HKFA, founded in 1914, one of the 12 founding members of AFC
Now building for the future after years in the doldrums
Located on the southern tip of mainland China, Hong Kong is known as one of the world s most beautiful and wealthy cities. But long before it became a financial hub and tourist destination, Hong Kong had emerged as a pioneering force in Asian football.
Indeed, the beautiful game has a long history in the former British colony, with its first club - Hong Kong FC – having been founded as early as 1886. Its first football competition, the Hong Kong Football Cup (later renamed the Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield) followed 12 years later and is still contested today, and a professional league, the Hong Kong First Division, was launched in 1908.
Hong Kong Outbreak Ensnares Expats With Hundreds Quarantined Bloomberg 3/12/2021
(Bloomberg)
Alarm spread among Hong Kong’s business and expatriate community as a coronavirus outbreak linked to a gym widened and hundreds of people including children were told to go to government centers for quarantine that can last 14 days.
The Department of Health reported 47 new cases linked to the gym, Ursus Fitness, on Friday. Seven were connected to staff and their close contacts, while the remaining 40 were customers. Confirmed cases tied to the gym in Sai Ying Pun, a bustling neighborhood on Hong Kong Island, stand at 64.
“We can’t say the outbreak is under control, I can’t predict how bad it will be,” Department of Health official Chuang Shuk-kwan said at a briefing Friday. “We are still tracing the contacts.”
Alarm spread among Hong Kong’s business and expatriate community as a coronavirus outbreak linked to a gym widened and hundreds of people including children were told to go to government centres for quarantine that can last 14 days.
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Hong Kong has enacted some of the strictest COVID-19 protocols in the world in order to prevent coronavirus infections. | REUTERS
Reuters Feb 21, 2021
Hong Kong – Hong Kong’s government is considering waiving the city’s strict 21-day quarantine requirements in a bid to host soccer matches in the Asian Champions League and other continental club competitions, a local newspaper said on Sunday.
The city’s Home Affairs Bureau “fully backed” a proposal from the Hong Kong Football Association to bid to hold tournaments for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the South China Morning Post reported.