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Expat exodus but escape is expensive in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/02/2022
» After calling Hong Kong home for 30 years, Tina, a self-employed mom, is calling it quits on the city and moving to Portugal. But with 10 of her booked flights to Europe cancelled in the past year, her travails show how Hong Kong’s Covid-Zero policy is making getting out almost as hard as coming in.
Singapore, Hong Kong left behind as global travel rebounds
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/02/2022
» A global travel divide is deepening as some countries ditch Covid-19 restrictions including quarantines, isolation and even mandatory testing for good, while others cling to years-old curbs.
Former Malaysia PM Covid-positive a day after meeting ministers
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/02/2022
» Former Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has tested positive for Covid-19, but said he was in good condition.
Govt plans travel bubble talks with China to boost tourism
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/02/2022
» The government plans to hold travel bubble talks with China and Malaysia this month, days after resuming a quarantine-free visa programme to boost tourist arrivals seen as key to sustaining a nascent economic recovery.
Myanmar to have own digital currency
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/02/2022
» Myanmar’s military government plans to establish a digital currency to support domestic payments and boost the economy within the year and is assessing how to move forward, according to a top spokesman of the State Administration Council.
Most who test positive in UK Covid study had earlier infection
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/01/2022
» About two-thirds of the participants in a large UK Covid-19 study who tested positive this month reported a previous infection with the virus, researchers found.
A million vaccine shots tossed in Indonesia on short expiry date
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/01/2022
» More than a million Covid-19 vaccine shots expired in Indonesia before they could be given out, as most of them were donated with a short shelf life.
SpaceX satellite narrowly missed Chinese lab before complaint
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/12/2021
» A pair of dangerously close space encounters is adding to tensions between the US and China, while underscoring the potential peril to astronauts as satellite constellations and debris proliferate in orbit.
Emerging markets seen rising in 2022, but not until July
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/12/2021
» Emerging-market assets are set to rise in 2022 as moderating inflation and accelerating growth trigger gains, but that won’t happen until the second half of the year.
Bitcoin mining entry triggers a 6,700% surge in Thai tech stock
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/12/2021
» A world-beating share rally by a Thai technology company after it unveiled an expansion into Bitcoin mining has surprised even the firm’s chairman.