Hong Kong

More than half the certificates Hong Kong doctors have given to patients exempting them from Covid-19 jabs are suspected to be fake. Authorities have arrested a total of seven doctors for allegedly issuing notes fraudulently and from Oct…

Hong Kong's plan to further ease Covid-19 curbs that have isolated the city and weighed on its economy could be derailed if people do not comply with virus protocols, Chief Executive John Lee warned on Tuesday. "If everyone follows the…

Hong Kong cannot remove all travel restrictions at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, though there is room to quickly relax local social distancing rules, the city's health chief said. While the business community wants officials to lift…

The Hong Kong government is "actively considering" eliminating the mandatory hotel quarantine requirement for inbound travelers, Radio Television Hong Kong reported Saturday, citing the city's health chief Lo Chung-mau. The government has…

Thousands more Hong Kongers applied for a new route to British citizenship in the second quarter, as the city's strict Covid-19 curbs fuel a population exodus that is undermining its economic outlook. Between April and June, some 18,100…

Bubble-tea shop owners jailed after publishing anti-vaccination messages online. An IT worker arrested over posting the political slogan "Liberate Hong Kong" on social media. A 67-year-old apprehended simply for applauding a court…

Hong Kong is considering a series of travel and quarantine exemptions for participants in a November investment summit designed to trumpet the financial hub's revival, according to a local media report. The government is studying…

Six Hong Kongers who belonged to a pro-independence student group pleaded guilty on Saturday (Aug 20) to charges of subverting the state under a Beijing-drafted security law, according to local media. The case of a seventh defendant…

Hong Kong will reopen one of its biggest Covid-19 isolation facilities as case numbers hit the highest in more than four months, putting strain on the hospital system and sparking uncertainty around whether the city can further ease virus…

Signs keep emerging that Hong Kong's financial hub status is increasingly at risk. The latest red flag comes from a new survey by the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association that shows more than a third of fund-management companies moved…