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Authorities have been under pressure from city sectors to open up, after more than two years of being closed off from outside world

Everything you need to know about tighter social-distancing rules

Criminalisation will be the last resort for tackling “fake news” with alternative approaches such as demanding the removal of content and flagging contentious material taking priority, Hong Kong’s No 2 official has said.

The European practice of exporting pollution could soon end as the Commission presented a new proposal for stricter rules on waste shipments.

Legco passes long-delayed legislation requiring households and shops to pay for rubbish bags expected to cost the average household up to HK$51 a month.

Hong Kong is the fourth most expensive place in the world to employ expatriates

Hong Kong will allow vaccinated tourists from all but 10 places in the world to enter the city starting on Aug. 9, a significant easing of some of the tightest border curbs in the world.

The European Commission on Wednesday put forward plans for the world’s first carbon border tax, on imports of carbon-intensive steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers and electricity, as part of a programme to meet its new climate target.

The global minimum corporate tax – agreed upon by a Group of 20 finance ministers this month – is set to re-chart the course of international investment flows, creating new uncertainties for Southeast Asian nations that have been striving to lure foreign capital and financial expertise.

The first Hong Kong tour group to Europe in more than 16 months set off over the weekend but industry insiders doubt it marks the start of a recovery for travel agents amid a Covid-19 resurgence in several countries.

European Union nations approved the pandemic recovery plans of the bloc’s four biggest economies and eight other member countries

Many analysts say Hong Kong’s advantages – proximity to mainland businesses, a robust legal system and its own freely convertible currency – will continue to outweigh the disadvantages.