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Nearly 500 non-local Cathay Pacific pilots have had their work permit applications rejected by the Hong Kong Immigration Department. Cathy Pacific confirmed that 496 pilots whose jobs depended on obtaining work permits had not obtained the necessary approval from the Hong Kong authorities. Hong Kong authorities have rejected work permit …

People stand against Singapore Airlines Airbus planes at Changi International Airport in Singapore on October 24, 2020. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday raised their travel advisories for Singapore and Hong Kong by one level each. Singapore has …

Hong Kong digital media Initium is leaving the city for Singapore, making it the first SAR media organization to locate abroad since the enactment of the controversial National Security Act. The Initium home page. Photo: Selina Cheng. Susie Wu, editor-in-chief of Initium, announced the six-year publication’s move on Tuesday in …

Siobhan Haughey from Hong Kong (AFP) Siobhan Haughey became Hong Kong’s first multiple Olympic medalist on Friday, winning her second silver at Tokyo 2020 in the women’s 100m freestyle. Haughey was already Hong Kong’s first Olympic medalist in swimming after claiming a silver in the 200 freestyle on Wednesday. His …

The organizer of the annual Tiananmen Square candlelight vigil in Hong Kong opened its annual exhibition of photographs and props of the 1989 bloody Beijing crackdown on those calling for democracy in China. The opening comes even as authorities in Hong Kong have banned for the second year in a …

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Darkus Yu had never considered leaving his home for nearly half a century. But the events of the last year made him change his mind. Al Jazeera documented the Yu family’s last four months in Hong Kong, their story is a poignant perspective on …

Hong Kong – All passengers who tested positive traveled to Hong Kong on a flight operated by Indian operator Vistara on April 4. By AFP Posted: Tue, 20 Apr 2021, 09:39 AM At least 49 passengers on a flight from New Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for the …

All passengers who tested positive traveled to Hong Kong on a flight operated by Indian operator Vistara on April 4. At least 49 passengers on a flight from New Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said, as the financial center introduced an emergency ban on …

The Supreme Court said the Hong Kong government has the right to invoke colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks during protests. Hong Kong’s highest court ruled that the city government’s decision to invoke a colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks during protests last year was constitutional. Monday’s decision …

OTTAWA – The Liberal government is creating a new measure for young people in Hong Kong: a work permit designed to speed up the process of obtaining permanent residence in Canada. “An opportunity to work, to study, to build this next chapter of their life,” Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said …