Health Advice for the Expatriate Community in Hong Kong on Prevention of COVID-19

Dear BLCC business community, As Hong Kong is seeing a revival of COVID-19, it’s our duty as your Chamber of Commerce to inform you on how to stay healthy and safe during this global health crisis. This can now even be called a pandemic, as the WHO declared this on the 11th of March. The…

Roland Berger Research: COVID-19 Current status and economic impact

Thanks to Roland Berger, we can provide you with an insightful overview of the status quo of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and analyzes the economic impact on selected regions and industries. It is based on research and RB expert opinions. It addresses the global Coronavirus spread, the evolution of infections in and outside China, the…

COVID-19’s Impact on Hong Kong’s F&B Industry

Summary of the results of the F&B Business Sentiment Survey Our friends at Foodie (https://www.afoodieworld.com/users/foodie) recently launched a survey on COVID-19’s impact on Hong Kong’s F&B Industry, here below you will find a summary of their results. While the protests in Hong Kong certainly also had a negative impact on the F&B industry, this was…

Update on Travel Restrictions related to nCoV-19

Your BLCC receives daily updates from the HK Government on the current health scare around nCoV-19. Yesterday 2 March we received the latest update on the travel restrictions instated by other countries to curb the spread of the infection by global travelers. You will find the list by clicking here. You can scroll through the PDF…

The 2020/2021 Budget

Yesterday 26 February Financial Secretary of the HKSAR Government, Mr. Paul Chan, published his 2020/2021 Budget. You will find the entire work on this website (click). Alternatively you can download the informative flyer right here (click). Your BLCC has gone through the budget, there is a lot in there, here are the highlights we think…