Category: Hong Kong
Fire in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po kills man, leaves 5 injured
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Blaze put out in under an hour by firefighters, who found victim unresponsive on lower-floor flat of block on Yu Chau Street. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3230874/fire-hong-kongs-sham-shui-po-kills-man-leaves-5-injured?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong this week: US investment curbs, imported workers and a shaken Muslim community
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at new US restrictions on China that will also apply to the city, how transport companies have become the latest businesses to tap a labour…
Read More2 Hong Kong taxi drivers arrested for alleged overcharging amid police crackdown on industry malpractice
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Operation against unscrupulous cabbies will continue for a few more days. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3230871/2-hong-kong-taxi-drivers-arrested-alleged-overcharging-amid-police-crackdown-industry-malpractice?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘I feel like I have Ebola’: Hong Kong mpox patient warns fear of enforced isolation may stop people reporting infections
Hong Kong Free Press When Covid-19 was at its worst in Hong Kong, a palpable fear pervaded the city: people were afraid not only of the virus, but of being forced into isolation. For some, the threat of quarantine outweighed that posed by the disease, and they chose to keep their infection to themselves rather…
Read MoreAn interactive Web3.0 digital art exhibition at Central Market hosted by The Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press [Sponsored] Presented by The Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, the “Child and Youth Friendly Hong Kong” Interactive Multimedia Exhibition revolves around the theme of creating a “Child and Youth Friendly Hong Kong”. It showcases the collaborative efforts of families, schools, and communities in the “Seven Service Foci for…
Read More‘I miss the sun’: Australian journalist detained in China marks 3 years since arrest with rare public letter
Hong Kong Free Press Jailed Australian journalist Cheng Lei yearns for her children and the country’s “psychedelic sunsets”, she said in a rare public letter marking three years since her mysterious arrest in China. Cheng describes her bleak prison conditions in a candid note dictated to Australian officials from her cell, casting new light on…
Read MoreNumber of Hong Kong students at English state schools surges 400 per cent in past 2 years
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The UK’s Department of Education says the latest data shows 5,400 Hong Kong pupils studied in state schools in England in the 2022-23 academic year. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3230859/number-hong-kong-students-english-state-schools-surges-400-cent-past-2-years?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong taxi drivers, operators rally to demand authorities step up action against illegal ride-hailing services such as Uber
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. More than 100 taxi drivers and owners gather outside Legislative Council for rally. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3230857/hong-kong-taxi-drivers-operators-rally-demand-authorities-step-action-against-illegal-ride-hailing?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreVeteran Hong Kong nurse’s negligence contributed to blunder with premature baby who died after valve on device left closed: inquiry
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Panel finds unopened valve on infusion line was ‘unintentional blind spot’ for nurse as she did not realise medicine was not reaching premature newborn, who later died. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3230856/veteran-hong-kong-nurses-negligence-contributed-blunder-premature-baby-who-died-after-valve-device?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong graft-buster investigates Chinese University medical research centre over misconduct, misuse of funds
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Independent Commission Against Corruption searching premises for evidence linked to allegations of corruption, misappropriation of public funds. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3230836/hong-kong-graft-buster-investigates-chinese-university-medical-research-centre-over-misconduct?utm_source=rss_feed
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