Detailed in the Wiki for CX awards, this isn’t a change and has worked like this for a long time.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alas...019-later.html

“The only awards that do not break at HKG are intra-Asia or North American ones. For instance, Australia-Europe/Middle East/Asia outside of HKG will be two awards (breaking at HKG). The AS award chart can be misleading about this and give you the impression you can fly an award like Australia/Europe-ICN, but the chart for these award types will show "Hong Kong".”