AFTER 2018, HK CLIMATE DIVISION RAISES THE SIGNAL AT NO 8 AS STORM NANGKA IS ON WAY

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hong Kong stalled the stock exchange on Tuesday as a tropical storm Nangka arrival urged the authorities to announce the closure of schools and businesses

The move came after the Hong Kong Observatory kept its signal at No. 8, the third-most high alert on the scale, as of the early afternoon, and said there was the minimal possibility of the sign being minimized before 4 p.m.