Coronavirus: with tourism on hold, Hong Kong travel firms eye a new...
While the coronavirus pandemic has forced the city’s tourism sector to a near standstill, agency head Christina Yuen Ho-yee is busier than ever, routinely working 12 hours a day.As the Covid-19...
View ArticleAfter Covid-19 ordeal, tenor Warren Mok regrets not wearing a mask –‘I think...
When international opera star Warren Mok learned in March that he had contracted Covid-19, he immediately checked if his voice was affected.“I tried my voice right away. It was still there,” Mok said,...
View ArticleCovid-19 toll on marriage: divorce inquiries on the rise as stay-home...
Confined to their 100 sq ft space in a subdivided flat in Hong Kong amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Wendy Cheung and her husband quarrelled numerous times over hygiene, money and caring for their...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records three new imported Covid-19 cases on Sunday
Hong Kong recorded three new imported coronavirus cases on Sunday, the first infections reported in three days and bringing the city’s total tally to 1,047.However, Hong Kong has now gone 21 days in a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong residents to begin receiving reusable masks from Monday
Free reusable masks will be sent out to Hongkongers starting on Monday under a scheme that has proven a public relations headache for the government.Under the plan, every resident is eligible to...
View ArticleCoronavirus: no new cases in Hong Kong as city’s leader reveals plans to...
Hong Kong recorded no new Covid-19 cases on Monday, as the city’s leader said she expected to reach consensus on relaxing border restrictions with authorities in Guangdong province and Macau within...
View ArticleNissin Foods’ sales soar in Hong Kong, China as people stocked up on instant...
Instant noodle specialist Nissin Foods reported double-digit growth in revenue in Hong Kong and mainland China as people staying home during the coronavirus crisis stocked up on cheap, convenient...
View ArticleLandlords in Central, Hong Kong slash rents by more than a third as vacancy...
Hong Kong’s major landlords of premium office space in Central are cutting rents by more than a third – returning them to 2017 levels – as the sharp economic contraction caused by the coronavirus...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong hits 23 days without a locally transmitted Covid-19 case
Hong Kong again reported no new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, leaving the city’s total number of infections at 1,047.The last confirmed cases – three of them, all imported – came on Sunday, while the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: free masks from Hong Kong government appear for sale online
Masks from the Hong Kong government’s giveaway have been advertised for sale online, the Post has found, leading critics to accuse officials of taking too long to introduce the scheme aimed at fighting...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong boosts testing amid fears of new Covid-19 cluster
Hong Kong health chiefs have drastically expanded Covid-19 testing after the city’s first locally infected patient in more than three weeks passed the disease on to her granddaughter, worsening fears...
View ArticleNovel coronavirus most likely came from Asian bat: Hong Kong study
The novel coronavirus that sparked the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to have come from bats found in Asia, according to a new study by the University of Hong Kong.The university’s microbiology department...
View ArticleCoronavirus: first chartered flight home for Hongkongers stuck in India...
The first chartered flight rescuing hundreds of Hong Kong residents from India’s coronavirus lockdown has been earmarked for this weekend, although thousands more remain stranded without knowing when...
View ArticleCoronavirus: new local cases in Hong Kong no cause for alarm say health...
Hong Kong can continue with relaxed social-distancing measures as long as a newly recorded cluster of local coronavirus cases does not erupt into a wider community outbreak, public health experts...
View ArticleGrandfather from coronavirus-hit Hong Kong family confirmed as infected
One more member of a coronavirus-hit Tsuen Wan family was confirmed as infected on Thursday, after the new cluster broke the city’s streak of 23 days without a local case.A grandfather became the...
View Article‘Heat resistant’ plastic spatula melts in boiling oil within minute during...
A plastic spatula melted when placed in boiling oil for one minute, tests by Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog found, while some models of the utensil left cancer-causing substances on food.The Consumer...
View ArticleNew method to detect Alzheimer’s could identify disease 10 years before onset...
Hong Kong researchers claim to have discovered a new method to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s disease that could identify the condition up to a decade before symptoms appear.No treatment is currently...
View ArticleFat, sugar and protein, oh my: Hong Kong’s Consumer Council has the not so...
Energy bars may not boost sports performance if chosen unwisely, as some contain too much fat, sugar or protein, Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has warned.After testing 38 energy bars and snacks bars –...
View ArticleCoronavirus: time for Hong Kong to shift from containment to mitigation,...
The reappearance of local Covid-19 infections was to be expected, rather than premature cause for alarm over a wider community outbreak, top health experts said on Thursday, as they called for a shift...
View ArticleHong Kong lays out blueprint for future of genomic medicine
Hong Kong’s first blueprint for developing genomic medicine has called for better regulation of how genetic information is used and tests are handled, especially ones people carry out themselves and...
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