Hong Kong workers on unpaid leave struggle to find part-time jobs, unsure...
With no games or income because of the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong hockey player Chris Tso Tsz-fung is working part-time delivering food.Dressed in his sports outfit and trainers, the 26-year-old...
View ArticleFood, glorious food! What’s next is the question, Hongkongers eat it all,...
Food occupies such a big place in Hong Kong culture and in Hongkongers’ stomachs, for that matter. Locals love all kinds of food. Whether it’s served on a skewer from a street food stall, plastic...
View ArticleOne in four Hong Kong Covid-19 patients had travelled to places outside...
One in four Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong travelled to places outside the pandemic’s new epicentres in Europe and North America, a Post analysis has found.The findings have sparked calls for mandatory...
View ArticleHong Kong to step up Covid-19 surveillance and may make all air travellers...
Hong Kong health authorities will step up Covid-19 surveillance and are considering making all air travellers remain in specific locations until their coronavirus test results are known, despite the...
View ArticleHong Kong must brace for ‘catastrophe’ if coronavirus infections explode into...
Hong Kong has no room to let its guard down and must brace for a “catastrophic” scenario should the number of daily coronavirus infections surge into the hundreds, the city’s health authority chief has...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong students might return to half-day classes before...
If Hong Kong schools do resume before the summer break begins in July, students might be taking only half a day of classes to minimise coronavirus infection risks, the education chief says.Any...
View ArticleCoronavirus: ‘I don’t want to infect my children,’ says Hong Kong sex worker
Cici, a mother of two young girls, has been a sex worker in Hong Kong for about four years. But she is now struggling to make ends meet in one of the most expensive cities in the world.“I never...
View ArticleNo need for lockdown: pandemic restrictions plus citizens’ response helped...
Hong Kong’s mix of pandemic restrictions were sufficient to help slow the spread of Covid-19 without resorting to a lockdown of the city, a study by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has found.If the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: pregnant Hong Kong mother stuck in Pakistan asks when, if ever,...
Hong Kong-native Somera Khan was expecting to give birth to her third child safely in one of the city’s hospitals in June. But instead the young woman is trapped more than 4,000km away in a small...
View ArticleAs Hong Kong records first local coronavirus infection in 10 days, city...
Hong Kong recorded two new Covid-19 infections on Sunday including its first local case in 10 days, as a health expert said social-distancing measures were likely to be extended to ensure there was no...
View ArticleCoronavirus: enough data not available to enlist Covid-19 as an occupational...
Hong Kong’s labour minister said on Sunday enough data was not available to support the listing of Covid-19 as an occupational disease, drawing criticism from unionists who accused the government of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Indian businessman jailed in Hong Kong for breaking quarantine laws
A Hong Kong court has jailed the first non-resident for leaving their quarantine site without permission during the coronavirus pandemic.Deepak Kumar, 31, was sentenced to four weeks behind bars on...
View ArticleCoronavirus: three Hong Kong bar operators charged with breaking government...
Three bar operators have been charged with violating a government order to close all bars and pubs amid the coronavirus pandemic.Prosecutors told Kowloon City Court on Monday that two venues in Tsim...
View ArticleCoronavirus: zero new infections in Hong Kong but authorities say social...
Hong Kong had zero new coronavirus infections to report on Monday for the first time in nearly two months, but health officials and experts tempered hopes of a turnaround with warnings that the risks...
View ArticleCoronavirus: lockdowns are not the reason Hong Kong and South Korea are...
Three months after reporting their first cases of the novel coronavirus, Hong Kong and South Korea are showing societies throughout the world that there is light at the end of the coronavirus...
View ArticleCoronavirus: with infection rate slowing to a crawl, is it time for...
Hong Kong residents have been geared up for months to guard against Covid-19 infection risks. Face masks and hand sanitisers are now necessary items for almost everyone when going out, while people are...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong government extends restrictions in city for another...
Hong Kong’s leader has announced a two-week extension of the temporary ban on some businesses in the city opening, as well as on public gatherings of more than four people.Bars, pubs, beauty salons,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong police hand out HK$66,000 in fines after breaking up...
More than 30 people have been fined a total of HK$66,000 (US$8,500) under social-distancing laws after being found together at a Hong Kong park, police said on Tuesday.Responding to a complaint about...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong reports 4 cases after day of zero infections as...
Hong Kong reported four more coronavirus cases on Tuesday, ending a one-day break from new infections, as the government extended social-distancing rules for another two weeks.Leisure and sports venues...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong health experts warn against ‘premature’ easing of...
Public health experts in Hong Kong have warned against a “premature” easing of infection-control measures, even as the city’s daily Covid-19 infections fell into the single digits for more than a week...
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