Hong Kong

Two giant inflatable ducks made a splash in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor on Friday, marking the return of a pop-art project that sparked a frenzy in the city a decade ago. The two 18-meter-tall yellow ducks by Dutch artist Florentijn…

Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore will likely be the biggest beneficiaries as China drops its Covid-19 restrictions and reopens its economy, driving up demand for imports and overseas travel, according to Goldman Sachs Group. Hong Kong…

The number of visas granted to overseas workers in Hong Kong fell by about two-thirds during the Covid-19 pandemic, as stringent travel curbs severed the finance hub’s connection with the rest of the world. Some 13,800 general employment…

Hong Kong Customs has arrested two men involved in one of the city’s largest money-laundering cases ever. The suspects traded some 8 tonnes of mainly gold and palladium, valued at about HK$3.5 billion (S$632 million), over a two-year…

Hong Kong will make Covid-19 PCR tests available within walking distance for about five million people, and slash prices, in a move that indicates it's entrenching testing requirements on residents permanently like in mainland China. The…

Hong Kong's government has eased Covid-19-related restrictions on the movements of locally based crew when making overseas trips, on which the territory's strict rules had previously confined them to their hotels. From Tuesday, pilots and…

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…