Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong pre-war cinema to be turned into restaurant celebrating Cheung Chau’s history and culture
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Long-abandoned venue screened films from 1931 to 1997 and is one of city’s two remaining cinemas from pre-war era. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231608/hong-kong-pre-war-cinema-be-turned-restaurant-celebrating-cheung-chaus-history-and-culture?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreCountry Garden to drop out of Hang Seng Index as Hong Kong’s stock benchmark adds Sinopharm in quarterly recalibration
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Sinopharm will be added to the Hang Seng Index next month after the latest quarterly review of Hong Kong’s stock benchmark, while property developer Country Garden will be removed after turning into a penny…
Read MoreHong Kong police arrest man over theft and sale of colonial-era street signs in Sham Shui Po
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Seven colonial-era street signs in Sham Shui Po are missing, according to authorities. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3231604/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-over-theft-and-sale-colonial-era-street-signs-sham-shui-po?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreNational security trial of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai postponed yet again so judge can wrap up separate subversion case
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. High Court decides to adjourn media mogul’s trial for third time to allow one of three presiding judges to hear evidence for separate subversion case. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3231596/national-security-trial-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-postponed-yet-again-so-judge-can-wrap-separate?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong woman detained over alleged links to wanted opposition legislator Nathan Law, Post has learned
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Woman detained by national security police on Friday over alleged links to wanted activist Nathan Law, but later released without charge. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3231595/hong-kong-woman-detained-over-alleged-links-wanted-opposition-legislator-nathan-law-post-has-learned?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreNational security trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to be delayed again to December
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong court has suggested postponing the high-profile trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai once again to December, when one of the handpicked judges is expected to have finished presiding over another landmark national security case involving 47 democrats. Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly…
Read MoreNational security police question Hong Kong woman over alleged links to wanted activist Nathan Law – reports
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong national security police have taken away a woman with reported links to a wanted activist and ex-lawmaker for questioning, according to local media – the latest move in authorities’ investigations of eight overseas pro-democracy figures issued with arrest warrants and HK1 million bounties. Citing sources, local outlets reported that…
Read More‘I thought the gov’t was telling me to do it’: Hong Kong court rejects appeal from man jailed over 2019 mob attack
Hong Kong Free Press A man who lost an appeal against his conviction and 51-month sentence over his involvement in a mob attack in Yuen Long in 2019 has told the court that the authorities urged him to to it, local media have reported. Decorator Ching Wai-ming, 64, appeared at the Court of Appeal on…
Read MoreHong Kong customs officials seize black market cigarettes worth HK$62 million from cargo ship
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Customs official says illicit cigarettes hidden in containers among crates of dried tapioca from Cambodia. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3231566/hong-kong-customs-officials-seize-black-market-cigarettes-worth-hk62-million-cargo-ship?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong property: developers give land for starter homes in Tsuen Wan the cold shoulder as market struggles with high rates, low demand
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The tender for a plot of land in the western New Territories earmarked for almost 2,000 starter homes for middle-class families attracted just one bid on deadline day, as Hong Kong’s property market creaks…
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