Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong newspaper Sky Post to cease print edition next month after 12-year run, as market dwindles for complimentary publications
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chinese-language newspaper will wrap up print operations on September 15, but continue online coverage. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231254/hong-kong-newspaper-sky-post-cease-print-edition-next-month-after-12-year-run-market-dwindles?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s public Chinese medicine clinics suspend prescriptions of common herb amid contamination fears, after 2 women poisoned
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Authorities sound warning over batch of Radix Aucklandiae, a herb used for abdominal issues, after two women poisoned by suspected contamination of product. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3231251/hong-kongs-public-chinese-medicine-clinics-temporarily-halt-prescriptions-common-herb-over?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s mid-year population rises, buoyed by temporary ‘mobile’ residents, as outflow of locals continues
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s population has risen to 7.5 million, according to provisional mid-year estimates, buoyed by a 64 per cent increase in people who do not live in the city full-time. Meanwhile, immigration statistics for 2023 showed that resident departures outnumbered arrivals by 291,000 until mid-August. People walks in Causeway Bay, Hong…
Read MoreHK$400 from Hong Kong Disneyland to Sha Tin? Undercover police arrest 2 taxi drivers in latest crackdown on overcharging
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Pair also detained over soliciting passengers and failing to activate taximeters. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3231242/hk400-hong-kong-disneyland-sha-tin-undercover-police-arrest-2-taxi-drivers-latest-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong driver, 21, dies, 4 passengers injured after car slams into road divider
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Firefighters took 1½ hours to cut victim out of wreckage; man later declared dead in hospital. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3231238/hong-kong-driver-21-dies-4-passengers-injured-after-car-slams-road-divider?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong teen, 17, suffers serious head injuries after colliding with another participant at trampoline park
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Incident at Ryze Ultimate Trampoline Park in Quarry Bay involved victim and younger participant, 14, who injured collarbone. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231231/hong-kong-teen-17-suffers-serious-head-injuries-after-colliding-another-participant-trampoline-park?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong will need more than talent schemes to ensure steady population growth, experts say
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. “If there is no significant improvement to the city’s living conditions, I don’t think the talent schemes will have a major impact on Hong Kong’s birth rate,” says Professor Paul Yip. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231206/hong-kong-will-need-more-talent-schemes-ensure-steady-population-growth-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFounder of Huobi crypto exchange thought to be tenant of new US$128 million mansion in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Tong
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A 11,692 square feet house in Kerry Properties’ Mont Verra project in Beacon Hill has been leased to a person with the same name as Huobi founder Li Lin, public record shows. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3231180/founder-huobi-crypto-exchange-thought-be-tenant-new-us128-million-mansion-hong-kongs-kowloon-tong?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChildless couples on the rise in Hong Kong as fertility rate falls to record low, survey finds
Hong Kong Free Press The number of couples without children has overtaken one-child families in Hong Kong, a local non-profit organisation has found, with the average number of children per woman plunging to a record low of 0.9. Kindergarten kids. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The questionnaire, conducted by the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong,…
Read MoreOnline and on Beijing’s streets, young Chinese worry about hostile job market
Hong Kong Free Press China’s government will no longer release youth unemployment statistics, it said Tuesday, but the mood among young people online and on the streets of Beijing left no doubt the situation was dire. University graduates attend a job fair in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on August 10, 2023. Photo: Stringer/AFP/China…
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