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Karen Zhang
Senior reporter, Hong Kong
Karen Zhang joined the Post's Hong Kong desk in 2018. Previously, she was an investigative reporter at HK01. Her works have received international and regional awards including SOPA awards.
The controversial question in the DSE history paper asked if Japan ‘did more good than harm to China’ between 1900 and 1945.
Two mainland Chinese men given 21 and 27 months in jail for trafficking in the critically endangered animal. They were found at the airport with 100kg of scales worth an estimated HK$400,000.
The reusable masks are offered for up to HK$200 each even before they are sent out in HK$320 million bid to combat the pandemic.
Annie Choi says she was not ‘sensitive enough’ when she did not initially reveal the identity of the CuMask+ manufacturer.
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Government is giving every one of city’s 7.5 million inhabitants mask that can be used 60 times.
Force says allegations against Chris Tang concerning unauthorised works at a flat he rented in 2016 are ‘unfounded’.
Cheer Up & Dance performance to take place on Saturday and will be live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
Team recalls race to set up temporary facility. Travellers among 1,400 tested at AsiaWorld-Expo, 104 found to be infected.
While queues offer anecdotal evidence of success, one lawmaker said it would not help much given Hongkongers’ diminished spending power.
All departments told to come up with plans to bring civil servants back to the office, according to source. Administration also discussing restrictions on travellers going across the border with mainland Chinese counterparts.
Paul Chan says government is on top of risks during coronavirus crisis relating to the currency, bank liquidity and the smooth running of markets.
Education University chief Frederick Ma says character education should start as early as possible to teach children to show more respect to teachers.
Bars and other leisure spots to remain closed but restaurants no longer restricted to operating at half capacity. All of the latest infections were arrivals either from the United States or Britain.
Joshua Wong says data shows liaison office’s expansion across city, while lawmaker highlights its need to house staff locally.
Law Chi-kwong says most coronavirus cases in Hong Kong resulted from community infections rather than work, but trade unionists say workers in various sectors are at high risk.
‘Only natural’ for central government agencies to weigh in on opposition’s ‘attempt to hijack Legco’, foreign affairs body says.
One Himalayan rock salt tested, which sells for HK$440 a pack, was found to have lead content exceeding international standards.
Micro levels of the toxic substance were found in six of 24 locally available alcohol-based disinfectants tested by the Consumer Council.
City records 11 new infections, the fewest in nearly a month, but residents cautioned against letting their guard down. On second day of long weekend, fewer people flock to scenic spots and most follow social-distancing rules.
Ignoring official warnings, residents flock to beaches and mountains after weeks cooped up indoors. Scant attention paid to precautionary measures, with many people leaving aside masks and crowding together
Life-support device fixed to critically ill woman, 75, who had travelled to North America. City records 16 new cases on Good Friday.
Chit Fai Motors ran minibuses from Whampoa to Kowloon Tong and Tsim Sha Tsui for around 40 years. It lost HK$2 million as passenger numbers plunged amid pandemic.
Fresh figures follow closure of beauty and massage parlours as authorities continue to tighten social-distancing measures.
Venues ordered to shut up shop for two weeks, from Friday.
With latest round of closures, government hopes to stop cluster of infections tied to nightlife districts. But owners complain the new rule, which allows some venues to stay open if they serve food, is unclear.
Any premises ‘exclusively or mainly used’ for sale or supply of alcohol must shut from 6pm on Friday to curb Covid-19’s spread.
Government widens its blanket over popular gathering spots but venues are caught off guard. Beauty parlours among businesses that can stay open, even though a member of the industry is among 51 new infections.
Pay packets could shrink from the HK$18,200 (US$2,350) monthly median revealed on Monday to HK$14,000, experts warn.
Despite offers of extra work and extra pay city’s domestic workers still gather in public parks and run errands on only day off, just in smaller numbers than before epidemic swept through.
Fears that isolation wards are short of capacity required as 59 new infections take Hong Kong total to 641.
