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An outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.
City will mark the 26th anniversary of its return to China with a wide range of events and bargains, and by rising to challenges ahead it can maintain its recovery, benefiting itself, the nation and world.
Mixed signals provide an opportunity for some stimulus when stability is paramount, but concerns of consumers must be allayed.
Key data for May proves disappointing and many challenges remain, but China still has some tools in the shed to turn things around.
With city cases having doubled in four years, now is the time to face the problem, monitor public wellness and reach out to those who require support.
Further evidence of a weakening global economy is to be found in the imports and exports for April, and the need to support the manufacturing labour market.
- Vacancy levels rose in the first half to 15.7 per cent and will continue to rise as new developments are completed, and rents are expected to edge down by another 1 to 2 per cent, CBRE analyst says
- Hong Kong office rents could continue to fall in the second half, as some companies might further downsize offices by adopting hot-desk arrangements: Bloomberg Intelligence
Poll by Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service also finds pupils opting to cover up felt higher levels of social anxiety than schoolmates who ditched their masks.
Stock shots of Brazilian sand dunes, Indonesian rice terraces and locations in Switzerland and the UAE appeared in the video for the new US$880,000 ‘Love The Philippines’ tourism campaign.
Allowing people to die at care homes will give families precious time together, and cut red tape too.
Communication gurus say top officials could make better use of their social media presence to promote their policies and the city.
Health secretary Lo Chung-mau says firms are often spurred to carry out research where a regulator is based.
Most Hong Kong publicly funded universities drop down the rankings in academic league table of 1,500 educational institutions around the world.
Despite predictions of peak attendance, official figures carried by the state-run Al Ekhbariya TV showed they were still short of the 2.5 million worshippers who took part in 2019.
The World Health Organization’s European office warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying it was still responsible for nearly 1,000 deaths a week in the region.
Cathay Pacific officials promise to accelerate recruitment of trainee pilots from Hong Kong and mainland China and take on 800 cadets in 2023-24.
In a monumental step seven months into his term as Hong Kong’s chief executive, John Lee had Beijing’s blessings to reopen the city.
Queue for round-trip tickets from Narita, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka or Sapporo airports drew more than 9,000 hopefuls just two minutes into online lucky draw.
Shanghai is inviting foreign businesses to invest in high-quality projects through an ‘global investment partner’ scheme, but the number of European firms with Asia-Pacific headquarters in China’s economic hub has dropped.
After three years cut off from China’s sprawling pool of cash-strapped travellers during the pandemic, tourism operators in countries such as Tanzania are moving fast to lure them back, but challenges remain.
High-flying future for cargo business predicted as Cathay unveil new livery for its freight fleet.
Chinese airlines still face complicated domestic and external challenges, and a leading industry association suggests that supportive policies implemented in previous years should be extended until the end of 2024.
Iceland took the top position for the 14th year – having closed 91.2 per cent of its overall gender gap – while the US dropped to 43rd on the list, down from 27th last year.
Chinese consumers remain cautious on loosening their purse strings, with many inclined to hunt for value for money goods amid a gloomy economic outlook, according to a study by Bain & Co and Kantar Worldpanel.
Streaming seemed to herald a new golden age of animation. Then platforms’ algorithms kicked into gear. The result? Shows cancelled by Netflix and even Disney+, and libraries purged of animated content.
About one-fifth of Japan’s population are millennials. They’ve spent their entire lives in an economic slump and are mostly just happy to stay afloat – with no plans to have children, own a home, or get rich.
Singapore’s flag carrier has now hit a market value of US$17 billion – almost three times that of Cathay’s. Four years ago the difference was only about US$2 billion.
British lawmakers approved a damning report that found the ex-prime minister had lied about gatherings that broke UK pandemic rules.
He is the first politician to give evidence at an inquiry that seeks to lay bare mistakes made and lessons to be learned from the UK’s handling of Covid.
The Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit and the BIS annual governors’ meeting coincide with the HKMA’s 30th anniversary, and are part of the government’s efforts to show the world Hong Kong is back.
It is the first increase in 3 years, with most visas issued to students and technical interns.
In Beijing, US billionaire and philanthropist hopeful China can play a bigger role ‘addressing the current challenges, particularly those facing African countries’.
