Day: May 22, 2022

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Top private club among 48 places listed for testing

The government on Sunday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 48 locations across the SAR, including an exclusive private club in Central. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic...
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Reinforce patriotic groups in universities, media: CY

Former Chief Executive CY Leung on Sunday said there's a need to make patriotic groups stronger in universities and the media. He said even though Hong Kong now has the national security law and an improved electoral system, patriots can't simply think that their job is done. During an online...
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South Horizons residential block locked down

A building in Ap Lei Chau was locked down overnight on Saturday after a mutant coronavirus strain was detected. Health officials said they aim to finish the lockdown of Mei Ka Court in South Horizons by about noon on Sunday. Earlier, officials said they found no new Covid infections following...
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Southern District secondary school sees 3 cases: CHP

Health authorities on Saturday played down the possibility of a fresh outbreak at a secondary school in Southern District after a total of three students from the same class caught the coronavirus. The school reported two more Covid infections from self-tests on Friday. Both were secondary one pupils. Albert Au...
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Medical facilities to use vaccine pass from June

Patients and other people visiting non-emergency public medical facilities, like specialist clinics under the Hospital Authority, will have to use the vaccine pass from June 13. The applicable premises also include district health centres, student health service centres, government dental clinics and methadone clinics. Unvaccinated patients will still be admitted...
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15 arrested over alleged illegal debt collection

Police said on Saturday they've arrested 15 people allegedly linked to six illegal debt collection activities involving a total of more than HK$19 million. The suspects, aged between 14 and 68, have been accused of criminal damage, wounding, and criminal intimidation. Officers believed some of them have triad links, and...
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Regina Ip backs govt changes; Tik Chi-yuen hesitant

Third Side legislator Tik Chi-yuen on Saturday said he's not convinced by CE-elect John Lee's plan to add three deputy secretaries to the incoming administration, but New People's Party lawmaker Regina Ip threw her weight behind the proposal. The restructuring package that will add new deputies to the chief secretary,...
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No cases found in Ap Lei Chau lockdown

Health officials said on Sunday that no coronavirus cases were found during an overnight lockdown in Ap Lei Chau. They said 922 people were tested at Mei Ka Court in South Horizons during the exercise. Health officials visited 312 households within the "restricted area", but the 58 households did not...
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Driver killed in Cheung Sha Wan bus crash

The driver of a double-decker bus died in the early hours of Sunday after a collision with a single-decker tourist bus in Cheung Sha Wan, police said. The crash happened at about midnight on Saturday on Lai Po Road, leaving the 43-year-old driver trapped. Firefighters were able to release him...
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