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Thousands of Hong Kong residents locked down to contain coronavirus

Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down in their homes Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the city

Thousands of Hong Kong residents locked down to contain coronavirus

Coronavirus cases in Hong Kong's Yau Tsim Mong district - a working-class neighborhood with old buildings and subdivided flats - made up about half of the infections in the past week

Hong Kong's 'law and order' important for int'l businesses: Official

Hong Kong's 'law and order' was important for international businesses, a government official said on Monday

US banks including JPMorgan to delist some Hong Kong products after US ban

US banks Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley will delist 500 Hong Kong-listed structured products, following a US ban on investments in companies Washington deems linked to China's military

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Hong Kong comes up with medical staycations

Deadly Covid wave in California, Japan likely to go into month-long emergency, Singapore cops to get 19 contact tracing data and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Hong Kong rights group stage protest for release of 'political prisoners'

A prominent rights group staged an act of defiance on New Year's Day for the first time in 12 months calling for release of "political prisoners"

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai ordered to return to jail

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has had his bail revoked after prosecutors succeeded in asking the city's highest court to send him back to detention

World Coronavirus Dispatch: How Wuhan remembers its outbreak one year on

US falls short on vaccination goals, Vienna's classic New Year concert plays on despite curbs, China sets up infection prevention squad and other-pandemic related news across the globe

Hang Seng proposes sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong stock index: Report

The proposal comes as a wave of Chinese megacaps choose the financial hub as a preferred venue to sell shares

India may ease rules for non-Chinese investments from Hong Kong: Report

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration is formalising investment rules for neighbouring countries amid a bloody border standoff with China earlier this year

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Hong Kong clinics ban fathers during childbirth

Chaos in New South Wales as travelers rush to get out of the state, Big businesses showed resilience in a daunting year and other pandemic-related news around the globe

Detergent maker Blue Moon raises $1.27 billion in Hong Kong IPO: Reports

Chinese detergent maker Blue Moon Group Holdings has become the latest in a record number of companies to raise at least $1 billion in a Hong Kong IPO in 2020 after pricing its shares at HK$13.16

US poised to sanction more China officials for Hong Kong crackdown

At least a dozen officials to be targeted

Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Ted Hui says his bank accounts have been frozen

Five accounts belonging to Hui, his wife and parents have been inaccessible since Saturday, he said in an interview with the newspaper

Hong Kong: Health experts warn of Covid-19 outbreak, city records 101 cases

Hong Kong could face an 'explosive outbreak' of C-19, as cases and untraceable infections remained high, warned health officials on Saturday

Govt may keep China, Hong Kong out of foreign listing as tensions simmer

The move is in contrast to what an expert committee of Sebi had recommended in 2018 for China and Hong Kong to be permitted

Left bankless because of US sanctions, Lam says she has piles of cash

US has said any bank in biz with her will lose access to the US financial system

Hong Kong's Carrie Lam vows closer Beijing ties to revive economy

Lam said her administration's aim was to restore confidence following another tumultuous year

National security law has been 'effective': Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam

Carrie Lam said that the city's new national security law has been remarkably effective in restoring stability after months of political unrest

India stymies investment from Hong Kong as border row with China drags on

Amid a border stand off with China, the Indian government had tightened rules for foreign direct investment from all nations sharing a land border