Hong Kong athletes will be eyeing more than gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this month – up to HK$5 million cash will be up for grabs for individual glory. The Hong Kong team will now comprise 46 athletes, including two table tennis reserves, making it the second…...
Hong Kong lawmakers approved a government proposal to increa
Hong Kong lawmakers approved a government proposal to increase the number of statutory holidays from 12 to 17 by 2030, overruling unionists and pro-business legislators who had sought to change the time frame for the plan’s implementation. The Secretary for Labour and Welfare told lawmakers the administration had considered…...
About one-third of recovered coronavirus patients in Hong Ko
About one-third of recovered coronavirus patients in Hong Kong have reported memory loss. A similar percentage experienced feelings of depression and anxiety that persisted for months after healing, a preliminary study has found. Some of the 128 recovered patients surveyed by a team from Chinese University said…...
Hong Kong has revoked the quarantine exemptions for a Saudi
Hong Kong has revoked the quarantine exemptions for a Saudi Arabia consulate worker and his household, after the family broke self-isolating rules and two of the children caught Covid-19. “Anyone in that household who is not a confirmed case has been sent to a quarantine centre,” a government source…...
Lam Man-chung, executive editor-in-chief of the now-defunct
Lam Man-chung, executive editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, was arrested by Hong Kong national security police on Wednesday morning. Lam is the eighth senior company executive to be arrested since police last month mounted a sweeping operation against the 26-year-old publication founded by jailed media tycoon Jimmy…...