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‘We need to look past uncertainty’, says Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief ahead of banking summit

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong’s de facto central bank chief Eddie Yue previews the upcoming global banking summit to be held in the city, and talks about the city’s charm offensive to woo global financial institutions. In his first media interview since becoming chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in 2019, Yue sits down with Post…

Inbound travellers to Hong Kong excited about end to hotel quarantine after 2 years

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Travellers to Hong Kong no longer have to undergo hotel quarantine, as of September 26, 2022. It marks the first time that the city, once a global transport hub, has fully reopened to travellers since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Related story: Joyful scenes at Hong Kong airport as city welcomes arrivals under ‘0+3’ scheme…

Hong Kong ends mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals under ’0+3' plan

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu announced an end to the city’s mandatory hotel quarantine policy on September 23, 2022, ending some of the world’s toughest Covid-19 restrictions. The current policy requires overseas arrivals to quarantine in designated hotels for three days and be put under home medical surveillance for another four. Most countries in Asia…

‘No going out, no crying’: Hong Kong ‘pui yuet’ nannies support new mums with traditional routine

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The first month after a woman gives birth is often difficult and exhausting. Many cultures have post-birth traditions intended to make it easier for new mums and to help in their recovery. In Hong Kong, many new mothers still practise a generations-old tradition of hiring a confinement nanny – a woman tasked with taking care of…

Bamboo scaffolding: why Hong Kong is among the last cities using centuries-old building method

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than any other city on Earth, but local builders rely on a uniquely anachronistic building technique – bamboo scaffolding – to construct even the highest of high-rises. Why is Hong Kong one of the last cities still using the centuries-old method and what makes bamboo such an ideal material for scaffolding?…

5 Hong Kong speech therapists behind controversial children’s books convicted on sedition charges

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Five speech therapists behind a series of children’s books containing provocative depictions of mainland China were convicted on September 7, 2022, for the production and distribution of publications that breached Hong Kong’s colonial-era sedition law. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com Follow us on: Website: https://www.scmp.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp Twitter: https://twitter.com/scmpnews Instagram: https://instagram.com/scmpnews Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-china-morning-post/ #scmp #HongKong #HongKongnationalsecuritylaw(NSL)

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