Miracle the rescue dog’s spot on TV show Britain’s Got Talent shines light on...
When Amanda Leask performed with her rescue dog Miracle on Britain’s Got Talent last month, her unconditional love for animals moved audiences worldwide and shone a spotlight on the dog meat trade in...
View ArticleHong Kong tenants’ group demands government return Fo Tan flats being used as...
A coalition formed by tenants of a new Hong Kong public housing estate currently used by the government as a Covid-19 quarantine camp has demanded that flats be returned to them next month and rents...
View ArticleCoronavirus: cheap hotel rooms sought in Hong Kong to quarantine domestic...
Health officials in Hong Kong are looking for cheap hotels to quarantine an expected influx of thousands of domestic helpers, but the use of government facilities has been ruled out, it has been...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong to allow public gatherings of up to 50 people and...
Hong Kong will dramatically ease social-distancing measures this week, allowing public gatherings of up to 50 people and the resumption of wedding banquets as the city keeps a lid on coronavirus...
View ArticleHong Kong woman, 85, injured by falling tree branch in Sha Tin, third in...
A falling tree branch injured an elderly pedestrian in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the third such incident in the past fortnight, sparking calls for better citywide inspection and trimming.The two-metre...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Cross-border families urge Hong Kong government to include them...
More than 200 cross-border families have formed a concern group to urge the Hong Kong government to include them in a scheme that would exempt them from spending a total of 28 days in quarantine due to...
View ArticleHong Kong eyes lowering costs of Covid-19 tests, but cross-border health...
Hong Kong’s health authorities are planning to bring down the cost of private Covid-19 testing by introducing more competition, though a plan to lift border restrictions with mainland China via a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: China halts salmon imports over possible link to Beijing...
China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they may be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market, although experts say the fish itself is unlikely to carry the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong steps up Covid-19 testing to cover all Beijing...
Compulsory coronavirus testing has been extended to Beijing passengers flying into Hong Kong who are exempt from quarantine, under a new government measure to protect the city from the latest Covid-19...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong consumers unfazed by speculation imported salmon...
Hongkongers have brushed aside reports that traces of the coronavirus were found on chopping boards used for salmon at a Beijing market, with long lunchtime queues at sushi restaurants and shoppers...
View ArticleCoronavirus: end Hong Kong quarantine exemptions for all Beijing travellers,...
Quarantine exemptions should be cancelled for travellers arriving from Beijing, health experts said on Thursday as the coronavirus outbreak in the capital continued to worsen.The calls came a day after...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong marks sixth day without local Covid-19 infection but...
Hong Kong recorded no locally transmitted Covid-19 cases for the sixth day in a row on Friday but added three imported ones, according to health authorities, bringing the city’s tally of confirmed...
View ArticleA Chinese kitchen: buckets of rice, makeshift containers, stashed jewellery...
When I was a child, I remember my friends loved to visit my house because we always had a lot of food stocked in the kitchen.Despite being a small family of three we had two fridges, one of which was a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: 78-year-old woman becomes fifth Hong Kong fatality since...
A 78-year-old woman suffering from Covid-19 died on Saturday, becoming Hong Kong’s fifth coronavirus fatality since the pandemic’s beginning.The death of the woman, one of nine people infected in the...
View ArticleFather’s Day gift: tears of joy as Hong Kong families finally reunite after...
For more than four months, Chan Chun-ming counted the days until he could visit his hospital-bound wife again, only for fate to cruelly intervene at every turn.“The experts said Hong Kong could return...
View ArticleCoronavirus: a day after rare Covid-19 death, Hong Kong records three...
Hong Kong marked its eighth straight day without a locally transmitted Covid-19 case on Sunday, health authorities confirmed. However, medical sources said at least 20 preliminarily positive infections...
View ArticleShrinking market, poor collection services have Hong Kong’s plastic recyclers...
Up to 90 per cent of Hong Kong’s small and medium plastic recyclers have closed their doors this year amid shrinking demand for their product, according to industry representatives, who are calling on...
View ArticleCoronavirus: extra 16 arrivals test preliminary positive, source says, on top...
Hong Kong confirmed a surge of 30 new imported Covid-19 cases on Monday, mostly involving people who had returned from Pakistan, but a medical source said the number could be even higher with an extra...
View ArticleHong Kong waste charging scheme dumped as time runs out on long-delayed bill
Hong Kong lawmakers have dumped a long-delayed bill on a mandatory waste disposal charge, citing a lack of time to complete the legislative work and blaming one another for the failure.The bill, the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: travel bubble plan for Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province...
Hong Kong’s plan to form a travel bubble with Macau and neighbouring Guangdong province on mainland China has stalled over technical issues.Under the plan, Hong Kong residents with a valid health...
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