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Entrepreneurial State Bank Makes Hong Kong's First SPAC Application

Key takeaways: Aquila Acquisition has applied to become Hong Kong’s first SPAC listing, formed by a group connected to China Merchants Bank Investors must put up at least $128,000 to buy the SPAC’s shares, which may be too high to create a vibrant market By Jony Ho

Benzinga

Cathay Pacific offers pilots £2,700 bonuses to keep flying in spite of draconian Hong Kong quarantine rules

Hong Kong’s strict quarantine laws have kept officers in isolation for weeks at a time

The Independent UK

Covid briefing: Six things as Mark Drakeford says he has 'nothing to apologise for' over Covid rules

Mark Drakeford was replying to Conservative attacks over level two restrictions brought in to combat the Omicron wave

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Thousands in Hong Kong volunteer to adopt hamsters amid COVID-19 fears

Thousands of people in Hong Kong volunteered on Wednesday to adopt unwanted hamsters after a mass cull order from the government over COVID-19 fears raised alarm that panicky owners would abandon their pets.

Reuters

Hong Kong's COVID-19 hamster cull sparks fear of owners abandoning pets

A mass hamster cull in Hong Kong sparked fears among animal welfare groups on Wednesday that panicky people would abandon their pets after 11 of the rodents from one petshop in the city tested positive for COVID-19.

Reuters

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Leung released from prison

Edward Leung, who coined the now-banned slogan ‘Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times’, spent four years in jail.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Edward Leung released from jail

HONG KONG — Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, who popularized a now-banned protest slogan, was released from a maximum-security prison after serving four years behind bars for his role in a violent protest.

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Why Alibaba Is Falling Today Even As Tech Peers Lead Hang Seng Higher

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies traded mostly higher in Hong Kong on Wednesday, leading the benchmark Hang Seng Index higher.

Benzinga

Kung fu master Sin wants to run Hong Kong as leadership race looms

Hong Kong kung fu master and film producer Checkley Sin Kwok Lam said on Wednesday he intended to run in the city's leadership race, a surprise move that comes as incumbent leader Carrie Lam has yet to confirm whether she will run for a second term.

Reuters

Czech Republic scraps mandatory jabs as daily cases hit new high; record cases in Bulgaria – as it happened

Czech government scraps decree to avoid ‘deepening fissures’ in country; Bulgaria reports highest daily tally of pandemic with 11,181 infections

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong independence activist Leung released from prison

Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, who coined the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times,” has been released from prison

The Independent UK

Hong Kong democracy activist Edward Leung released from prison

Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, 30, who first used one of the most popular protest chants of the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations and the first slogan to be declared illegal under a national security law, was released from prison on Wednesday.

Reuters

Hong Kong to cull 2,000 hamsters and ban owners kissing pets after Covid cases

A recent Covid-19 cluster of human cases was traced back to a pet shop worker, which prompted officials to carry out tests on hundreds of animals in the region - only 11 tested positive as many are outraged as the decision

Daily Mirror

2,000 pet hamsters in Hong Kong will be killed to prevent the spread of COVID

Residents are being asked to turn in their furry family members ASAP.

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Hong Kong orders hamster cull and urges people not to kiss their pets after Covid outbreak

Hong Kong will kill around 2,000 small animals including hamsters after several tested positive for Covid at a pet shop.

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Coronavirus chief in Hong Kong warns: ‘Don’t kiss your pets’

A coronavirus expert in Hong Kong doesn’t want people to kiss their pets after small animals tested positive for coronavirus.

Daily Record

Mass cull of hamsters in Hong Kong after rodents test positive for covid

Thousands of hamsters are to be culled after testing positive for coronavirus at a pet store in Hong Kong where an infected employee was working

Wales Online

Covid-19: Hamsters to be culled in Hong Kong and owners told not to kiss pets

Authorities acknowledge there is “no evidence” that pets can transmit the coronavirus to humans

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The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong to kill thousands of hamsters after Covid found on 11

Authorities call for animals to be surrendered for ‘disposal’ after traces of virus detected at pet shop

Reuters

Hong Kong to cull 2,000 hamsters after COVID-19 outbreak

Hong Kong warned people not to kiss pets and ordered a mass cull of hamsters on Tuesday, to the outrage of animal-lovers, after 11 of the rodents tested positive for COVID-19.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong arrests 2 ex-air crew for breaking COVID-19 rules

Hong Kong police have arrested two former flight attendants for allegedly leaving their homes when they should have been in isolation for possible coronavirus infections, which were later confirmed

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong police arrest two Cathay flight attendants accused of Covid rule breach

Police allege staff at the beleaguered airline ‘conducted unnecessary activities’ during home isolation as China presses on with zero-Covid strategy

The Guardian - UK

France reports nearly half a million new cases, a record increase; Italy records 228,179 daily infections – as it happened

France registers 464,769 new Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours; Italy’s cases jump from 83,403 a day earlier

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong police arrest ex-Cathay crew over violating anti-pandemic regulations

HONG KONG: Police have arrested and laid charges against two former Cathay Pacific flight attendants for alleged violations of home isolation rules that coincided with the arrival of the Omicron variant in Hong Kong.

Reuters

Hong Kong police arrest two ex-flight attendants over COVID-19 rule breach

Hong Kong police said they have arrested and charged two former flight attendants over allegations they broke the city's coronavirus rules.

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