Category: Hong Kong
China says ‘strictly’ implements UN resolutions amid North Korea oil tanker row
Hong Kong Free Press China has insisted it “strictly” implements UN sanctions resolutions, after G7 nations, the European Union and three other countries urged Beijing to expel oil tankers from its waters that appeared to be taking fuel to North Korea. A letter, addressed to Beijing’s UN envoy Zhang Jun, raised concerns over the “continuing…
Read MoreChinese University saga: 877 sign petition backing counter-proposal to reform Hong Kong varisty’s governing body
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Petition created in response to private members’ bill by three lawmakers to overhaul CUHK’s governing body and allow external appointees to dominate council. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3228783/chinese-university-saga-877-sign-petition-backing-counter-proposal-reform-hong-kong-varistys?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong 47: Ex-reporter questions nat. security judges’ knowledge of legislature, says primary poll not a ‘waste of time’
Hong Kong Free Press Organising an unofficial legislative primary poll was not a “waste of time,” despite knowing pro-democracy candidates may not win majority control as they wished, Hong Kong journalist-turned activist Gwyneth Ho has said during her testimony at a national security case against 47 democrats. Journalist-turned-activist Gwyneth Ho. File photo: Gwyneth Ho, via…
Read MoreHong Kong’s air accident watchdog releases preliminary probe into Cathay Pacific’s aborted flight
Hong Kong Free Press The Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) has released an accident investigation preliminary report into an aborted Cathay Pacific flight that left 11 passengers hospitalised during a take-off in Hong Kong on June 24. A Cathay Pacific plane at the Hong Kong International Airport. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. According to report, the…
Read MoreIndependent art galleries defiant as rent rises in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po neighbourhood threaten their survival
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. With rising rents in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po threatening the neighbourhood’s independent art scene, gallery owners open up about their fight to continue ‘doing what they’re doing’ as bigger players move in. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3228740/independent-art-galleries-defiant-rent-rises-hong-kongs-sham-shui-po-neighbourhood-threaten-their?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFirst Hong Kong district council election under new system set for December 10
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Political parties signal intent to field candidates in December’s district council election, but say larger constituencies will put pressure on finances. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3228774/first-hong-kong-district-council-election-be-held-under-new-system-set-december-10?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Property quarrel’ led to Hong Kong flat fire, knife attack that left 4 sisters severely injured in hospital
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Source says three of the sisters, aged 46 to 58, were in comas and the other had suffered serious injuries. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3228773/property-quarrel-led-hong-kong-flat-fire-knife-attack-left-4-sisters-severely-injured-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreMan who played ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ protest song without permit cites UN rights treaty in court
Hong Kong Free Press Hongkongers’ right to perform music in public is protected by a UN treaty enshrined in the city’s mini-constitution, an elderly man accused of playing a popular protest song in public without a permit has argued in court. Li Jiexin appeared before Magistrate Amy Chan at Shatin Magistrates’ Courts on Monday, representing…
Read MoreMother of boy, 12, left at Hong Kong hospital hoped he could obtain ‘a better education’ in city
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong police contacted Chen Healton’s mother in Henan province over the weekend, source says, after 12-year-old left at Kwong Wah Hospital. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3228756/mother-boy-12-left-hong-kong-hospital-hoped-he-could-obtain-better-education-city?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong pro-Beijing lawmaker says nat. security police questioned her for nearly 3 hours over wanted relative in US
Hong Kong Free Press Pro-Beijing lawmaker Eunice Yung, the daughter-in-law of the wanted overseas activist Elmer Yuen, has said she had her home searched and was later questioned by national security police for nearly three hours on Monday. It is the latest such action involving the locally-based families of the eight wanted self-exiled democrats. Along…
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