Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:54:15 +0000
Energy Vault’s tech is not a solution, and while it would work at least for a while, it won’t be cheap, it will have lots of failure conditions and it will be high-carbon.
Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:13:10 +0000
Hong Kong has maintained some of the world’s most onerous pandemic-related travel restrictions with mandatory hotel quarantines that have been as long as 21 days.
Read moreCredit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:59:00 +0000
Canada is enjoying a resurgence in immigration from Hong Kong. CIC News obtained new data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) showing a 50 per cent jump in Hong Kong permanent residence landings and four-fold increase in study and work permit applications compared to pre-pandemic levels. Hong Kong was the number one source of […]
The post Hong Kong immigration to Canada is booming first appeared on CIC News.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:38:34 +0000
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Hong Kong, has confirmed a report that another Filipina tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The Hong Kong Health Department informed the PCG on Thursday about the new unidentified Filipina patient. “Upon receiving this information, [the PCG] immediately checked with the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:49:11 +0000
THOUSANDS of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Hong Kong and Macau cannot leave Manila due to lack of flights to the Special Administrative Regions (SARs). Emmanuel Geslani, recruitment consultant and migration expert, said that although the Philippine government has lifted the travel ban to Hong Kong and Macau “these workers still have not left […]
Read more
Credit to Author: Tim Hume| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:17:26 +0000
On Sunday riot police used pepper spray during a protest of a new coronavirus quarantine facility in Kowloon Bay.
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 13:00:25 +0000
DAVOS, Switzerland: Bruised by months of street protests and calls to resign, Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam came to Davos with a tricky pitch to sell — that the Chinese territory is still a safe destination for investment and she is not going anywhere. Her stay at the four-day event in the Swiss Alps, which […]
Read more
Credit to Author: Tim Hume| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 14:04:08 +0000
A police officer tore off a politician’s goggles and sprayed him at close range — twice.
Read more
Credit to Author: Tim Hume| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:19:13 +0000
At least one protester was injured after police in riot gear responded to coordinated Christmas Eve protests with batons and teargas.
Read more
Credit to Author: Tim Hume| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 17:36:50 +0000
Police suspect the money is being used to bribe people into joining the protests, but the demonstrators say authorities are just trying to shut down their movement.
Read more