Coronavirus: Hong Kong resident flown back from Pakistan last week beaten by...
A 43-year-old man, one of more than 300 Hong Kong residents to return on a government-chartered flight from Pakistan last week, was beaten with wooden sticks by a pair of masked men at his Covid-19...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s reusable mask giveaway nears, as officials mull...
Reusable masks to be distributed for free to all Hong Kong residents cost the government about HK$40 (US$5) each and replacement filters may be provided in the future, officials have revealed.Online...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s free mask scheme sees 1.38 million people apply in...
More than 1 million Hongkongers applied for a free reusable mask from the government after online registration opened on Wednesday, the city’s innovation chief said.Secretary for Innovation and...
View ArticleCoronavirus: no new cases of Covid-19 as Hong Kong eases social-distancing...
Hong Kong recorded no new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday after officials announced guidelines allowing the city to return to some semblance of normality, as part of the relaxing of restrictions imposed...
View ArticleCoronavirus: earnings for Hong Kong’s food and beverage industry drop by...
Earnings for Hong Kong’s food and beverage industry shrank 31.2 per cent in the first three months, the biggest year-on-year decline on record, as the coronavirus crisis hammered business for the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 56 under investigation for trying to flee Hong Kong while under...
Dozens of people are under investigation for trying to leave Hong Kong before completing their quarantine for the coronavirus, while four have been jailed for breaking the orders, according to the...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors first in Asia to perform heart transplant using new...
Hong Kong doctors have performed Asia’s first heart transplant using a new technology invented in the United States that keeps the organ warm, beating and supplied with blood during the transfer, in a...
View ArticleBoosted by US$6 million Alibaba cash injection, Hong Kong compostable food...
Alarmed by the amount of rubbish they were generating by just drinking coffee and eating cup noodles, two former garments entrepreneurs decided it was time to find an eco-friendly alternative to all...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Uniqlo and H&M manufacturer making reusable masks for Hong Kong...
The production of reusable masks for all Hongkongers was not for profit, a government official said as she revealed the manufacturer’s identity and defended the lack of a public tender for the project...
View ArticleCoronavirus: four new infections in Hong Kong, all involving residents...
Hong Kong recorded four new coronavirus infections on Thursday, all involving returnees from Pakistan the previous nightThe diagnoses end a two-day streak without any new cases, and takes the city’s...
View ArticleUniversity of Hong Kong study finds eyes are ‘important route’ for...
The eyes are an important route for the coronavirus into the human body, according to University of Hong Kong research which found the strain was up to 100 times more infectious than severe acute...
View Article100 days of Covid-19 - SCMP Series
1. Pandemic drives rethink of Hong Kong’s hospital needs More isolation beds and more land to hold them among key concerns going forward, Hospital Authority chief tells the Post.2. Inadequate links...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong gyms, restaurants, beauty parlours and bars reopen but...
Hong Kong began returning to normal on Friday as the city started to ease the social-distancing rules brought in to help combat the spread of Covid-19.For the first time in more than a month, residents...
View ArticleOcean Park in Hong Kong may run out of cash by September, CEO warns, but no...
Ocean Park could run out of cash by September, its CEO warned on Friday as he estimated the Hong Kong attraction had missed out on nearly 1 million visitors over three months of its coronavirus...
View ArticleHong Kong civil servant in charge of reusable mask giveaway admits...
A senior civil servant overseeing the distribution of reusable masks to all Hongkongers has promised to put the production of their replacement filters out to tender after admitting to shortcomings in...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong researchers find three-drug combination suppresses...
A combination of three drugs suppressed the coronavirus within seven days when used on patients in Hong Kong, nearly twice as fast as the single medicine seen as a leading hope in the fight against the...
View ArticleA different kind of Ramadan: Hong Kong Muslims observe fasting month at home,...
It is about 7pm when Muslim community leader Raheel Ahmed, 57, gathers with his wife, two sons and daughter for a home-made meal of dates, rice and spicy curried chicken, salad, fresh fruit and...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records no new cases, as government adviser suggests...
Hong Kong recorded zero new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, as a government adviser suggested that border control measures between the city and Macau could be the first to be lifted.It was also the 20th...
View Article‘I don’t mind if she doesn’t know me,’ says 70-year-old Hong Kong man caring...
After taking care of his wife the whole day, Lam Man-hing, 70, finally has a little time to himself before bedtime.He browses the news, checks messages from friends on his smartphone and watches some...
View ArticleCoronavirus survivors: I fought Covid-19 with a Hong Kong karate champ while...
As a journalist, you want to report the story – you never want to be the story. So after weeks of covering the coronavirus crisis, it was a shock to learn I had tested positive for...
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