Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

HONG KONG – New COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong today reached another record high at 55,353, with health authorities saying large freezer containers will be set up at public hospitals to store dead bodies as mortuaries are reaching capacity.The latest daily COVID-19 tally is a 70 percent jump from the 32,597 infections recorded yesterday. But Albert Au Ka-wing of the Centre for Health Protection said the record figure was within the government's expectations, as the number of new infections

The local government announced yesterday that it started to collect residents’ opinions on Macau’s participation in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.The gathering of residents’ opinions, which will end on June 28, aims to encourage civil society to take part in the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the government said.The government made the announcement in a press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday. Kou Chin Hung, an advisor to the