The Latest Breaking News from Hong Kong

Hong Kong Set to Overtake Singapore in SPAC Market, With Help From Mainland Sponsors

Key Takeaways: Hong Kong has received six SPAC listing applications in the last month, even as regional rival Singapore’s similar program starts to turn quiet Most of Hong Kong’s SPAC applicants are backed by mainland Chinese companies, highlighting a major advantage the city enjoys over Singapore By Jony Ho

Benzinga · Feb 22, 2022

Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents

Hong Kong's leader says the city will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022

More patients, fewer nurses: Hong Kong's medical frontline struggles with COVID surge

Yee, a nurse on the frontline of Hong Kong's fight against COVID-19, recently became one of the patients her hospital had to turn away, after isolation wards, and later corridors, became overpacked with people on gurneys.

Reuters · Feb 22, 2022

Hong Kong pet owner sentenced to community service for putting cat in washing machine

HONG KONG: A woman has been spared jail for trapping her cat in a washing machine as punishment for defecating on her clothes in a Hong Kong flat last year.

Bangkok Post · Feb 21, 2022

Covid-19: Thousands fleeing to China as Hong Kong outbreak widens

HONG KONG: Chinese in Hong Kong are going to great lengths to get back to the mainland as Covid-19 takes hold in the formerly virus-free financial hub, posing a challenge for officials fearful of contagion.

The Times of India · Feb 21, 2022

Hong Kong maps terms of COVID vaccine pass amid record high cases

Hong Kong will expand its vaccine bubble to include shopping malls and supermarkets, authorities confirmed on Monday, but added there would be exemptions and random inspections in some places, as they battle a new record surge in COVID-19 cases.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2022

Hong Kong to set up new anti-epidemic task force to prepare for mass testing

HONG KONG: Hong Kong is mobilising police in the battle against Covid-19 by getting a new anti-epidemic task force under the Security Bureau to prepare for universal testing, the South China Morning Post has learned.

Bangkok Post · Feb 21, 2022

Germany to begin rollout of Novavax’s jab; New Zealand to end vaccine mandates after Omicron peak

Latest updates: Germany hopes protein-based vaccine comparable to flu jabs will help sway people sceptical of mRNA vaccines

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022

Singapore, Hong Kong left behind as global travel rebounds

A global travel divide is deepening as some countries ditch COVID-19 restrictions including quarantines, isolation and even mandatory testing for good, while others cling to years-old curbs.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

Shadowy messengers delivering threats to Hong Kong civil society

HONG KONG: Covert meetings, whispered threats, and mysterious phone calls –- warnings of reprisals by authorities from shadowy messengers are hounding Hong Kong's civil society as China flattens a pro-democracy movement.

Bangkok Post · Feb 21, 2022