
News by Country: Hong Kong
28 July 2020
·
Battered by COVID-19, US-China row, Hong
Kong recovery could lag: finance chief (SCMP, 26 July 2020)
·
Covid-19 rules ‘put residents at greater risk of mental
health problems’ (SCMP, 25 July 2020)
·
‘More welfare help needed’: Hongkongers
look to government to close wealth gap (SCMP, 23 July 2020)
·
Hong Kong’s restaurants face HK$3
billion July loss amid fresh Covid-19 restrictions (SCMP, 21 July 2020)
·
Hong Kong jobless rate climbs to 6.2 per
cent, highest in more than 15 years (SCMP, 21 July 2020)
·
Hong Kong’s yawning wealth gap grows
wider amid coronavirus pandemic (Straits Times, 17 July 2020)
·
Amid pandemic, women stressed by
caregiving, chores and unhelpful husbands (SCMP, 4 July 2020)
·
UN rights office expresses alarm at Hong Kong arrests
under new security law (UN, 3 July 2020)
·
Three million Hongkongers take a
HK$7,752 hit as Covid-19 batters MPF savings (SCMP, 3 July 2020)
·
Hongkongers set to get KH$10,000 handout
earlier than expected (SCMP, 3 July 2020)
·
Struggling Hong Kong families to get new
cash boost in HK$1.1 billion scheme (SCMP, 29 June 2020)
·
Migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong
experienced more discrimination during COVID-19 outbreak: Survey (Coconuts Hong Kong, 29 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong’s economy to take a massive
hit before recovering in 2021 (SCMP, 29 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong government subsidy saves 900
jobs at top property brokerage (SCMP, 29 June 2009)
·
Hong Kong firm with government link
among top recipients of wage subsidy round (SCMP, 29 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong exports continue to slump,
falling 7.4 per cent in May (SCMP, 29 June 2020)
·
Dozens of helpers fired in belief they
caught Covid-19, unions say (SCMP, 28 June 2020)
·
Jobless rate is likely to pass 6 per
cent, Hong Kong labour chief warns (SCMP, 27 June 2020)
·
HK$1 billion pumped into IT scheme to
help firms survive COVID-19 (SCMP, 26 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong housing chief proposes two
rent-free months to ease impact of rises (SCMP, 24 June 2020)
·
List of employers in HK$4.8 billion
first-phase subsidy revealed (SCMP, 23 June 2020)
·
‘Limited food, no wages’: domestic
workers struggle amid quarantine in Hong Kong (SCMP, 21 June 2020)
·
Two million Hongkongers register for
HK$10,000 handout online on first day (SCMP, 21 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong bankruptcies for May worst
since 2003, as experts paint dour picture (SCMP, 19 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong Airlines asks government for
support after Cathay Pacific bailout (SCMP, 18 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong police issue 705 fixed
penalties for congregating, totaling HK$1.41m (Hong Kong Free Press, 17 June
2020)
·
Hong Kong’s gig economy in media
spotlight as freelancers, casual workers struggle (SCMP, 17 June 2020)
·
Foreclosures set to surge as Hong Kong
homeowners struggle with finances (SCMP, 17 June 2020)
·
Quarter of Hongkongers serve as carers
during Covid-19 crisis:study (SCMP, 15 June 2020)
·
Jobless rate will be worse than after
financial crisis, Paul Chan warns (SCMP, 14 June 2020)
·
Why trade unions have mushroomed as
demonstrators push for workers’ rights (SCMP, 14 June 2020)
·
US$6 trillion quantitative easing won’t buoy Hong Kong
home prices - here’s why (SCMP, 13 June 2020)
·
Cathay Pacific will tap government fund
to help pay 27,000 employees in Hong Kong (SCMP, 12 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong government’s cash handout
sparks war for customers among banks (SCMP, 12 June 2020)
·
Over 30,000 firms enjoy repayment break
on HK$380 billion in loans (SCMP, 11 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong’s Executive Council fully
backed Cathay Pacific bailout, member says (SCMP, 10 June 2020)
·
Reeling tourism sector pushes Hong Kong
government to step up efforts to create ‘travel bubbles’ with neighbours (SCMP, 9 June 2020)
·
Hong Kong’s road to retail recovery will
be ‘extremely slow’, warns Harvey Nichols owner (SCMP, 8 June 2020)