Category: Hong Kong
Japan reports wave of Chinese phone harassment after Fukushima discharge
Hong Kong Free Press Tokyo has urged Beijing to “ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China” after a wave of telephone harassment targeting businesses in Japan sparked by the controversial discharge of Fukushima wastewater. Wastewater is released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Thursday, August 24, 2023. Photo: TEPCO. While Japan insists the…
Read MoreChina’s Xi Jinping stresses ‘hard-won social stability’ in rare Xinjiang visit
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Xinjiang on Saturday, state media reported, calling on officials to conserve “hard-won social stability” in a troubled region where Beijing is accused of severe human rights abuses. Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the 15th BRICS summit in South Africa in August 2023.…
Read MoreHong Kong gov’t removes decade-old graffiti over security law concerns, as new artwork appears
Hong Kong Free Press Graffiti outside a Central restaurant showing two labourers with yellow construction helmets has been painted over by the government following complaints that the image “may violate” the 2020 national security law. The artwork represented the eatery’s frequent customers and was at least a decade old, the owner has said. By Friday,…
Read MoreHong Kong police arrest 11 suspects in crackdown on syndicate that laundered HK$124 million through 52 bank accounts
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Investigators also seize HK$800,000 in cash, bank documents, chequebooks, cash counting machines and mobile phones. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3232419/hong-kong-police-arrest-11-suspects-crackdown-syndicate-laundered-hk124-million-through-52-bank?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong slams US for ‘demonising’ city’s national security agency after country accuses authorities of harassing wanted activists’ families
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. US State Department earlier accused authorities of ongoing harassment of family members of five wanted activists and jailed opposition figure Joshua Wong. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3232417/hong-kong-slams-us-demonising-citys-national-security-agency-after-country-accuses-authorities?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHongkongers snap up cheaper new homes in weekend home sale bonanza that saw 223 flats on offer
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Most of the new units on Saturday came from Villa Garda III in Tseung Kwan O, which sold 73 of the 138 put up for sale. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3232405/hongkongers-snap-cheaper-new-homes-weekend-home-sale-bonanza-saw-223-flats-offer?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Stay humble’: Hong Kong government advisers urge district officers to avoid fostering culture of flattery after farewell banquet for official sparks controversy
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘Excessive flattery and personal adulation are disconcerting,’ Executive Council convenor Regina Ip warns following farewell dinner for Wong Tai Sin District Officer Steve Wong. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3232407/stay-humble-hong-kong-government-advisers-urge-district-officers-avoid-fostering-culture-flattery?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong economists urge rethink of funding for major infrastructure projects after developers shy away from government land sales
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Experts warn government unlikely to reach estimated income of HK$85 billion from land sales and suggest issuing more bonds, using build, operate and transfer model. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3232403/hong-kong-economists-urge-rethink-funding-major-infrastructure-projects-after-developers-shy-away?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong unlikely to extend seafood ban beyond 10 Japanese prefectures, unless other goods pose contamination risk: minister
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan compares Japan’s waste water discharge plan to ‘neighbour putting liquefied petroleum gas cylinders outside [Hong Kong’s] door’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3232399/hong-kong-unlikely-extend-seafood-ban-beyond-10-japanese-prefectures-unless-other-goods-pose?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWhat can Hong Kong do to reverse its low birth rate? We look at proposals – from extending sperm and embryo storage to even universal suffrage
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Number of childless couples has doubled in five years, according to Family Planning Association survey. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3232390/what-can-hong-kong-do-reverse-its-low-birth-rate-we-look-proposals-extending-sperm-and-embryo?utm_source=rss_feed
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