Hong Kong officially launched its battle with the coronavirus a year ago as the first case, imported from epicentre Wuhan, was confirmed. One year on, the city is still mired in its war against Covid-19, recording nearly 10,000 infections and more than 160 deaths. In the first of a two-part series, the Post reviews how Hong Kong faced a roller-coaster ride of unprecedented challenges amid the pandemic.On the last day of 2019, health minister Sophia Chan Siu-chee received an ominous call from… [...]

Ten thousand residents in one of Hong Kong’s most densely populated districts woke up to police cordons and officer patrols on Saturday, as a large area was locked down in an unprecedented attempt to stem the spread of Covid-19 in the city.Residents of the Yau Tsim Mong zone who were outside the area when it was cut off before dawn found themselves separated from their families, before ministers ordered frontline workers to allow households to reunite. Others left their homes only to have their… [...]

Hong Kong’s anti-racism watchdog has spoken out against customers requesting that their takeaway food not be delivered by South Asian drivers during the coronavirus pandemic, but will take no action since such conduct is not illegal.Deliveroo on Friday confirmed that a customer’s account had been deactivated over “inappropriate and wholly unacceptable delivery notes”, while rival company Foodpanda was investigating allegations of similar racist messages on its app.“We believe in mutual respect… [...]

The new head of Hong Kong’s Bar Association has called the arrest of 55 opposition figures an attempt to intimidate the city’s democratic movement, and warned against attacks on his colleagues in pro-Beijing media.Just hours after Paul Harris became the group’s new chairman, an editorial in Ta Kung Po on Friday accused the veteran human rights barrister of having a political mission to fulfil, after he called for the national security law to be amended.In a wide-ranging interview with the Post,… [...]

Three Hong Kong police officers have won an appeal against their convictions for making false statements by omitting certain details of how they came to find drugs on a suspect some four years ago.The High Court on Friday cleared Sergeant Ng Shiu-lung, 46, and constables Joe Tang Man-cho, 36, and Lee Hin-lai, 33, of their joint count of perverting the course of justice, for which they were each sentenced to 10 weeks in jail upon conviction two years ago.The case stemmed from a stop-and-search… [...]