Category: Hong Kong
Credit Suisse to cut 80 per cent of Hong Kong investment bank jobs from this week -source
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Around 80% of Hong Kong-based investment banking staff at Credit Suisse will be made redundant starting this week and only about 20 bankers will be spared the cuts as part of the bank’s integration…
Read MoreWhale carcass lifted from Hong Kong waters buried for future research purposes
Hong Kong Free Press Experts have completed a necropsy on the whale carcass found in Sai Kung waters, parts of which were buried near High Island Reservoir West Dam on Monday. A whale carcass found in Hong Kong waters on July 31, 2023 was lifted out of the sea at around 6.30 pm, an HKFP…
Read MoreEvacuation ordered for more than 460 Hong Kong scout delegates to world jamboree in South Korea as Typhoon Khanun nears
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. South Korean authorities and world organisation earlier insisted event would proceed despite harsh weather and conditions. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230224/evacuation-ordered-more-460-hong-kong-scout-delegates-world-jamboree-south-korea-typhoon-khanun?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePhilippines summons China ambassador over water cannoning of boats
Hong Kong Free Press Manila summoned Beijing’s envoy Monday after the China Coast Guard blocked and water cannoned Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea, President Ferdinand Marcos said. Footage of a Chinese Coast Guard ship using a water cannon against a Filipino resupply vessel is shown during a press conference at the Department…
Read MoreThai tourist fighting for life in Hong Kong hospital after being hit by 2 taxis, driver claims woman dashed into road
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Driver of one of the vehicles says he could not brake in time on the third lane of a major road when the woman dashed across. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3230220/thai-tourist-fighting-life-hong-kong-hospital-after-being-hit-2-taxis-driver-claims-woman-dashed?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong judge orders retiree suffering from delusions to 1 year in psychiatric hospital for attacking brother with knife
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Former security guard Chan Chung-hin slashed his brother on neck, forehead and forearms. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3230218/hong-kong-judge-orders-retiree-suffering-delusions-1-year-psychiatric-hospital-attacking-brother?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong authorities to investigate after 44 camp goers, mostly teens, admitted to hospital with diarrhoea and vomiting
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Group had consumed spaghetti carbonara for dinner at the Jockey Club Duke of Edinburgh Training Camp in Tai Po, according to source. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230213/hong-kong-authorities-investigate-after-44-camp-goers-mostly-teens-admitted-hospital-diarrhoea-and?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreThousands of travel hopefuls vie for 9,800 plane tickets in second round of Hong Kong Airlines giveaway, sparking long wait, error messages
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Travel hopefuls eyeing trips to Bangkok, Sanya, Beijing, Hangzhou, Nagoya, Nanjing and Seoul, in second round of freebies under ‘Hello Hong Kong’ campaign. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3230201/tens-thousands-travel-hopefuls-vie-9800-plane-tickets-second-round-hong-kong-airlines-giveaway?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreNo ‘tit for tat’ moves by Japan if Hong Kong bans food imports over Fukushima water discharge, consul-general says
Hong Kong Free Press Japan will not adopt “tit for tat” measures if Hong Kong imposes bans on its food imports after Fukushima nuclear wastewater is discharged, the country’s consul-general has said. Members of the IAEA taskforce visit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, on June 2, 2023. Photo: TEPCO. Kenichi Okada, who…
Read MoreFlooding, road subsidence from burst water pipe disrupt traffic in Hong Kong Island’s Wong Chuk Hang
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Police shut down lanes of Wong Chuk Hang Road into Aberdeen Tunnel, which connects Southern district with busy Wan Chai. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3230191/flooding-road-subsidence-burst-water-pipe-disrupt-traffic-hong-kong-islands-wong-chuk-hang?utm_source=rss_feed
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