to an area of less than half a square mile ... ( read original story ...)
Kuaishou, TikTok’s rival in China, wants to raise more than $6 billion in Hong Kong IPO
A short-form video app that competes with the Chinese version of TikTok is preparing for what is expected to be the world's largest initial public offering since the coronavirus pandemic began. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong neighborhood locked down after COVID outbreak
Health workers are seen in protective gear inside a locked down portion of the Jordan residential area to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China3, 2021. REUTERS/Tyron ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Kuaishou Aims to Raise up to $5.42 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese online video company Kuaishou Technology is aiming to raise $4.95 billion to $5.42 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) that will be the largest in Hong Kong for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lifts lockdown in Kowloon district after testing 7,000 people
The Hong Kong government lifted a lockdown in an area of Kowloon district in the early hours of Monday after testing about 7,000 people for coronavirus to curb an outbreak in the densely populated ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Crackdown Is an Early Test for Biden
If the Biden administration was aiming to improve relations with China, events in the past few weeks have shown the depth of the chasm that has grown between Washington and Beijing in recent years on ... ( read original story ...)
Most Hong Kong firms plan to boost pay by 3 per cent but pace of hiring set to slow, survey finds
Some 82 per cent of firms will freeze their headcounts while about 35 per cent will either reduce their bonus payouts or offer no extra payment. ( read original story ...)
Kuaishou Seeks to Raise Up to $5.4 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
Kuaishou Technology, the main rival to ByteDance Ltd. in China, is seeking to raise as much as $5.4 billion in Hong Kong in what would be the world’s biggest internet initial public offering since ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Imposes COVID Lockdown in Densely Populated District
The local government in Hong Kong said Saturday that it had locked down one of the territory’s most heavily populated areas to complete mandatory COVID-19 testing of its entire population. Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)
10,000 locked down in their Hong Kong homes to contain virus spread, as cops seal off 200 buildings in crowded district
“Persons subject to compulsory testing are required to stay in their premises until all such persons identified in the area have undergone testing and the test results are mostly ascertained." ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Government declares lockdown in Hong Kong
Officials placed 10,000 residents under COVID-19 lockdown Saturday in a crowded district in Hong Kong. Secretary for Home Affairs Tsui Ying-wai said 3,000 civil servants were deployed in the Jordan ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in city’s first Covid lockdown
Officials plan to test everyone inside a designated zone in the neighbourhood of Jordan within 48 hours ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong orders partial lockdown; Covid fragments found in Sydney sewage
New UK Covid variant may be 30% more deadly, says Johnson; World’s poor need action, not Covid ‘vaccine nationalism’, say experts; Germany’s Covid death toll exceeds 50,000 ... ( read original story ...)