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The National People’s Congress Standing Committee has approved Hong Kong’s electoral system overhaul in Beijing today.

Officials on Monday announced plans to re-open public beaches, swimming pools and playgrounds before the Easter holiday, as they also revealed that restrictions on people returning from the UK will be lifted and mandatory quarantine arrangements will be relaxed for people from “low-risk” countries.

The government announced on 24 March that it had temporarily stopped administering BioNTech coronavirus vaccines due to packaging problems in one of the batches, involving cracks in containers and leakage.

China can achieve its goal to become carbon neutral by 2060 as long as it adopts a structured approach to reducing its dependence on coal for power, according to an American study

An infectious disease expert has said only mass vaccination and herd immunity will open the way for Hong Kong to end coronavirus restrictions, though he cast doubt on the prospect of vaccine passports opening up international travel in the short term.

Hong Kong authorities are looking into driving up Covid-19 vaccinations by offering incentives such as exempting jab recipients from certain travel restrictions and social-distancing measures, the city’s leader has revealed.

Hong Kong plans to increase charging stations to 155,000 by 2025 as it launched the first roadmap to popularise electric vehicles yesterday.

Hong Kong improved its standing among global financial centres in a newly released study, thanks to the popularity of its stock market and many cross-border trading schemes with mainland China, officials said.

HSBC said that it would end financing of coal mining and coal-fired power plants in the European Union and countries that make up the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by 2030, and a decade later elsewhere, following pressure from investors

As Europe’s economy shrinks following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, youth unemployment is on the rise. There are now 3.1 million young people aged 15-24 unable to find a job.

Some 1.3 million workers from various industries can start making appointments for coronavirus vaccines after they were also given priority by the government.

A shipment of almost 600,000 doses of the BioNTech coronavirus vaccine reached the SAR on Saturday after a two-day delay. It’s the second vaccine to arrive in the city, although it was the first to be approved by Hong Kong authorities.