Passengers from India can arrive in Hong Kong only if they have a COVID-19 negative certificate from a test done 48 hours prior to the journey.
Hong Kong, the financial hub has seen international events canceled because of the crackdown, and local football club Shanghai Port has been forced to withdraw from the Asian Champions League because travel restrictions prevented it from attending games in Thailand.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's successor will be picked in May, with the city’s hard-line security chief during the 2019 protests seen as a likely choice.
As COVID-19 cases recede worldwide and the threat of the pandemic wanes down, more and more countries are opening their borders to tourists from across the globe. However, vaccination is mandatory and testing on arrival and quarantine are advised in some nations.
Travelers entering the city can also quarantine for as little as seven days in quarantine hotels — down from 14 days — if they test negative for the virus on the sixth and seventh days of their quarantine.
Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since Feb 15, with the number threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system.
Zhuhai, Huizhou and Dongguan in China's south Guangdong province close to Hong Kong have announced cash rewards for people who report suspected illegal crossings from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) amid reports of people fleeing to mainland by road and sea to escape the spread of the contagion, state-run Global Times reported on Saturday.
The fire started in the early afternoon at the World Trade Centre on Gloucester Road in the city’s popular Causeway Bay shopping district, according to a govt notice.
Globally, restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic have disrupted the supply of goods which led to shortages and higher prices.
On November 3, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had granted emergency use approval for Covaxin.
People who have stayed in the UK for more than two hours will be restricted from boarding passenger flights to Hong Kong.
The 56 km-long Tuen Ma Line has 27 stations and connects Tuen Mun to Wu Kai Sha of the New Territories, making Hong Kong's railway network more comprehensive. Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 was opened on February 14, 2020
Ryan Law, the chief editor, and Cheung Kim-hung, the CEO of Next Digital, have been charged with collusion with a foreign country to endanger national security in a case widely seen as an attack on press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory
China's Zhang Hong, 46, became Asia's first blind man, and the world's third, to scale the peak from the Nepal side. While, Tsang Yin-Hung, 45, a former teacher from Hong Kong, became the fastest woman to scale the peak. Check out what the record setters have to say after their achievement.
The Hong Kong government's decision has come after 50 passengers of two Vistara flights this month were found positive for Covid-19 when tested on arrival.
Seven of Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for organising and participating in a march during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered a crackdown on dissent.
A 15.81 carat Sakura diamond, the largest of its kind to ever appear for sale, will go under the hammer at Christie’s upcoming Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels Live Auction on May 23, the auction house announced on Tuesday.
The Hong Kong government will invest over HK$100 billion ($12.9 billion) annually in infrastructure projects during the next several years, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday.
Cindy, who landed in London last week, is one of the thousands of Hong Kongers fleeing their hometown since Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory last summer.
Hong Kong has banned Air India flights from Mumbai till November 10 after a few passengers on its flight earlier this week tested positive for COVID-19 post-arrival.
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