Hong Kong’s new offerings for food connoisseurs BARKADA TRIP Barkada is set to open later this month at the newly launched lifestyle destination Foco in Soho We all have our favorite restaurant or fast food joint in Hong Kong. For a quick fix, Café de Coral never fails. For truly local fare,...
HONG KONG, China -- China said on Friday it will fully restore travel across its borders with Hong Kong and Macau next week, dropping Covid testing requirements and daily quotas after a lengthy pandemic separation. The semi-autonomous cities have both stuck to Beijing's zero-Covid strategy for...
HONG KONG, China -- The hardline head of Hong Kong's national security agency has been appointed China's top representative in the city, state media said on Saturday, as Beijing tightens its grip since 2019 democracy protests. This file photo taken on April 15, 2021 shows Head of the Office for...
Are you ready for new experiences in this old favorite? As one of the last popular destinations to fully lift restrictions, Hong Kong is now ready to accept tourist—including Filipinos, many of whom count it as their first foreign city—without all the restrictions. If you’re a frequent...
Top officials of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) will be holding exploratory talks with their Hon Kong counterparts for the deployment of Filipino caregivers and assisted care workers. In as statement, DMW Secretary Susan "Toots" Ople said the Hong Kong government is in need of as many...
Department of Social Welfare and Development The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of the Philippines and the Labor and Welfare Bureau of Hong Kong reaffirmed their commitment to work together to protect the welfare of every Filipino in the Philippines and abroad, in a meeting...
And other memories of our recent and ancient past EXCAVATION SITE The author (right) on an archaeological dig in search of earthenware used for burying the dead The joy and pain of learning is that it never stops. It was only when William, my eldest, now 21, was learning the alphabet that I learned...
HONG KONG, China -- Tens of thousands of people will be able to travel daily between Hong Kong and China from Sunday in a major easing of pandemic rules that kept the border mostly sealed for almost three years. Both Hong Kong and China stuck to zero-Covid policies in which strict travel curbs and...
Filipino woodpushers bagged the top honors in the team event of the Hong Kong Bauhinia U18 Chess Invitational held recently. Filipino woodpushers won the team event of the recent Hong Kong Bauhinia U18 Chess Invitational. The team, which is composed of Mark Jay Bacojo, Ayana Nicole Usman and...
After more than two years of strict pandemic rules, the Hong Kong government announced that all of its mandatory control measures for inbound travelers are lifted starting Thursday, Dec. 29. “The new measures mark a key milestone for tourism revival and the full reopening of the tourism doors of...
HONG KONG, China -- Hong Kong is aiming to reopen its border with China by mid-January, city leader John Lee announced on Saturday after returning from meetings in Beijing. The border has been effectively shut for nearly three years while China enforced a zero-Covid strategy of snap lockdowns,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States is flouting international trade rules by labeling imports from Hong Kong as those from China, the World Trade Organization ruled Wednesday, an outcome that Washington rejects. The WTO ruling addressed a decision under former president Donald Trump's...
