Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s fearful bar industry braces for alcohol-sales ban as...
Hong Kong’s bars and restaurants were wracked by uncertainty on Tuesday, awaiting the start of a liquor-sales ban that industry insiders warned could wipe out thousands of establishments, as a city...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong bar trade renews attack on proposed alcohol ban as...
Hong Kong’s food and drinks sector again blasted a proposed ban on alcohol sales in bars and restaurants to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, as the city’s leader said on Tuesday the government...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s homeless ‘McRefugees’ scramble for places to stay as...
Catching Covid-19 and sleeping in hospital is preferable to fighting for a space in a Hong Kong park, says homeless man Tony, whose favoured spot, an all-night McDonald’s branch, will no longer be an...
View ArticleCoronavirus exposes cultural divide in Hong Kong as some expats shun masks...
Hongkongers fleeing the deepening coronavirus crisis abroad have fuelled a surge in domestic cases, as well as increasing resentment towards city expats accused of complacency during the health...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hongkongers sending surgical masks overseas as shortages hit...
Hongkongers who once scrambled to buy face masks to protect themselves from Covid-19 now queue up to send them to family and friends overseas, amid a global shortage of the protective gear.Residents...
View ArticleTougher measures against coronavirus may come this week as Hong Kong fights...
Hong Kong may roll out even tougher measures as early as this week to deal with an alarming resurgence of coronavirus infections, as the city fights to contain both community clusters and a daily tally...
View ArticleCoronavirus: with alcohol ban looming, Hong Kong bars, restaurants announce...
Dozens of restaurants and bars around Central’s entertainment district have temporarily shut their doors as the coronavirus epidemic batters the industry, while those staying open in famed pub hub Lan...
View ArticleCoronavirus measures help Hong Kong flu season end early
Health experts have said social distancing and increased awareness resulting from the coronavirus pandemic helped end Hong Kong’s winter influenza season nine weeks earlier this time than last year,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: was Carrie Lam’s plan to enforce alcohol ban just a threat to...
A proposal by Hong Kong’s leader to ban bars and restaurants from selling alcohol to limit the spread of the coronavirus has gotten off to a rocky start, with industry figures ready to challenge the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong cabinet to rethink strategy for combating outbreak as...
A public backlash is forcing Hong Kong’s government to reconsider a controversial plan to ban the sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants and seek other ways of enforcing further social distancing, as...
View ArticleCK Life is poised to distribute test kits to help Hong Kong speed up...
CK Life Sciences International Holdings, the pharmaceutical unit of one of Hong Kong’s largest conglomerates, said it is introducing test kits to help the city’s hospitals and laboratories speed up...
View ArticleHongkongers staying home to avoid Covid-19 are behind forecast doubling of...
Hongkongers spending their cash online while staying home to avoid the coronavirus have fuelled a record HK$1.2 billion in forecast orders for outspoken businessman Ricky Wong Wai-kay’s internet...
View ArticleCoronavirus: officials defend Hong Kong’s home-quarantine measures as experts...
Officials in Hong Kong insisted on Thursday that home-quarantine measures without coronavirus tests or tracking wristbands for arrivals from mainland China were sufficient despite medical and IT...
View ArticleCoronavirus: final testing of Hong Kong dog’s blood concludes it was infected
Final testing has confirmed that the 17-year-old Pomeranian revealed as the first dog to catch the coronavirus was infected because antibodies were found in its blood, according to Hong Kong’s animal...
View ArticleWorld’s costliest offices are poised to enter tenants’ market as Hong Kong...
Hong Kong’s notoriously pricey office rental sector is fast becoming a tenants’ market as last year’s protest movement and the current coronavirus pandemic have prompted struggling companies to bail on...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Tao Heung Holdings to suspend dinner services at all of its 48...
Leading restaurant group Tao Heung Holdings will suspend dinner services at all of its 48 Chinese restaurants for two weeks from Saturday as Hong Kong is set to launch tougher strategies to contain the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 19 new Hong Kong infections linked to growing nightlife cluster,...
Hong Kong has recorded 19 new cases linked to a cluster involving musicians who performed in bars, including at the popular nightlife hub of Lan Kwai Fong, bringing the total number of such infections...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong to limit public gatherings to four and shut cinemas,...
People in Hong Kong will no longer be allowed to assemble in groups of more than four, and leisure venues for public gatherings will be closed, under the toughest social distancing measures the...
View ArticlePost-surgery complications claim life of young Hong Kong lung transplant...
A 24-year-old Hong Kong woman who received a successful lung transplant after a public campaign for a donor last month passed away on Friday morning due to post-operative infections, according to...
View ArticleLanguage barriers: some Hong Kong restaurants still cite Covid-19 in turning...
Among the countless Post-it notes bearing anti-government messages outside Kwong Wing Cafe in Hong Kong’s bustling Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood, one notice stands out: “Our staff can only speak...
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