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Coronavirus: flights from Britain to Hong Kong set to resume this week for first time since Christmas cut-off
Mon, 03 May 2021 11:06

Hong Kong will resume passenger flights from Britain this week for the first time since December 25, the Post has learned.Authorities are poised to remove the harsh Covid-19 travel restrictions imposed on Britain w...

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Hong Kong Disneyland preparing for slow recovery despite travel bubble hopes, managing director says
Mon, 03 May 2021 07:00

Hong Kong Disneyland expects that its business and the city’s tourism sector as a whole are in for a slow recovery, even with a much-awaited travel bubble wit...

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Hong Kong’s total property sales surged to US$10.6 billion in April, highest in 23 months, Centaline predicts
Mon, 03 May 2021 06:30

Hong Kong’s total property sales, including homes, shops, industrial units and parking spaces, may have soared to their highest monthly level in almost two ye...

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Coronavirus: ‘considerable growth’ expected for Hong Kong in first quarter, but pandemic will still be spectre over economic recovery
Sun, 02 May 2021 14:22

Hong Kong’s economy experienced “considerable growth” in the first quarter of the year but the Covid-19 pandemic will still be a hurdle on the path to rec...

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Hong Kong delivery platforms hit a sweet spot with ‘instant’ grocery services as coronavirus changes shopping habits
Sat, 01 May 2021 19:00

Instant grocery services have become the newest growth market for popular delivery apps, as the coronavirus pandemic has made Hongkongers seek the convenience o...

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Buyers pile into Hong Kong’s biggest weekend property sales in seven months as they park their investments in fixed assets
Sat, 01 May 2021 18:00

Buyers piled into Hong Kong’s biggest weekend property sales in seven months, snapping up new homes on offer at three locations across the city over the Labou...

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Hong Kong bars, restaurants and tour operators expecting muted first weekend under complicated new ‘vaccine bubble’ rules
Sat, 01 May 2021 14:30

Many Hong Kong restaurants, entertainment venues and tour operators are not expecting much of a windfall from the first weekend of looser social-distancing meas...

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Back from the dead? Hong Kong bars emerge from five-month coronavirus shutdown, but barely coping with rules cocktail
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:12

Hong Kong’s bars crawled to life on Thursday night in a muted comeback after a five-month closure, with many operators struggling to cope with what they said ...

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Coronavirus: baffled restaurants opt out of Hong Kong ‘vaccine bubble’ on new system’s launch day
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:02

Many restaurants have chosen not to join Hong Kong’s new “vaccine bubble” to avoid burdening staff and customers, amid confusion over the rules and the po...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong ‘vaccine bubble’ faces chaotic start, bar trade warns, with concerns rising over lack of documents, new app
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:00

Bar-trade players have warned that Hong Kong’s “vaccine bubble” will get off to a chaotic start on Thursday, with a lack of documents and tools leaving ma...

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Hong Kong firms’ recruitment drive to remain subdued as Covid-19 pandemic weighs on economy, KPMG says
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:30

Companies in Hong Kong will remain conservative in hiring new employees while salaries will mostly stay frozen even as the city’s economy is likely to recover...

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Hong Kong government’s land revenue fell to HK$88.7 billion in 2019-20, lowest level in five years
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:31

The Hong Kong government collected just HK$88.7 billion (US$11.4 billion) last year in land premium revenue, the least it has received in five years, new figure...

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says decision is required on future of its international container port, amid appeals to use the land to help fix housing crisis
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 21:00

The future of Hong Kong’s international container port must be resolved sooner or later, according to the city’s leader, who admitted it was less competitiv...

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Deficit projected for Hong Kong’s arts hub narrows from previous forecast, amid hope of easing financial woes through building office zone
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:01

A massive deficit projected for the multibillion-dollar arts hub in Hong Kong has significantly narrowed from last year’s forecast, with observers hoping its ...

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Hong Kong’s March price index for lived-in homes advances to 20-month high as property buyers return in droves to the market
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:00

Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices rose to a 20-month high in March with luxury flats recorded the sharpest growth as cash-rich investors and buyers turned bull...

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Struggling Cathay Pacific offers Hong Kong pilots, cabin crew voluntary redundancy in fresh cost-cutting move
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:12

Cathay Pacific is offering its Hong Kong-based pilots, cabin crew and airport staff voluntary redundancy as part of severe cost-cutting, and warning that busine...

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Sun Hung Kai and think tank call for the increase of plot ratio in wetland buffer to increase land supply for affordable homes
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 07:30

Hong Kong’s largest developer by capitalisation and a prominent think tank are urging the local government to allow areas with low ecological value within the...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s new ‘vaccine bubble’ arrangement to simultaneously relax, complicate rules for bars and restaurants
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 21:27

Hong Kong’s struggling restaurants and bars stand to benefit from the relaxation of social-distancing measures from Thursday, but only if they can comply with...

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Unemployed Hongkongers to be offered low-interest loans of up HK$80,000 guaranteed by government for first time
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:32

The Hong Kong government is for the first time offering to guarantee low-interest personal loans for unemployed people, after the Covid-19 pandemic sent the cit...

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong social-distancing rules will ease on Thursday under ‘vaccine bubble’, subject to staff and customers getting jabs
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:00

Hong Kong will ease social-distancing restrictions for food and drink businesses and entertainment venues starting from Thursday, subject to both customers and ...

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