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Karen Zhang

Hong Kong
@karenised
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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.