The Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department has homed into the pet hamster cherishing ownership in Hong Kong motivated by the finding of 19 hamsters in a pet shop all evincing COVID-19 preliminary positive results.

Against the backdrop of COVID-19, social distancing is encouraged, and physical gatherings are being minimized. However, business have to keep going – documents have to get executed and meetings have to be held.

Kenix Yuen and May Leung have authored an article for the Hong Kong Economic Times which explores the rise of PPE scams in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Government has always been well aware that the dynamic strength of the Hong Kong economy has been based upon the mass combined effort of small and medium enterprises...

Since the onset of the first COVID-19 attack in February 2020, the Hong Kong Government has implemented very strict social distancing policies which in addition to the closing of all public music...

Recent social unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated the emergence of a new "stay-at-home economy" for groceries and fresh produce in Hong Kong.

As the COVID-19 situation stabilises in parts of Asia, employers are planning to get employees to return to the workplace. As an employer, you need to consider how this can be done safely whilst meeting business needs.

The Asset publishes the first part of an article discussing the social element of ESG, authored by Corporate & Securities partner Mark Uhrynuk and foreign registered lawyer Alexander Burdulia (both Hong Kong).

In our previous article, we discussed business interruption ("BI") insurance coverage. Typically, BI policy wordings cover losses arising from "closing of the premises by order of a...

The Hong Kong Government announced that effective from 27 October 2021, the discharge criteria for confirmed Covid-19 patients will be tightened.

Our children are now back in school, and there is already talk of a fourth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. So how will this affect families who are already tired of struggling with e-learning...

Following the first relief package and anti-epidemic fund announced in February, on 8 April, the Hong Kong SAR Government unveiled a HK$137.5 billion (US$18,000 billion)...

The insurance sector experienced ‘soft' market conditions for almost two decades until mid-2018 and clients became used to demanding...

The concerns over COVID-19 have arguably been the required trigger - against the backdrop of increasing unease ‒ for market participants to take stock and review their financial arrangements.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Hong Kong Courts were closed for several months and thousands of court hearings were adjourned during this General Adjourned Period ("GAP").

On 27 September 2022, the Hong Kong government announced that the COVID-19 vaccination medical exemption certificates issued by seven private doctors...

Hong Kong Contractors or suppliers affected by COVID-19 should consider the Department of Justice's ODR Scheme to resolve small and medium-sized disputes, once full details are released.

The world is facing unprecedented impacts from COVID-19. The impact to people, businesses and supply chains is unfolding, with challenges in almost every location on the globe.

There has been much discussion regarding the Centre for Health Protection's ("CHP") apparent change of the definition of a ‘close contact', and the effect this has on the requirement to go...

According to the Report on International Parental Child Abduction published by the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong in April 2002, international child abduction is when a child has been wrongly removed or retained across an international border.