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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s quarantine rules for aircrew set to relax with new policy for vaccinated personnel, sources say
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:00

Hong Kong’s quarantine rules for airline crews will be relaxed in stages, with the government set to roll out a new travel policy this week for fully vaccinated flight staff, the Post has learned. The changes are...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong restaurant, bar owners angry and disappointed over requirements for lifting restrictions
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:00

Restaurant and bar owners in Hong Kong have reacted with anger and disappointment to the government’s requirements for easing the coronavirus restrictions on ...

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Pandemic boosts demand for cleaning robots in Hong Kong’s shopping malls, offices and hotels
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:30

The sight of a cleaning robot quietly going about its business is becoming more common in Hong Kong’s shopping malls, offices and hotels. The makers of the ma...

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Hong Kong coronavirus: unvaccinated, locally based cargo flight crews can skip quarantine if flying from ‘low-risk’ countries
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:49

Hong Kong will allow locally based, unvaccinated cargo flight crews to skip quarantine if they have stayed in six Asia-Pacific countries deemed lower risk, whil...

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Hongkong Land aims to lure young generation of bankers back to Central with ‘Instagram upgrade’ of office buildings
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:30

Hongkong Land Holdings, owner of The Landmark and The Exchange Square in Central, is poised to upgrade its half-century old buildings with modern features it ho...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong shoppers hit by inflation-busting price rises at Wellcome and ParknShop, Consumer Council study finds
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:06

Higher shopping bills are squeezing Hong Kong households during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the city’s consumer watchdog revealing inflation-busting price inc...

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Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble: ‘mid-May’ target for long-awaited deal amid coronavirus pandemic
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:00

A long-awaited Covid-19 travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore could be up by as early as mid-May, three sources have told the Post, kicking off a second...

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One in every 125 Hongkongers is worth at least US$5 million, ranking the city fifth globally, Wealth-X survey finds
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:00

More than 60,000 Hongkongers, or one in every 125 residents, have a net worth of at least US$5 million, making the city one of the most affluent in the world, a...

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Hong Kong cashless payment provider Octopus to make extending card limit easier, in bid to win customers for government’s HK$36 billion consumer voucher giveaway
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:08

Octopus has fired the first shot in the bid to win customers for the government’s HK$36 billion consumer voucher giveaway, revealing that users will soon be a...

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Hong Kong politicians condemn Tokyo’s decision to dump radioactive Fukushima water into the sea, but are split on banning food imports from Japan
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:23

Hong Kong’s politicians have joined international condemnation of Tokyo’s decision to dump waste water from a nuclear plant into the sea, but they remain di...

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Citigroup to hire up to 500 people for Hong Kong wealth management as it trims consumer banking in 13 Europe, Asia markets
Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:16

Citigroup plans to hire up to 500 people in its wealth management business in Hong Kong as it focuses on “wealth centres” in Asia under new CEO Jane Fraser ...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong health officials warn Covid-19 epidemic picking up pace again as scores quarantined after man found with mutated strain
Sat, 17 Apr 2021 12:19

Hong Kong authorities have imposed their “toughest infection-control measures” to quarantine about 80 residents of a Jordan building for 21 days, after a ma...

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Standard Chartered to hire 400 staff in Hong Kong to tap growing demand for wealth management service
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:00

Standard Chartered plans to hire about 400 people in its retail banking and wealth management businesses in Hong Kong this year and transform its branch network...

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It’s outdated and not funny, Hong Kong viewers tell TVB, after new variety show lampoons city leader Carrie Lam
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:00

Hong Kong’s biggest broadcaster TVB has received a flood of complaints against its new variety show for lampooning the city’s leader and other prominent pub...

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Hong Kong’s Octopus to launch payment card for mainland Chinese public transport as pressure from Alipay, WeChat Pay mounts at home
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 20:27

Octopus Holdings, Hong Kong’s home-grown cashless payment operator, will soon launch a new transit card that works in more than 300 cities in mainland China a...

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Hong Kong finance minister Paul Chan says ensuring city’s economic security is a ‘war without gun smoke’
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:25

Hong Kong should crack down on money laundering and economic support of terrorism to ensure its financial system will not be exploited to carry out acts that en...

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China-Australia relations: is Canberra taking a ‘less combative’ stance with Beijing despite tensions?
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 04:30

Australia has seemingly moved towards “less combative” interactions with China, despite ongoing tensions and alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, after ...

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China inflation: factory gate prices jump most in almost three years in March as producers pass on rising costs
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 09:38

China’s factory gate prices rose the most in more than two years in March, as producers passed on rising raw material prices, data released on Friday showed.T...

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Container backlog, global supply chain disruption from Suez Canal crisis could take months to clear
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:00

A backlog of container ships carrying consumer goods has grown in some key strategic ports after a near week-long blockage in the Suez Canal, adding to ongoing ...

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China issues inflation warning as rising commodity, consumer prices threaten economic recovery
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:30

Potential risks and disruptions to China’s continued economic recovery have been highlighted in a rare one line statement from leading financial officials, wh...

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