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On February 27, AmCham hosted a webinar hosting Control Risks on ‘Coronavirus and the short to long-term implications for business’. This is our second online and complimentary event under our COVID-19 series. Below are some of our key takeaways if you missed it.

Colliers has recently released a Flash Report, Impact of Coronavirus on Hong Kong Property Market. The outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus.

Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, Hong Kong and its neighbors are now experiencing the biggest experiment first time in century - work from home (WFH). Has it worked well? What are our members' concerns? How has it affected businesses?

Robert Grieves, Chairman of AmCham, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting US businesses in the city. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets: China Open."
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On February 19, AmCham hosted a webinar hosting Prof. Keiji Fukuda on Zoom. This is the Chamber’s first online (and complimentary) event under the COVID-19 series and was attended by many of those who worked from home. Below are some of our key takeaways if you miss it. For access to a complete version of the post-webinar write up, join AmCham as a member today!

As of Wednesday evening, Hong Kong had 50 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, and so far, the virus has killed one patient. The Covid-19 posed severe challenges to the business sector.

Emergency support to Hong Kong charities - The Covid-19 outbreak is severely affecting local charities and the most vulnerable groups they serve – including elderly, families in subdivided flats, and youths with disabilities, as they are in critical need of food, masks, anti-bacterial cleaning products, and daily necessities.

Colliers has recently released its Hong Kong Market Outlook for 2020. The report balances some of the challenges caused by ongoing tensions, with the bright spots we can see for the property sector this year. It also explores factors affecting the office, industrial, retail, residential sectors as well as investment sales to forecast future performance. Below are the key takeaways from the report:

In response to the outbreak of the coronavirus identified in Wuhan, China, the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong surveyed its members on the impact of the epidemic on their business.

In view of the coronavirus outbreak, below are our precautionary measures at the Chamber: 

All events scheduled for the week of Feb 3 will be canceled. Please stay tuned for the arrangements of other events. 
Committee Chairs are encouraged to host their respective committee planning meetings via video teleconference. Contact us for assistance. 
AmCham has activated a “work from home“ policy ...