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Why a Covid-19 audit must be a priority for Hong Kong and the world
As we attempt to move on from Covid-19, we cannot forget that if governments had acted more quickly to contain the outbreak, millions of lives could have been saved. While…
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Rishi Sunak can fight recession risks with a cost of living support package | Larry Elliott
Pressure for summer mini-budget will increase as economic effects of Russia-Ukraine war take hold Less than three months after Russian troops moved across the border into Ukraine the economic implications…
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Hong Kong to ‘inevitably’ cut growth forecast for 2022, finance chief warns
Financial Secretary Paul Chan points to likelihood of further US rate rises and sluggish recovery of domestic market Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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If everyone’s working from home, why is commercial office space booming? | Gene Marks
Not everyone is going to be working from home in the months to come. They’re coming back to the office Many people loved working from home during the pandemic. They…
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Coronavirus: New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern isolates after partner Clarke Gayford tests positive for Covid-19
Ardern broke the news on social media and will work remotely as she isolates for the next seven days. Meanwhile New Zealand also reported its first case of the BA.5…
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Sweden? Japan? UK? Debates over who had a ‘good’ Covid won’t end | Francois Balloux
The WHO has spoken but even its huge new report will not settle arguments about pandemic strategies National Covid death rates are, inevitably, political. How could they not be when…
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Coronavirus: China’s central bank lends support as Shanghai eyes reopening after Covid-19 cases drop for 15th straight day
Banks are being asked to grant easy loans as more manufacturers in Shanghai prepare to reopen their factories after more than a month of citywide lockdown. New Covid-19 cases fell…
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Hong Kong must reopen to the world before it’s too late
The longer Hong Kong is closed off, the greater the risk of being surpassed by rivals and fading into economic irrelevance. If this means a further delay in reopening the…
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Jacinda Ardern forced into isolation after partner tests positive to Covid
New Zealand prime minister reveals Clarke Gayford’s diagnosis in a Mother’s Day post on Instagram New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has been forced into seven days of isolation after…
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If China abandons zero-Covid, it could prove it’s more rational and pragmatic than the paralysed West
China is the one country with the dynamism and heft to revitalise the global economy – but doing so would require a major U-turn on its virus suppression policy. Read…