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Hong Kong to drop COVID test for bars, entertainment venues

People in Hong Kong will from Thursday no longer need to show a negative COVID-19 test to get into bars and restaurants while cinemas and performing venues will be allowed to operate at full capacity, health authorities said.

Reuters

Hong Kong Launches a National Security Legal Battle Against Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai’s case could be complicated as six former staff members of Apple Daily and Next Digital pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit collusion last year.

The News Lens

Hong Kong leader to meet Xi on maiden duty visit to Beijing

Hong Kong leader John Lee said he will meet China’s President Xi Jinping to report on the city’s political, economic and COVID-19 situations during his visit in Beijing this week

The Independent UK

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Hong Kong, Macau leaders to visit Beijing Dec 21-24

Hong Kong chief executive John Lee and Macau chief executive Ho Iat Seng will head to Chinese capital Beijing over Dec. 21-24, state media and a government statement said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Is the global housing market about to crash?

Amid all the current geopolitical conflicts and economic events, investors are watching the real estate market with bated breath. If recent headlines around the world are anything to go by, they are right to do so. With prices down by 15% from their peak, Sweden’s housing market is said to…

The Conversation

Harry Redknapp hails "fantastic" deal after big offer comes in for winning racehorse

The former Spurs and West Ham manager is over the moon after Sandown winner Knockhill is sold for a six figure sum to continue his career in Hong Kong

Daily Mirror

Hong Kong hopes to lure back foreign visitors with ‘Hello Hong Kong’ campaign

Visitors will enjoy hotel offers and a series of special events

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Hong Kong says people over 18 can choose to receive 5th COVID jab

Hong Kong's government said on Friday that people 18 and older could choose to get a fifth COVID-19 vaccine to help better protect against the virus as the city has seen a steady increase in infections in recent months.

Reuters

China-HK border will ‘fully reopen’ next month

The border between Hong Kong and mainland China is set to “fully reopen” early next month for the first time in three years, the South China Morning Post has reported, as the Communist Party rolls back Covid restrictions to bolster its faltering economy.

Bangkok Post

China v Jimmy Lai: a tycoon, a trial and the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law

The pro-democracy figure has been subjected to a ‘travesty of justice’ because the Communist party regards his power as a threat, experts believe

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive-The global supply trail that leads to Russia’s killer drones

The hundreds of Russian drones hovering ominously over the Ukrainian battlefield owe their existence to an elastic, sanctions-evading supply chain that often runs through a shabby office above a Hong Kong marketplace, and sometimes through a yellow stucco home in suburban Florida.

Reuters

China's COVID scare sparks run on flu medicines, test kits as far away as Australia

The rising alarm over COVID-19 spreading in China was felt in pharmacies in Hong Kong, Macau, and in some neighbourhoods in Australia, as people hunted for fever medicines and virus test kits to send to family and friends on the mainland.

Reuters

Study: China Covid deaths could reach 1 million

Almost 1 million people in China may die from Covid-19 as the government rapidly abandons pandemic curbs, according to a new study by researchers in Hong Kong.

Bangkok Post

China’s Covid death toll could near 1 million, study shows

HONG KONG: Almost 1 million people in China may die from Covid-19 as the government rapidly abandons pandemic curbs, according to a new study by researchers in Hong Kong.

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Google Says Does Not Change Search Results after Hong Kong Anthem Row

Google said Thursday it does not manipulate search results, after Hong Kong's government said the tech giant had refused its demand to remove a popular protest song. The controversy began after it emerged that links to the pro-democracy song "Glory to Hong Kong" appeared ahead of China's official "March of…

The Independent UK

China removes 6 diplomats from UK after protester assaulted

Britain's foreign secretary says China’s government has removed a Chinese consul general and five of his staff from the U.K. following the assault on a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester at the Chinese consulate in Manchester

Daily Mirror

Six Chinese officials leave UK after protester beaten outside Manchester consulate

The police wanted to interview the Chinese officials as part of an investigation into the beating of a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester outside China's consulate in Manchester

Bangkok Post

Tourists in Hong Kong rejoice after amber health code axed

Tourists on Wednesday rejoiced over Hong Kong dropping its amber health code which had restricted their freedom of movement around the city, but a travel industry leader forecast only a small uptick in visitor numbers during the coming holiday season.

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Hong Kong democracy activist wins appeal on Tiananmen vigil assembly

Democracy activist and barrister Chow Hang-tung won an appeal on Wednesday against her conviction and sentence over a "banned" candlelight vigil in Hong Kong last year to commemorate victims of China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

Reuters

Medical staff in China's hospitals say COVID-19 ripping through their ranks

A growing number of China's doctors and nurses are catching COVID-19 and some have been asked to keep working, as people showing mostly moderate symptoms throng hospitals and clinics, according to medical staff and dozens of posts on social media.

Reuters

As Hong Kong opens up, visitors can enter a gym or restaurant immediately

People arriving in Hong Kong by international flights can immediately visit the city's restaurants, gyms and other venues for the first time in almost three years, with the scrapping of restrictions that barred them from such places for the first three days.

Bangkok Post

Operators upbeat after HK eases rules

Outbound tourism operators are optimistic about the market as Hong Kong announced a further relaxation of rules for individual travellers from Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong court delays Jimmy Lai security trial by 10 months

The national security trial of pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was pushed to September 2023 by a court on Tuesday, as authorities seek to have his overseas lawyer barred from the defence.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong drops COVID curbs for arrivals, scraps health app

Announcement comes as mainland China continues to ease strict ‘zero-COVID’ strategy.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong leader to press China anthem request with Google

Hong Kong’s leader says its government will push Google to display China’s national anthem as the top result in searches for the city’s anthem instead of a protest song

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