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Bouillabaisse at Claudine in Singapore. The Lion City has many new food and drink openings, from French home cooking to Japanese fine dining. Photo: Claudine

Food and Drinks

7 new fine-dining restaurants and bars to try in Singapore – but book early

From a world-class French restaurant to Japanese fine dining to the city’s first gin distillery, here are seven of the very best new openings for you to try.

13 Jul 2022 - 6:15PM

Singapore

Singapore’s Changi airport to reopen terminals in travel recovery

10 Jun 2022 - 5:04PM

Retail properties

Hong Kong retail rental market to sink while Singapore’s swims

12 May 2022 - 7:30AM

Hong Kong expats

Covid-19: Hong Kong firms seek offshore talent to replace expats eyeing exits

The number of Hong Kong companies looking to hire offshore workers has risen following an outflow of expats leaving for Singapore, which scrapped its Covid-19 restrictions last month, and elsewhere.

10 Apr 2022 - 10:00AMvideocam

Expats leaving Hong Kong is ‘a temporary phenomenon’ that will be reversed as infections are curtailed and rules are relaxed, says Chinese University economics professor Terence Chong Tai-leung. Photo: K Y Cheng

Singapore

China Briefing | Hong Kong needs a Covid-19 command centre fast – or risk losing to Singapore

As increasing numbers of international citizens and businesspeople ditch Hong Kong over its pandemic handling and head for Singapore, more needs to be done to win the virus fight and stop the exodus of talent.

14 Mar 2022 - 8:55AM

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Coronavirus pandemic

Singapore’s foreign visitor arrivals from Hong Kong hit 2-year high last month

Some 1,790 foreigners arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong in February – a far cry from pre-pandemic days – but the first time the figure crossed four digits since April 2020.

11 Mar 2022 - 1:29PM

Coronavirus pandemic

Hongkongers rue cost of ‘washouts’ to return to city battling spike in local cases

Flight bans are forcing people to take detours to return to Hong Kong. Of late, online communities trading travel tips have faced toxic criticism over the choice of Singapore as a pitstop.

12 Feb 2022 - 4:33PM

People walk along the link bridge to a terminal at Changi International Airport in Singapore.

Photo: Roslan RAHMAN/AFP

Coronavirus pandemic

Singapore reports 2 imported cases of Omicron variant

Neither patient interacted with the community and no evidence of community transmission, health ministry says.

2 Dec 2021 - 7:50PM

Singapore

Singapore still hoping for Hong Kong travel bubble, health minister says

At a global health conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Singapore Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said the city state still hoped that the twice-foiled travel bubble could launch ‘at some point’.

24 Nov 2021 - 6:40PM

Coronavirus Hong Kong

Opinion | Unlike Singapore, Hong Kong might be stuck with ‘zero Covid’

Hong Kong has a zero-tolerance policy like the mainland, but it lacks the domestic economy to thrive in isolation and the autonomy to change course. Singapore is opening up and could profit if Hong Kong remains hermetically sealed off.

17 Oct 2021 - 2:39PMvideocam

A health official stands guard at the entrance of a market in Singapore on October 9 to manage the flow of people in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19. Photo: AFP

Coronavirus pandemic

Hong Kong ‘no longer’ in travel talks with others, goal is zero Covid-19 cases

Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan says Hongkongers have expectation of government to keep city Covid-19 free, and approach of other places is not compatible with goal of ‘zero infections’.

21 Aug 2021 - 10:51PMvideocam

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People enjoy the sunshine along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. Hong Kong’s health minister says residents expect authorities to maintain a ‘zero cases’ Covid-19 policy. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong travel bubbles

Differing Covid-19 tactics dashed hopes of Singapore travel bubble: Hong Kong

Contrasting tactics for dealing with the coronavirus crisis were the downfall of plans for bilateral quarantine-free travel, Hong Kong government says.

20 Aug 2021 - 12:01AMvideocam

Coronavirus pandemic

Singapore cuts quarantine for Hong Kong, even as travel bubble bursts

The new rule applies to short-term travellers from Hong Kong and Macau starting next Thursday.

23 Aug 2021 - 1:43PM

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Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus Hong Kong: first-ever ‘cruise to nowhere’ sets sail on Friday

At a ceremony, commerce minister Edward Yau Tang-wah called the inaugural voyage ‘a step forward in bringing back normality’.

30 Jul 2021 - 10:54PM

The Genting Dream will depart Hong Kong at 9pm on Friday for the city’s first-ever ‘cruise to nowhere’. Photo: Martin Chan

Coronavirus pandemic

Asia’s planned travel bubbles burst by Delta variant of coronavirus

The travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore has never been established while an agreement between Australia and New Zealand has been stop-start.

23 Jul 2021 - 12:21PMvideocam

A family check their luggage before boarding a flight from Hong Kong to the UK. Photo: AFP

Coronavirus pandemic

Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble: late August review for delayed deal

Quarantine-free arrangement has been postponed twice as both sides have experienced outbreaks.

21 Jul 2021 - 12:52AM

Singapore

Letters | Don’t slam Singapore for ‘living with Covid’, raise vaccines game

Hong Kong legislators raising concerns about Singaporean ministers advocating ‘living with Covid’ ignore the city state’s high vaccination rate and strong social distancing measures.

16 Jul 2021 - 6:50AM

Coronavirus pandemic

Asian air travel could take 3 years to recover from coronavirus pandemic

The drawn-out timeline, due in part to low rates of vaccination in some countries and the fast-spreading Delta variant, are unwelcome signs for fuel refiners.

15 Jul 2021 - 8:11PMvideocam

Tourists wearing face masks disembark after arriving at Koh Samui in Thailand. Photo: AFP

Coronavirus pandemic

Debate over tests, jabs hobbles Hong Kong-Singapore Covid-19 travel bubble

Spikes in virus cases twice delayed the much-awaited travel corridor but the recent hold-up is over stumbling blocks.

14 Jul 2021 - 12:37AMvideocam

Coronavirus pandemic

Scrap travel bubble plans with Singapore, Hong Kong lawmakers say

Legislators point to city state’s suggestion Covid-19 will never disappear entirely and Singapore will have to ‘live’ with it as reason to ditch scheme.

10 Jul 2021 - 1:56AM

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Could Sinovac efficacy questions thwart Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble?

While city state points to lack of data about vaccine’s worth against new variants, Hong Kong authorities have defended the Chinese-produced jabs.

9 Jul 2021 - 1:39AM

A man queues up for a Sinovac jab in Kowloon Bay last month. Photo: Winson Wong

Coronavirus pandemic

Singapore’s plans for reopening could complicate travel bubble with Hong Kong

Singapore has laid out new vision for return to normal as vaccination rate there climbs, but Hong Kong must look into whether that plan ‘will have any impact’ on long-awaited travel bubble, city leader Carrie Lam says.

7 Jul 2021 - 10:32AM

Hong Kong must examine whether a change in Singapore’s approach to the pandemic will affect its planned travel bubble with city state. Photo: Xinhua

Coronavirus pandemic

Editorial | Resumption of travel hinges on reaching herd immunity

Even mainland China and Macau are shunning visitors from Hong Kong because of the low take-up rate for Covid-19 vaccines

5 Jul 2021 - 11:18PM

Coronavirus pandemic

Hong Kong logs 28-day run of zero Covid-19 infections after case reclassified

Centre for Health Protection says genetic sequencing of virus sample from part-time cleaner was the same as that taken from arrival from Indonesia.

5 Jul 2021 - 10:53PM

Coronavirus pandemic

Singapore, Hong Kong well placed to reconsider ‘air travel corridor’: minister

The island nation’s health minister Ong Ye Kung says the twice-postponed initiative will now go by a new name, with both economies ‘in a good position’ to look at it again.

1 Jul 2021 - 8:36PMvideocam

The travel corridor between Hong Kong and Singapore was indefinitely pushed back on May 26 when cases surged in the island nation. Photo: EPA

Coronavirus pandemic

Singapore pips Hong Kong in usable hotel rooms for Covid-19 quarantine

The comparison offers a crucial peek into the practicality of each city’s readiness to resume travelling, as increasing vaccination and a slowing in the spread of the coronavirus outbreak triggered discussions to reopen borders.

22 Jun 2021 - 1:59PM

Some of the travellers are sent to the Ramada Grand View in North point which is designated quarantine hotels on December 22, 2020. Photo: Felix Wong

Coronavirus pandemic

Phuket reopening shows way forward for Asia as travel bubbles deflate

The kingdom aims to allow quarantine-free travel to the island from July 1, provided visitors are vaccinated and aren’t coming from high-risk nations.

16 Jun 2021 - 12:42PMvideocam

Coronavirus pandemic

Hong Kong-Singapore Covid-19 travel bubble review set for early July

Arrangement has already been postponed twice due to outbreaks on either side.

11 Jun 2021 - 5:54AM

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Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble

Latest news and updates about an air travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong and Singapore agreed in principle to form a travel bubble late last year but it was postponed when Hong Kong was hit with a fourth wave of coronavirus infections. Talks have been revived with inoculation campaigns under way in both places.

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9 September, 2024