Archive for April 18th, 2020
As Indonesia fights COVID-19, warmer temperatures drive up dengue cases
As Indonesia grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, infections from another animal-borne disease have gone on the rise largely unnoticed and likely driven by climate change, [...] » More
Asian shares advance, US crude oil price sinks below $19
Shares advanced in Asia on Friday while US benchmark crude plunged below $19 per barrel. The mixed reaction followed news that China’s economy contracted 6.8 percent in [...] » More
Asian markets rise on China GDP data
Asian markets posted healthy gains on Friday after official data in China showed the coronavirus pandemic had not hit economic growth as badly as some had feared. Authorities [...] » More
Waste not, want not: HK cafe zeros in on reducing trash
A zero food waste cafe in Hong Kong is trying to tackle the financial hub’s escalating trash problem by providing meals that are fully compostable, such as vegetables [...] » More
Cathay Pacific to lay off overseas cabin crew, furlough pilots
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will lay off 286 cabin crew based in the United States and furlough 201 pilots based in Australia and Britain, it said on Friday, [...] » More
With fewer new coronavirus cases, HK lawmaker says he hopes shutdown will end
With the daily increase in coronavirus cases falling to single-digit levels in recent days, a Hong Kong lawmaker said he hopes the government will soon start to lift measures [...] » More
HK confirms just one new coronavirus case but government believes it’s too early to ease back on restrictions, sources say
Hong Kong reported one new coronavirus case on Thursday, the fifth straight day with a single-digit increase in Covid-19 infections and the lowest figure in more than five [...] » More
HK co-working thrives as Singapore struggles in shutdown
On a recent Friday afternoon, dozens of people sat hunched over laptops at TheDesk’s six-story co-working space near Hong Kong’s Central business district, while [...] » More
Coronavirus: HK’s HK$137.5 billion Covid-19 safety net not big enough, Legislative Council members say
Lawmakers from across the political spectrum have urged officials to offer a wider array of support measures for workers and businesses during the economic storm unleashed by [...] » More
Coronavirus: HK’s HK$137.5 billion Covid-19 safety net not big enough, Legislative Council members say
Hong Kong’s opposition lawmakers have threatened to vote against the government’s proposed relief package, saying many workers and businesses would miss out on [...] » More
HK justice secretary defends independence of city’s judiciary after report of Beijing interference in legal system
Justice minister Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah has said Hong Kong’s top judge was the best person to confirm that mainland Chinese authorities did not interfere in the legal [...] » More
‘Let Taiwan Passport Be Taiwan’: overseas Taiwanese groups
Several organisations representing overseas Taiwanese on Wednesday called for the English text on the Taiwan passport to refer to the country only as “Taiwan.” In [...] » More
Taiwan’s Cathay Bank turns 2,500 ATMs, service centers into Pokemon stops
A leading Taiwanese bank group is turning its ATMs and service centers nationwide into hotspots for players of the world’s most popular augmented reality game Pokemon [...] » More
Taiwan’s health experts discuss coronavirus response with WHO via phone call
WHO was curious about Taiwan’s success in controlling the spread of virus: health official Chang Shan-chwen Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command centre (CECC) has [...] » More
US surveillance plane flies south of Taiwan
A United States Air Force (USAF) reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Bashi Channel separating south Taiwan from the Philippines Friday (April 17) in the ninth such [...] » More
