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Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:36:46 +0800
Hainan Airlines plans to raise US$7.9 billion via a stock sale to slash debt
Hainan Airlines Holding plans to sell new shares to raise around US$7.9 billion , the majority of which will be used to reduce financial obligations as the struggling carrier inches ahead with its restructuring plan.The aviation unit of China’s deb...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:29:12 +0800
Coronavirus: Hong Kong authorities set to unveil health code system, paving way for mainland China border reopening
Hong Kong authorities are expected to unveil a Covid-19 health code system on Thursday, paving the way for the long-awaited reopening of the city’s border with mainland China later this month.The government will reveal details of the scheme, which ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:14:55 +0800
Who are Chinese-American couple that gave the Met US$125 million? Financier Oscar Tang, son of Hong Kong’s ‘Textile Tycoon’ and a relative of Henry Tang, and his archaeologist wife
A Chinese-American couple have donated a record US$125 million to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to renovate the space that houses its collection of modern and contemporary art.The donation by Oscar Tang, son of Hong Kong’s late “Textile...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:00:37 +0800
China’s video game freeze enters fifth month, as NetEase faces challenges over Harry Potter game
China’s suspension of new video game licences has stretched into the final month of the year, clouding prospects for gaming giants Tencent Holdings and NetEase.NetEase shares fell as much as 9 per cent on Tuesday, but gained more than 4 per on Wedn...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:12:48 +0800
Hong Kong, Malaysia police arrest 27 people in Interpol crackdown on romance scam gang
Police in Hong Kong and Malaysia have arrested 27 people in a joint operation with Interpol to crack down on a fraud syndicate that swindled 37 women in Southeast Asia out of HK$15 million (US$1.9 million) through romance scams.The Hong Kong force al...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:41:15 +0800
South China Sea: Beijing demanded Indonesia stop oil and natural gas drilling during stand-off
China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long stand-off in the South China Sea earlier this year, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.The...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:32:00 +0800
China’s Sinopec banks on green hydrogen with Xinjiang solar-powered plant
China’s largest oil refiner China Petrochemical Corporation – also known as Sinopec – has started building the world’s largest green hydrogen plant, to be entirely powered by solar energy.Sinopec said on Tuesday the 3 billion yuan (US$470 mil...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:23:41 +0800
Omicron travel restrictions: from Singapore to Japan, Australia to India, here’s what Asian countries are doing to fight the new coronavirus variant
Travellers have been left scrambling to salvage their Christmas holidays as governments across Asia tighten their entry and quarantine rules following the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant.Hong Kong has been among the first to first to act...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:20:40 +0800
Retired Hong Kong police officer denied bail after he and wife charged with manslaughter over brawl that led to man’s death
A retired police officer in Hong Kong has been remanded in custody after he and his wife were both charged with manslaughter in relation to a street brawl which ended with a merchant’s death.Former senior constable Kwok Tak-wing, 57, and his wife R...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:17:34 +0800
2 students convicted of arson, assault over petrol bomb attack on Hong Kong police station
Two students were convicted on Wednesday of arson and assaulting an officer over a petrol bomb attack they launched last year on a Hong Kong police station.Tsang Wa-kwan, 19, and Lo Nip-fung, 20, were each cleared of a more serious charge of arson wi...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:03:41 +0800
China 2021 economic growth ‘expected to exceed target’, despite headwinds
China’s economic growth will exceed its target in 2021, Vice-Premier Liu He has said, despite multiple headwinds that threaten to derail recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.“We’re abundantly confident about China’s economy next year,” Li...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:00:29 +0800
Hong Kong ranks last for political stability, housing affordability in expat survey on world’s best cities to live
Hong Kong has ranked last for political stability and housing affordability in a survey of the world’s best places to live for expatriates, as the city continues to hover around the bottom of the overall table.The annual report by networking site I...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:34:41 +0800
Belize assures Taiwan of its support as doubts grow about Honduras
A senior politician from Belize on Wednesday pledged “steadfast” support for Taiwan during a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen, amid doubts over whether fellow Central American nation Honduras will maintain ties with the island following a pres...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:27:46 +0800
China’s zero-Covid stand vindicated as Omicron shuts borders around the world
Countries across the world scrambled this week to impose border and travel curbs after the new Omicron variant emerged.But in China, it was business as usual.While scientists race to figure out whether the Covid-19 variant first sequenced in South Af...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:14:21 +0800
Hong Kong workers set for 1.7 per cent pay rise in 2022 as companies look to boost headcount, jobs survey shows
Hong Kong workers can expect a pay rise of about 1.7 per cent in 2022, while roughly a third of companies intend to increase headcount in a trend driven by business expansion plans, a jobs survey has found.Many of the 438 Hong Kong companies polled i...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:55:26 +0800
Celebrity surgeon Dr Oz invokes ‘America first’ in bid for US Senate in Pennsylvania
Celebrity heart surgeon Dr Mehmet Oz on Tuesday said he would mount a Republican bid for a US Senate seat for Pennsylvania, shaking up what could be one of the most competitive races in next year’s congressional elections.Oz, who hosts the syndicat...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:45:29 +0800
Coronavirus: China reports 91 local cases, highest in nearly a month
China detected 91 domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases with confirmed symptoms for Tuesday, marking the highest daily count since November 2 and a significant jump from 21 cases a day earlier, as the country fights a fresh outbreak in the north.Al...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:36:39 +0800
Omicron coronavirus variant could greatly reduce efficacy of Hong Kong vaccines, top scientist says
A leading microbiologist has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant could significantly reduce the efficacy of vaccines offered in Hong Kong, but said weeks of tests are still needed to determine how easily it spreads.The University of Hong Kong...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:26:47 +0800
Belarus president offers to host Russian nuclear weapons as Moscow-Nato tensions mount
The long-time president of Belarus said that his country would be ready to host Russian nuclear weapons if Nato moves US atomic bombs from Germany to Eastern Europe.In an interview, President Alexander Lukashenko also said for the first time that he ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:39:42 +0800
Coronavirus: Sydney braces for more Omicron cases; South Korea’s daily infections exceed 5,000 for first time
Australian authorities on Wednesday flagged another probable case of the Omicron Covid-19 variant in Sydney as they braced for more infections after at least two international travellers visited several locations in the city while likely infectious.O...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:00:14 +0800
Why do Chinese crave stable government jobs over ‘inferior’ private and foreign firms?
Over the past few years, Janet Peng’s parents have had to adjust their expectations for her career and that of her old sister, in line with the changing economic and social climate in China.With mum and dad being private entrepreneurs, they long ha...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:35:07 +0800
All new cars in Hong Kong could be electric by 2030, five years ahead of schedule, environment official says
All new cars in Hong Kong could be electric by as early as 2030 – five years ahead of the government’s target - given their accelerating penetration globally, according to a senior environment official.The government is stepping up policy support...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:30:36 +0800
Xiomara Castro to become first female Honduran president after rival concedes
Honduras ruling party conceded defeat on Tuesday in presidential elections held two days earlier, giving victory to leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro and easing fears of another contested vote and violent protests.Tegucigalpa Mayor Nasry As...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:03:40 +0800
Japan, US could not stand by if China invaded Taiwan, ex-PM Shinzo Abe says
Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday.Tensions over Taiwan have risen as President Xi Jinping seeks to assert China...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:00:37 +0800
China’s Skyrizon takes Ukraine to The Hague over failed Motor Sich bid
A Chinese company is taking the Ukrainian government to an international tribunal, seeking US$4.5 billion in compensation over its scuttled attempt to take over an advanced aerospace company.Observers said the request for arbitration was rare and ref...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:44:38 +0800
China’s diesel exports set to climb after averting supply crisis, domestic stock ‘to build over winter’
China has averted a full-scale diesel crisis after refiners quickly ramped up production, with excess supply poised to flow into a regional market starved of the industrial fuel.Top processors China National Petroleum Corporation and China Petroleum ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:15:13 +0800
Hong Kong Disneyland, Operation Santa Claus team up to bring Christmas cheer to underprivileged children with creative workshop
Mickey Mouse, the beloved Disney character, was given new life through drawings by children from underprivileged Hong Kong families at a creative workshop held last month.Forty-five children were invited to the session hosted by Hong Kong Disneyland ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:01:17 +0800
China wanted to ‘drive Australia to its knees’, Biden’s Indo-Pacific adviser says
China is conducting “dramatic economic warfare” against Australia and has tried to “break” the US ally, contributing to increased anxiety about Beijing in the region, the White House’s Indo-Pacific coordinator, Kurt Campbell, said in a spee...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:00:22 +0800
Omicron variant: are vaccine passports discriminatory, or needed more than ever for Hong Kong to weather potential Covid-19 onslaught?
A proposal by Hong Kong authorities to introduce vaccine passports and ban unvaccinated people from venues such as restaurants has run into stiff opposition from across society, including business owners, legal experts and elderly groups.They said th...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:59:00 +0800
China’s factory activity weighed down by coronavirus-induced weak demand, slips back into contraction
China’s factory activity fell back into contraction in November as subdued demand, shrinking employment and elevated prices weighed on manufacturers, a business survey showed on Wednesday.The Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers’ index...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:33:33 +0800
Lovely Bones author Alice Sebold apologises to man wrongfully jailed 16 years for her rape in 1981
Author Alice Sebold publicly apologised Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir Lucky and said she was struggling with the role she played “within a system that sent an innocent man to jail...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:01:08 +0800
CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for role in ex-governor brother’s harassment scandal
CNN on Tuesday suspended its top news anchor, Chris Cuomo, for his role in defending his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, over sexual harassment allegations.The cable news channel said in a statement the suspension followed the release...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:00:16 +0800
Quirky China: A dog is ‘saved’ from his home, a woman may have octuplets and a haunted house finds buyers
A dog that fell into a 50-metre-deep hole in southwest China as a puppy and lived there for six years was “saved” by local villagers and trained rescuers on Sunday.It took the rescuers two weeks to pull the dog out of the makeshift cave, and the ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:58:03 +0800
US needs to step up economic engagement with Asia, Singapore says
The US needs to increase economic engagement in Asia with an “equally substantial alternative” to the 11-country Pacific trade pact Donald Trump exited nearly five years ago, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said.“Over the past de...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:30:16 +0800
China’s stuttering housing market shows signs of life as banks make it easier for first-time buyers to get mortgages approved
China’s beleaguered housing market is showing signs of life after banks made it easier for buyers to get their mortgages approved.New homes covering a total area of 12 billion square metres (129 billion square feet) in 42 major cities were sold in ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:00:33 +0800
As Singapore becomes the world’s second-most expensive city, what happened to Hong Kong?
Hong Kong is no longer the most expensive city in the world to live in, according to rankings released by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Wednesday, losing the top spot to Tel Aviv, as cities clocked the highest inflation rate in five years....

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:00:31 +0800
Omicron variant: Hong Kong’s tightened quarantine rules throw travel plans into chaos as family reunions, Christmas hopes dashed amid rush to extend hotel bookings
The tightening of Hong Kong’s entry and quarantine rules amid the global threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant has led to a frenzy among travellers scrambling for hotel rooms to salvage their Christmas holiday plans.Since the government’s ann...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:00:30 +0800
Myanmar files fresh corruption charge against Aung San Suu Kyi after court postpones verdict
Myanmar’s military government has filed a new corruption charge against deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former president Win Myint, state-run broadcaster MRTV reported on Tuesday.The new charge relates to the purchase and rental of a h...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:36:57 +0800
WHO sounds Omicron warning for unvaccinated vulnerable travellers
The WHO said Tuesday that those not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 who are also vulnerable to the disease, including over-60s, should put off travel to areas with community transmission.The World Health Organization also said blanket travel bans w...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:30:28 +0800
Global luxury giants LVMH, Hermes eye expansion on China’s Hainan Island in blow to shopping hotspot Hong Kong
In a blow for Hong Kong, global luxury goods companies such as LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), Hermes and Richemont are exploring opportunities in China’s Hainan province, as they eye expansion in the world’s second largest luxury marke...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:00:34 +0800
Raeesah Khan, darling of Singapore millennials, resigns as opposition MP after lying in parliament
A debutant Singaporean opposition MP hailed during last year’s election as one of the faces of the country’s politically awakened millennial generation has resigned, weeks after she admitted to lying to parliament when she admonished the police f...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:00:32 +0800
How a Stanford couple from Taiwan created the island’s first AI unicorn after eight failed attempts
When computer science major Chih-Han Yu met bio-immunology major Winnie Lee at Stanford University in 2003, they had little inkling they would go on to build Taiwan’s best-known artificial intelligence (AI) company.Fast forward nearly two decades a...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:00:30 +0800
China reaped big health benefits from early Covid-19 lockdowns, researchers say
Covid-19 lockdowns in the early stage of the coronavirus pandemic led to sizeable unintended health benefits in China, according to analysis by Chinese researchersIn findings published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Monday, the team said lock...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:58:20 +0800
‘I’m not going to be bullied’ by China, says US lawmaker Elissa Slotkin after Taiwan visit
Fresh off a trip to Taiwan despite admonishment from the Chinese government, US congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said it was crucial that the United States rallied allies to solve the semiconductor shortage and compete with the global superpo...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:19:19 +0800
Student kills 3, wounds 8 in Michigan high school shooting
A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three teenagers and wounding eight other people before surrendering to police, authorities said, in what was the deadliest US school shooting so far this year.Eight oth...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:00:23 +0800
Xi Jinping plays up roles for private sector in China-Africa trade and finance
Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to be banking on the private sector to drive the next phase of China-Africa cooperation as China’s policy banks take a cautious approach to lending.Speaking via a video link from Beijing during the Forum on Chin...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 05:21:46 +0800
US in hypersonic weapon ‘arms race’ with China, says Air Force secretary
The United States and China are engaged in an arms race to develop the most lethal hypersonic weapons, the US Air Force secretary said on Tuesday, as Beijing and Washington build and test more of the high-speed next-generation arms.“There is an arm...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 04:45:29 +0800
Jeffrey Epstein’s pilot recalls flying Prince Andrew, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton on private planes
Jeffrey Epstein’s long-time pilot testified on Tuesday at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell that he recalled flying Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump on the late financier’s private planes.Lawrence Visoski, who worked for ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 04:07:24 +0800
Wife of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ sentenced to three years in prison
The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.Emma Coronel Aispuro also helped her husband plan a...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 03:15:21 +0800
Sweden gets first transgender minister in female-majority cabinet
Sweden appointed its first minister who has gone through a gender transition, as Magdalena Andersson announced her new Social Democrat government on Tuesday.Lina Axelsson Kihlblom, 51, was named school minister in Andersson’s new government, which ...



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