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Air Canada has awarded a Hong Kong company a major contract to perform heavy maintenance on 56 of its wide-body jets, sparking concerns about Chinese spies bugging the planes and aircraft becoming trapped in China if a military conflict erupts with Taiwan. The maintenance company, HAECO, unveiled its major Air …
Read More »Advocates push Liberals to relax Hong Kong immigration rules – National
A press conference in Markham, Ont., last week hosted by Liberal MP Paul Chiang seemed to offer good news for Hong Kongers hoping to flee the island increasingly under Beijing’s thumb: Canada would lift education requirements for Hong Kong immigrants with Canadian work experience. The move, which the Liberals framed …
Read More »Hong Kong scraps hotel quarantine, PCR test before departure for incoming travellers
Hong Kong’s leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travellers to quarantine in designated hotels as it seeks to remain competitive and open up globally after nearly two years. Incoming travellers will also no longer need a negative PCR test within 48 hours before boarding a plane to …
Read More »Hong Kong researchers urge third COVID-19 shot after new Omicron study, Health News, ET HealthWorld
HONG KONG: Researchers in Hong Kong have urged people to get a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, after a study showed insufficient antibodies were generated by the Sinovac and BioNTech products to fend off Omicron. Tuesday’s release of the results of a study by scientists in …
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