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Tag: South Asians

Posted inScience

South Asian gene affects Covid severity: study

by Ana Valdes November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

Most people with Covid don’t end up in the hospital, but some groups get a very severe form of the disease. As early as the first wave, it was clear that minority ethnic groups in the UK were more likely to die of Covid compared with white people. Part of this higher risk is down […]

Posted inSingapore

Singapore quarantines 1,200 migrant workers

by AT Contributor April 23, 2021April 23, 2021
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Sham pleads for calm, warns against revenge

by Almen Chui October 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inHong Kong

Three HK asylum seekers injured in gang brawl

by Asia Times staff May 6, 2019February 18, 2020
The alleged indecent assault happened inside a condo in Mongkok. Photo: WikiMedia
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistani in custody over indecent assault in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff December 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Tung Chau Street flyover in Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, South Asia, Vietnam

Three nabbed in police raid on squatter homes in Kowloon

by Asia Times staff December 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, South Asia

Asylum seekers arrested for selling fake luxury products

by Asia Times staff November 15, 2018February 18, 2020
The Hong Kong High Court. Photo: Handout
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, Nepal, South Asia, Vietnam

Four more jailed as city clamps down on illegal employment

by Asia Times staff June 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Cannabis buds, cannabis resin and cash were seized on Monday in a police raid in the Chungking Mansions.  Photo: Hong Kong Police
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, South Asia

South Asian drug traffickers arrested in Chungking Mansion raids

by Asia Times staff June 13, 2018February 18, 2020
A drunk man was seen standing on a taxi in Wan Chai. Photo: Syl Lam@Facebook
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, South Asia

Intoxicated trio arrested for vandalizing taxi in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff June 12, 2018February 18, 2020
The Airport Freight Forwarding Centre on Lantau Island where the drugs were found. Photo: Google Maps/Andy Wong
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, India, South Asia

Asylum seeker arrested for receiving hashish in parcel

by Asia Times staff May 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Taiwanese band Mayday, inset, and Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon where concert tickets are sold.
Photo: Google Maps, Facebook, Unusual Productions
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan

Filipinos queue on street for a week to get concert tickets

by Asia Times staff March 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Tai Kok Tsui in Kowloon
Photo: Google Maps
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Police hunting for eight men over brutal attack on Pakistani

by Asia Times staff February 23, 2018February 18, 2020
Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

Three held after gang snatched HK$32 million in Tsim Sha Tsui

by Asia Times staff February 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Hong Kong people take part in a Nepalese folk dance with performers. Photo: HK Government
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia

Ethnic minorities make up one-fifth of HK’s poor: govt report

by Asia Times staff February 8, 2018February 18, 2020
Police in Hong Kong and mainland China have been jointly tackling human smuggling. Photo: Hong Kong Government
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, South Asia

Hong Kong, mainland extend human smuggling crackdown

by Asia Times staff December 8, 2017February 18, 2020
The Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok. Photo: Google Maps, Wikimedia Commons, Ryan Bushby
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, South Asia, World

South Asian men held over parcel of drugs from Canada

by Asia Times staff September 20, 2017February 18, 2020
Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inSouth Asia

Police hunt three robbers after HK$24-million jewelry heist

by Asia Times staff September 20, 2017February 18, 2020
Mong Kok in Kowloon, where the bag snatch occurred. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Asia

Exhausted thief arrested after 300m chase in Mong Kok

by Asia Times staff September 7, 2017February 18, 2020

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