Coronavirus: more than 500 doctors, health care workers in Hong Kong join...
More than 500 doctors, nurses and health care professionals in Hong Kong public hospitals have threatened to go on strike after penning strongly worded letters to officials, demanding immediate action...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong banks to close up to 30 per cent of branches as a...
The scare over the contagious coronavirus outbreak has spread to the Hong Kong banking sector, with the city’s de facto central bank warning 20-30 per cent of branches of various banks will be closed,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hongkongers’ online orders for masks cancelled as overseas...
Hongkongers struggling to buy surgical masks in the city to protect themselves against the Wuhan coronavirus have also had online orders cancelled, as overseas suppliers reported a lack of supply.The...
View ArticleDouble whammy of coronavirus and protests is about to send Hong Kong’s home...
Hong Kong’s famously expensive home prices fell in December and are likely to slide further in the coming months as authorities try to bring the Chinese coronavirus under control, said property...
View ArticleCoronavirus: visitor arrivals from mainland drop nearly 30 per cent after...
The number of mainland Chinese visitors entering Hong Kong dropped 29.6 per cent on Thursday, as an array of emergency measures took effect to reduce cross-border travel and contain the spread of the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong restaurant group calls for border closure, says virus...
A group of Hong Kong restaurant owners has joined the chorus of calls for the border’s complete closure, saying the deadly Wuhan coronavirus has hit businesses even harder than months of civil...
View ArticleCoronavirus: thousands of public hospital staff to vote on strike action on...
Thousands of doctors, nurses and other hospital staff in Hong Kong are threatening to go on strike next week if the government continues to ignore their demands to completely close the border with...
View ArticleHong Kong woman dies after falling into coma during liposuction surgery in...
A 35-year-old Hong Kong woman died after falling into a coma during a liposuction procedure this week in a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul, South Korean police said Friday.“The woman fell into a coma...
View ArticleCoronavirus: number of cases in Hong Kong could jump almost 2,000 per cent in...
Hong Kong could see an almost 2,000 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus over the next two weeks as people return to the city from mainland China after the Lunar New Year...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Lawmaker, local factory team for reusable, antibacterial masks,...
Hong Kong’s textile industry could start making and selling reusable surgical masks using an antibacterial fabric within 10 days amid the city’s ongoing shortage, a lawmaker for the sector said on...
View ArticleCoronavirus: top Hong Kong medical school flouts health guidelines as it lets...
Hong Kong’s top medical school has come under fire for flouting the government’s health guidelines designed to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has decided...
View ArticleAs coronavirus spreads, so do spurious online claims about it in Hong Kong
A surge in fake news surrounding face masks in recent days has left the Hong Kong government and social media platforms trying to stem a tide of misinformation shared among city residents.While worries...
View ArticleHong Kong universities impose forced quarantine on students returning from...
All eight publicly funded universities in Hong Kong have told students returning from holiday in Hubei province or any parts of mainland China they must self-quarantine for two weeks, amid the...
View ArticleMacau’s calm, organised handling of coronavirus crisis puts Hong Kong panic...
Long queues have appeared at retailers and pharmacies across Hong Kong in recent days, while arguments with shopkeepers have broken out as Hongkongers desperately try to get their hands on face masks...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong law student living in Wuhan rarely ventures out these...
For Chen Yijing, a Hong Kong resident in Wuhan, living in the epicentre of an epidemic that has stirred fears the world over is not nearly as scary as some might imagine.Chen, who is studying at Wuhan...
View ArticleCoronavirus: century-old Heritage Lodge in Lai Chi Kok designated as Hong...
A century-old heritage hotel in Lai Chi Kok has been designated by the government as a shelter to quarantine people who have had close contact with patients of the deadly coronavirus after plans for a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: public hospital heads urge staff to rethink strikes over border...
The heads of public hospitals in Hong Kong appealed to staff on Saturday to refrain from launching any strikes, with the city’s health minister shedding tears as she expressed concern over the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: masks, hand sanitisers mark tourism experience for visitors in...
For New Yorker John Austin Deming, his first time in Hong Kong has been an experience of donning face masks and arming himself with a hand sanitiser and a small bottle of oral mist spray.The...
View ArticleHong Kong churches adapt to Wuhan coronavirus fears by live-streaming...
Churches in Hong Kong will carry on with their services or mass on Sunday, but in a new format – live streaming – under the spectre of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus outbreakThe contagion, which the...
View ArticleHong Kong parents demand government cover tuition fees for...
The Hong Kong government’s suspension of kindergartens and schools for all of February in a bid to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus has sparked outcry among some parents, who are furious...
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