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AP PHOTOS: Savoring lucky Lunar New Year's eve dish at home

Tighter COVID-19 restrictions, including a ban on dining in restaurants after 6 p.m., mean many Hong Kong families are eating their reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s eve at home this year.

The Independent UK

Religious groups call for amnesty for Hong Kongers charged under national security law

A coalition of Christians and Catholics on Monday called on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to drop charges against media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other political activists jailed or in custody under a China-imposed national security law.

Reuters

Covid news: UK health secretary says mandatory vaccination for NHS workers ‘no longer proportionate’ – as it happened

Sajid Javid says says mandatory jabs were ‘right policy at the time’ but announces review

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Hong Kong home affairs chief resigns after COVID-hit birthday bash scandal

Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs resigned on Monday weeks after attending the birthday party of a delegate to China's legislature, where two of some 200 guests tested positive for COVID-19.

Reuters

Hong Kong govt says commenting on its COVID strategy is not "illegal"

Having discussions and making "general remarks" about Hong Kong's coronavirus strategy is not illegal and does not violate the Chinese territory's national security law, the government said on Sunday, as it grapples to control a rise in cases.

Reuters

Spotify to add advisory notices to podcasts mentioning Covid; protests in Prague over curbs – as it happened

Czech demonstrators are opposed to measures such as a restaurant ban for the unvaccinated; Harry and Meghan express concerns to Spotify about misinformation on platform

The Guardian - UK

AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong's Lunar New Year calligraphy

In the runup to the Lunar New Year, calligraphers set up on the streets of Hong Kong to write ink-brush phrases on traditional red paper banners for homes and offices.

The Independent UK

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Hong Kong allows hamster pet stores to resume business after COVID cull

Dozens of pet stores that sold hamsters in Hong Kong may resume business from Sunday, Hong Kong's government said, after being shuttered last week and thousands culled over coronavirus fears.

Reuters

Hong Kong university covers up Tiananmen crackdown memorial slogan

A leading Hong Kong university on Saturday covered a painted slogan commemorating China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, the latest instance of a public June 4 memorial being removed in China-ruled Hong Kong.

Reuters

Hong Kong's Politicians and Cops Use Pandemic Justifications To Do Beijing's Bidding

What happens in places where the pandemic is a transparent guise for seizing more state power?

Reason

Hong Kong's best-known travel agency folds after 50 years

HONG KONG: One of Hong Kong's best-known tour operators has decided to wind up after 50 years of business and amid the worsening Omicron outbreak, with an industry leader expecting the travel sector's woes to continue for the rest of 2022 at least.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong economy grows 6.4% in 2021

Hong Kong’s economy grew by 6.4% last year after activity weakened as anti-coronavirus controls were tightened

The Independent UK

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Hei Yin, this week’s subject of review which humbly opened at Gaysorn Village a few weeks ago, is an absolute new face to Bangkok’s restaurant scene.

Bangkok Post

Lunar New Year flowers in flames as Hong Kong farmer burns unsold stock

Flower farmer Leung Yat-shen has burned thousands of flowers he cannot sell this year as Hong Kong's stringent measures against the Omicron variant of coronavirus have halved his Lunar New Year demand.

Reuters

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Hong Kong Outbreak Exposes Flaws in 21-day Quarantine Policy

Hong Kong's U-turn on its mandatory three-week quarantine for arrivals follows growing scrutiny of the strict policy after a coronavirus outbreak was traced to a woman infected during her hotel stay. Like mainland China, Hong Kong is one of the few places left in the world still pursuing a zero-Covid…

The Guardian - UK

UK reports 89,176 new cases and 277 deaths – as it happened

UK cases and deaths fall day-on-day; Hong Kong government to compensate pet shops affected by culling of hamsters for Covid reasons

Al Jazeera

Locking down homes, Hong Kong takes COVID lesson from Beijing

Residents in the city prevented from leaving apartments as authorities race to halt spread of Omicron.

Wales Online

World news snapshot: Air New Zealand pilots stuck in Hong Kong and 'fruit loop' politicians in Australia

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Benzinga

Why Alibaba Is Rising Today Even As Tech Peers Extend Losses In Hong Kong

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies — with the exception of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) — extended losses in Hong Kong on Friday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index into negative territory for a second straight day.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong cuts foreign arrival quarantine from 21 to 14 days

Hong Kong is cutting the length of mandatory quarantine for people arriving from overseas from 21 to 14 days, even as the southern Chinese city battles a new surge in COVID-19 cases

Reuters

'Whack-a-mole': Experts call Hong Kong's zero-COVID policy unsustainable

With thousands of people locked down in tiny apartments, government quarantine centres filling up and many businesses shuttered, Hong Kong is scrambling to sustain a zero-COVID policy that has turned one of the world's most densely packed cities into one of the most isolated.

Tribune News Service

North Korea confirms four missile launches as barrage continues

HONG KONG — North Korea says it tested four missiles this week to boost deterrence against its foes and pledged to keep developing more powerful warheads, a state media report said, as Pyongyang continues to fire off one of the biggest barrages since Kim Jong Un took power a decade…

Evening Standard

Hong Kong cuts Covid quarantine to 14 days but UK flight ban remains

Hong Kong will reduce quarantine for travellers from 21 days to 14 days next week but flights from the UK will still be banned.

Benzinga

Jiangsu Recbio Shoots To Become Hong Kong's First HPV Vaccine Stock

Key takeaways: Jiangsu Recbio has filed a second IPO application to list in Hong Kong, hoping to become the first HPV vaccine maker in the market The company was valued at around 9 billion yuan after its latest funding round By Molly Wen

Reuters

Hong Kong to cut quarantine for arrivals to 14 days from next month

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