Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse Closed After Cases Found
"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("
"); });
2022-02-18 HKT 20:18
Share this story
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse will suspend the slaughtering of live pigs on Friday for disinfection, after dozens of workers came down with Covid-19.
It said in a statement that its weekly testing of workers and buyers at the abattoir found 86 Covid positive cases among 1,100 samples.
The department said the slaughterhouse will be closed on Friday and is expected to resume limited services on Saturday.
It added that its daily auction of live pigs at the abattoir will be conducted through other means, while the trade has been notified that they may move their pigs to the Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse for slaughtering.
HashKey Lists On Hong Kong Exchange
HashKey listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, becoming the first digital asset company t... Read more
North Korea Linked To Over Half Of 2025 Crypto Heist Losses
TRM has published new research showing that North Korea-linked actors were responsible for more than half of the US$2.7... Read more
South Korea Forms Task Force After Coupang Data Breach
The South Korean government announced on Thursday (19 December) that it will establish an interagency task force to add... Read more
Is Hong Kongs Default Life Insurance Choice A Wealth Drain?
Hong Kong is a city that takes financial security seriously, boasting one of the highest insurance penetration rates in... Read more
RedotPay Secures $107M Series B, Total Funding Hits $194M
RedotPay, a global stablecoin-based payment fintech, has closed a US$107 million Series B round, bringing its total cap... Read more
91% Of Hong Kong Merchants Lose Revenue To Payment Friction
Aspire has released its Hong Kong Ecommerce Pulse Check 2025, highlighting that while mid-sized ecommerce merchants rem... Read more