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From blackened bananas to melted sorbet, Hong Kong’s perishable food deliveries fail to make the grade, watchdog says
As online orders soar amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Hong Kong’s grocery delivery services are handling perishable foods poorly, with retailers sending melted sorbet, thawed frozen meats and blackened bananas to…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: three more killed by coronavirus as domestic helper boarding house outbreak sparks fears of virus spreading across city
Fears that clusters of Covid-19 could be spreading across Hong Kong are mounting after an outbreak at a domestic helpers’ boarding house, while mandatory testing was ordered at two housing…
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Hong Kong retail property: the worst may finally be over for sector, JLL says, but others suggest more pain ahead
The worst may finally be over for Hong Kong retail property, with rents likely to pick up in 2021, according to JLL.The sector is forecast to report an increase in…
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Coronavirus: Singapore to open business travel bubble; half of its migrant workers were infected
Singapore will start a new travel lane for “business, official and high economic value travellers” that will allow people to come to the city state without quarantine for short-term visits…
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Coronavirus: ‘transparency’ of China vaccine questioned by Brazil’s drug agency
The Brazilian health regulator, Anvisa, accused China on Monday of using criteria that “are not transparent” to win emergency approval of its coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, which is in the final…
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Coronavirus live news: Canada administers first vaccines as UK detects new Covid strain
‘We have to bite through this very sour apple,’ says Dutch PM; Canada administers firs vaccine doses; Singapore to open business travel bubble from January Vaccines roll out of Pfizer…
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Australia news live: NSW and Qld face another day of wild weather; Craig McLachlan not guilty of indecent assault
Authorities warn of more flooding and coastal erosion; China-state-owned media reports power stations have been told not to buy Australian coal. Follow the latest updates Craig McLachlan has been found…
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Human progress at stake in post-Covid choices, says UN report
Warning of future dogged by crises if recovery entrenches environmental problems and inequalities Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Unless leaders make the right choices on recovering…
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WHO’s coronavirus detectives look to Wuhan market as undisclosed map surfaces
This is the third story in a 15-part series on the Covid-19 disease, one year after it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It takes a closer look…
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Bad quarantine food in Hong Kong? Not for this Italian chef: he flavoured his bowls of rice with olives, sausages and sun-dried tomatoes
When chef and restaurateur Umberto Bombana was ordered into quarantine in Hong Kong last month, he went prepared: the Italian took with him a suitcase packed with sun-dried tomatoes, black…