Lunar New Year prophecy warns Hong Kong officials against ‘flaunting power’
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Don’t flaunt power, Lunar New Year prophecy warns Hong Kong officials
Heung Yee Kuk chairman Kenneth Lau urges authorities to consult public as they steer Hong Kong toward post-pandemic recovery, after drawing No 11 ‘neutral’ fortune stick.
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Health minister hopeful Hong Kong will axe more Covid curbs after Lunar New Year
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South China Morning Post
Health minister hopeful Hong Kong will axe more Covid curbs after Lunar New Year
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau also says authorities are optimistic about soon beginning second stage of reopening border with mainland China.
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Hong Kong temperatures to drop on Tuesday and Wednesday, forecasters warn
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Hong Kong issues weather warning as cold front moves across southern Chinese coast
Cold front moving across coast of southern China will bring temperatures of 12 degrees Celsius in built-up areas on Tuesday night.
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Hong Kong’s single-parent cross-border families in daily struggle for food
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong’s single-parent cross-border families in daily struggle for food
Nearly 80 per cent of survey respondents said they could not afford enough food for each of the three daily meals.
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Mainland Chinese aren’t biting as Hong Kong restaurants say lean times still here
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Mainland Chinese aren’t biting as Hong Kong restaurants say lean times still here
Some blame high number of Hongkongers abroad for the Lunar New Year holiday, but others say sector lifted by family gatherings and banquets.
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Consumption vouchers again for Hong Kong? Won’t work, says expert
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Consumption vouchers again for Hong Kong? Won’t work, say experts
Finance minister Paul Chan has yet to decide whether to issue fresh round of consumption vouchers, with this year’s budget to be delivered on February 22.
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Frontline Wuhan: the first city struck by Covid-19 learns its lessons
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How Wuhan handled the latest Covid wave with ‘ease and composure’
Emergency doctor Ai Fen was one of the first in the world to see the effects of the new coronavirus and has just coped with latest wave.
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Why fewer Hongkongers are receiving Covid shots after recent vaccination surge
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‘People think pandemic seems to be gone’: why fewer Hongkongers are getting jabs
One expert attributes the decline to the easing of pandemic control measures by the government.
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Culture shock for mainland Chinese pupils returning to Hong Kong after 3 years
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Culture shock for mainland Chinese pupils returning to Hong Kong after 3 years
Parents, teachers worry that children who attended online lessons during the pandemic will face adjustment problems.
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Hong Kong banks offer staff generous gifts and ‘return-to-work’ lai see
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Hong Kong banks offer staff generous gifts and ‘return-to-work’ lai see
Hong Kong’s biggest banks plan to present lai see, gift hampers and tickets to Disneyland as gifts for their staff as they return to the office on the first working day in the Year of the Rabbit.
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Hong Kong policeman attacked before shooting suspect 3 times, force says
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Hong Kong policeman attacked before shooting suspect 3 times, force says
Suspect grabbed officer’s neck so hard he apparently drew blood, acting superintendent says.
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No festive cheer for Hong Kong’s homeless who sought refuge from cold in shelters
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No festive cheer for Hong Kong’s homeless who seek refuge from cold in shelters
As residents revel in final day of public holiday, rough sleepers struggle to find good night’s sleep at shelters across city
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Hong Kong protesters face uncertainty rebuilding lives after jail
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Hong Kong protesters face uncertainty rebuilding lives after jail
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How would you rate the court drama starring Dayo Wong from a string of Lunar New Year hits? Discover what our editor thinks. https://sc.mp/v80v
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Review | A Guilty Conscience: Dayo Wong in one of Hong Kong’s best ever court dramas
Dayo Wong plays a disenchanted magistrate who becomes a defence lawyer, loses his first case representing a woman wrongly jailed for killing her daughter, then tries to prove her innocence.
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