Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s heat stress warnings fail to consider varying temperatures across city, experts and environmental group warn
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Greenpeace Hong Kong and experts urge city to revise warning system introduced to protect workers from heat stress, note readings just based on one location. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3230661/hong-kongs-heat-stress-warnings-fail-consider-varying-temperatures-across-city-experts-and?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong police get over 380,000 national security tip-off messages in 2 years
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s national security police received over 380,000 tip-off messages on their reporting hotline and on WeChat in the two years between November 2020 and December 2022 in what they called an “encouraging response,” according to the force’s annual review for last year. As of end-2022, 236 people had been arrested…
Read MoreHong Kong’s chief imam urges teachers to attend training after 13-year-old boy undergoes 6-hour eye surgery following alleged assault at religious learning centre
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Student left with detached retina with a 180-degree tear and advised to undergo two operations after alleged assault at learning centre. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230659/hong-kongs-chief-imam-urges-teachers-attend-training-after-13-year-old-boy-undergoes-6-hour-eye?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong MTR Corp’s recurrent business rebounds with rail giant posting HK$2.4 billion in profits, despite net falling 11.7 per cent to HK$4.2 billion
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The rail giant’s strong showing came despite a 11.7 per cent fall in net profit to HK$4.17 billion between January and June. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3230637/hong-kong-mtr-corps-recurrent-business-rebounds-rail-giant-posting-hk24-billion-profits-despite-net?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreBy ‘recruiting’ wedding co-ordinators, syndicate in Hong Kong lures young women to bogus marriages
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s Immigration Department has cracked down on a syndicate which arranged bogus marriages for people seeking the right to live in the city, arresting almost 50 people in the course of the operation. The Immigration Department cracked down a bogus marriage syndicate. Investigators show part of the documentations and computer…
Read MoreHong Kong national security police arrest 10 linked to now-defunct legal fund for anti-government protesters
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Suspects, aged between 26 and 43, are former staff members and people affiliated with 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3230614/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-10-linked-now-defunct-legal-fund-2019-anti-government?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong police use drone to find missing elderly man trapped on hillside without food or water since Sunday
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Lau Choi-hing, 73, was found by police who studied surveillance camera footage and his Octopus card records to narrow down search area. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3230607/hong-kong-police-use-drone-find-missing-elderly-man-trapped-hillside-without-food-or-water-sunday?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong issues amber rainstorm alert, warns ‘widespread’ heavy showers expected in coming hours
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Forecaster says trough of low pressure will bring heavy showers and squally thunderstorms. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3230606/hong-kong-issues-amber-rainstorm-alert-warns-widespread-heavy-showers-expected-coming-hours?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong leader should outweigh courts in national security matters, gov’t says after protest song ban rejected
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s chief executive – not the city’s courts – should have the “greatest weight” in national security matters, the government has said as it seeks to challenge the High Court’s refusal to ban the pro-democracy song Glory to Hong Kong. Glory to Hong Kong. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. In a court…
Read MoreHong Kong taxi industry rep and government adviser demand stronger action against overcharging cabbies, but disagree on effectiveness of proposed penalty system
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Industry rep Ho Chi-keung argues penalty points system will duplicate existing punishments and put pressure on law-abiding drivers. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3230601/hong-kong-taxi-industry-rep-and-government-adviser-demand-stronger-action-against-overcharging?utm_source=rss_feed
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