Coronavirus: Hongkongers caring for special needs individuals at ‘breaking...
Nine out of 10 Hongkongers caring for family members with special needs have felt increasingly helpless amid the coronavirus epidemic, a new survey calling for government financial support shows.The...
View ArticleMask scam in Hong Kong preying on coronavirus desperation cons seven people...
A Hong Kong woman was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of cheating more than HK$3 million out of seven people wanting to buy surgical masks during the coronavirus epidemic.Police said they received...
View ArticleUnsung heroes: 5 Asian women transcending gender roles
Sundaram Thakur, 20, was born and bred in New Delhi, India’s capital. Although her family has supported her education and she eventually became a student leader at a top university, Thakur is acutely...
View ArticleUnemployment in Hong Kong soars, leaving workers from all walks of life...
Hong Kong chef Wong Bing-kuen, 62, visits one restaurant after another looking for a job during the day, and sleeps on the upper deck of a bunk bed at night.Wong, a chef for more than 40 years, lost...
View ArticleCoronavirus epidemic will not end this year, Hong Kong’s leading...
The Covid-19 epidemic caused by the coronavirus will not end this year as the contagion has spread worldwide, a leading microbiologist from Hong Kong has said.Professor Yuen Kwok-yung from the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records third death as five more cases confirmed,...
Hong Kong recorded its third death from the coronavirus on Sunday, as five more people were confirmed to have contracted the disease, the city’s health authorities announced, taking the total tally of...
View ArticlePepper spray, arrests in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district again as planned rally...
Chaos returned to the streets of Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Sunday afternoon, as a planned rally against a clinic for suspected Covid-19 patients turned into an anti-government march.Police...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong urged to get tough on travel controls for arrivals...
Should Hong Kong follow mainland China and Macau to start imposing travel restrictions and quarantine rules on arrivals from countries that have been worse hit than the city by the coronavirus...
View ArticleCoronavirus: driver, 44, latest confirmed case in Hong Kong, bringing total...
A 44-year-old man, who works as a driver for a previously confirmed Covid-19 patient, is the latest reported case of coronavirus infection in Hong Kong.At a regular press conference on Monday, Dr...
View ArticleExperts give backing to more smart lamp posts across Hong Kong but call for...
A government plan to introduce about 400 multifunctional lamp posts across Hong Kong should go ahead but with their cameras removed and other safeguards created to allay public concerns about privacy...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s private clinics set to launch Covid-19 testing, but...
A plan to begin coronavirus testing at Hong Kong’s private clinics has received a lukewarm reception from the medical sector, amid concerns about infection risks, administrative overload and potential...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s international schools face financial uncertainty as...
Many of Hong Kong’s international schools might be facing financial uncertainty, as tentative start dates for the new term have been pushed back to April 20. These schools account for 5 per cent of the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: more students return to Hong Kong international school despite...
More pupils have begun returning to an international school in Hong Kong despite the coronavirus epidemic forcing education bosses to suspend classes until April 20, the Post has learned.The revelation...
View ArticleHong Kong’s daily coronavirus tally hits 5, taking infected total to 120
Hong Kong’s confirmed Covid-19 cases for Tuesday increased to five after two more infections were revealed, bringing the city’s total to 120, while a woman who was thought to have recovered tested...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong secondary schools should reopen first, say teachers,...
Schools in Hong Kong should reopen in stages when the coronavirus shutdown ends, with senior secondary pupils returning first in late April and some younger children staying at home until May,...
View ArticleDaily coronavirus tally for Hong Kong rises to 9, with all members of an...
A Cathay Pacific flight attendant and six more members of a tour group that recently visited Egypt were among the nine new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Hong Kong on Wednesday, taking the city total to...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong Buddhist temple linked to Covid-19 cluster ‘sincerely...
A Buddhist hall in Hong Kong on Wednesday apologised for not shutting its temple and suspending gatherings sooner, after multiple worshippers and its own master contracted Covid-19.Breaking its silence...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong families awaiting public housing flats taken for...
Just 15 per cent of the 4,670 families who have seen their public housing dreams delayed by the government’s quarantine needs are willing to move elsewhere, a new internal study shows, while discontent...
View ArticleCoronavirus: upheaval for 400 children as Hong Kong kindergarten warns it...
An international kindergarten in Hong Kong has warned it will fold in the summer – leaving more than 400 pupils in limbo – as class suspensions to tackle the coronavirus epidemic have badly hit its...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s new quarantine measures for Europe leave tour...
The latest tightening of Hong Kong’s coronavirus quarantine measures, resulting in the cancellation of numerous outbound tours to Europe, has prompted the city’s struggling tour operators to call on...
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