New Hong Kong textbooks appear to favor Beijing's accounts of history, with the texts stating that the island was never a British colony and describing the 2019 pro-democracy protests as “terrorist ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police chief defends enforcement of Covid-19 rules
The head of the Hong Kong Police Force has defended officers’ enforcement of Covid-19 rules while attending a district council meeting on Tuesday. After the meeting, Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu ... ( read original story ...)
Video of kneeling 12-year-old girl slapped in the face over 20 times by teens goes viral in Hong Kong
A viral video of a 12-year-old girl kneeling and being repeatedly slapped in the face incited a citywide police search for her five assailants in Hong Kong. The 12-year-old victim kneeled as a group ... ( read original story ...)
FirstFT: Hong Kong fund managers plead officials to reopen border
Hong Kong’s fund managers have called on the government to reopen the city’s borders and warned of a “permanent” loss of talent even as Covid-19 cases rose in the Chinese territory. Sally Wong, chief ... ( read original story ...)
The strengthening US dollar has left Hong Kong struggling to protect its currency’s historic peg to the greenback
"The Federal Reserve's rate hike pressure could spread to the Hong Kong dollar market in the next three months," a top strategist said. ( read original story ...)
Watch: Hong Kong’s iconic floating restaurant towed away
Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a tourism icon in Hong Kong's Aberdeen harbour, has been towed away. The restaurant, styled to look like a Chinese imperial palace, closed its doors to the public at the ... ( read original story ...)
Victim of pandemic, Hong Kong floating restaurant towed away
A landmark floating restaurant that fed Cantonese cuisine and seafood to Queen Elizabeth II, Tom Cruise and millions of other diners was towed from the Hong Kong harborfront Tuesday after being closed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Landmark Jumbo Floating Restaurant Towed Away
A landmark floating restaurant that fed Queen Elizabeth II, Tom Cruise and millions of other diners has been towed out of Hong Kong after falling victim to the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fund managers plead with officials to reopen border
Hong Kong’s fund managers have called on the government to reopen the city’s borders and warned of a “permanent” loss of talent even as cases rose in the Chinese territory ... ( read original story ...)
Famed Hong Kong floating restaurant towed away after half a century
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a famed but ageing tourist attraction that featured in multiple Cantonese and Hollywood films, was towed out of the city Tuesday after years of ... ( read original story ...)
Rewritten schoolbooks dispute Hong Kong was a British Colony
Four sets of textbooks for a class on citizenship say the Chinese government never recognised the 19th-century treaties that handed Britain control of Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘will not give in a single inch’ to requests by business chambers, consulates to ease Covid rules, Lam says, citing state officials’ visit and transition of power
Hong Kong’s outgoing leader has said she will not “give in a single inch” to requests by international business chambers and consulates to ease the city’s tough pandemic measures, citing an expected ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese banks cut investment banking staff in Hong Kong during IPO drought
Several major Chinese investment banks in Hong Kong including Haitong International and China Merchants Bank International have reduced staffing in their investment and equity cap ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sees no change in travel curbs, before July 1, depite Covid-19 spike
The increase in number of Covid-19 positive cases in Hong Kong has not brought unbearable pressure on the health care system and that’s attributable to the nature of Omicron hence, authorities will ... ( read original story ...)