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Wave of pledges as Hong Kong people pull together

YOUNG PEOPLE, property tycoons, pop stars and truck drivers are pulling together to fight the Omicron wave in Hong Kong. There was a wave of pledges yesterday. Here are 12 things that people are doing. Hong Kong youth groups said they’d co-ordinate a free transportation service to move nurses, doctors, and medical goods Property tycoon Peter Lee Ka-kit…

February 19, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

News

New strain of Covid is stalking, killing people in this town

Forty-six sudden deaths leave community in shock New BA.2 strain producing worrying results in trials Health officials’ worst fears have emerged in densely populated city A KILLER HAS COME TO TOWN. In Hong Kong, 46 lives have been snatched at high speed by a strain of Covid in a shocked city which has been astonishingly free of…

February 18, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

Hong Kong lacks the healthcare facilities to ‘live with the virus’

The city doesn’t have enough hospital beds to follow UK model Numbers will hit 10,000 within days at current rates of growth China’s 2-4-24 strategy to protect citizens has been shown to work Mainland techniques such as universal testing can be implemented here HONG KONG IS NOW reporting the highest number of Covid-19 infections since…

February 14, 20220Comments ByChow Pak-chin

Opinion

We need to work harder on branding Hong Kong

Attempts to create a clear and positive brand for Hong Kong have been made for 20 years, but we all need to work together to make a success of it, argues Dr Norman Law CITY BRANDING, WHICH deals primarily with planning, organizing and communicating the image of a city, has been on the agenda of…

February 14, 20220Comments ByNorman Law

Features

Hong Kongers who have retired over the border

MANY HONG KONG people have opted to go north for retirement. Currently, more than 500,000 Hongkongers, many of them elderly people, have already moved to the Mainland. They benefit from the SAR government’s special schemes for Guangdong and Fujian, which allow eligible seniors across the border to receive monthly welfare payments from Hong Kong.…

February 4, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Features

How Hong Kong youngsters are getting TikTok back

IF YOU LIVE IN Hong Kong, you’re officially banned from accessing TikTok, the world’s fastest growing social app. But ever since the US branch of the company blocked Hongkongers from accessing it, smart youngsters have been getting around the problem. Keep reading and we’ll show you how to do it too. Or check out the…

January 31, 20220Comments ByAleesha Naqvi

Opinion

Zero Covid: reactions to NZ versus China

It's amusing to compare the rapturous headlines from when New Zealand achieved zero covid, not long ago, to today's negative ones for China; This report can be read as text, by scrolling down, or watched as a video, by clicking here. HAVE YOU HEARD what the Chinese are doing now? They are forcing their citizens…

January 24, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Under the surface, a very different Hong Kong story

The widely reported narrative that Beijing tried to impose a law to snatch dissidents from Hong Kong in 2019 was never true Peaceful demonstrators quickly fled the protests as they realized something dark, violent, and well-organized lay just below the surface The media simply relayed stories and numbers they were given by one side,…

January 20, 20220Comments ByMichael Edesess

News

US flights banned as HK sacrifices CNY fairs

OMICRON IS AIRBORNE now, forcing scientists in one of the world’s most Covid-proof cities to scramble for new measures. Hong Kong has banned all flights from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France and the Philippines until February 4. Lunar New Year Fairs are all cancelled—a major sacrifice in a community for which the annual…

January 15, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

All change at Legco

A new regular feature, Friday Numbers, highlights data in Hong Kong and mainland China TODAY IS THE first session of Legislative Council under the new electoral arrangements. As the first in series of Friday Numbers, we walk you through important figures which you may not be aware of in other media. Image…

January 12, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Wave of pledges as Hong Kong people pull together

New strain of Covid is stalking, killing people in this town

Hong Kong lacks the healthcare facilities to ‘live with the virus’

We need to work harder on branding Hong Kong

Hong Kongers who have retired over the border

How Hong Kong youngsters are getting TikTok back

Zero Covid: reactions to NZ versus China

Under the surface, a very different Hong Kong story

US flights banned as HK sacrifices CNY fairs

All change at Legco

Hong Kong now has world’s top insurance penetration rate

Space: a new business frontier is opening up over our heads

2,600+ Chinese Mainland companies open offices in Hong Kong