Category: Hong Kong
Clean public transport: Consortium pioneering hydrogen-fuelled buses in Hong Kong set to build city’s second refilling station
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The new station, on Hong Kong Island, will be much larger than the first one, in West Kowloon, and will enable hydrogen-cell buses to be road-tested before the government formulates policies for the deployment…
Read MoreHong Kong app promoting pro-democracy businesses vanishes after arrests linked to self-exiled activists
Hong Kong Free Press An app that promoted businesses sympathetic to Hong Kong’s 2019 protests appeared to have vanished from online platforms and app stores in the city, after local media reported that five people arrested by national security police on Wednesday and Thursday were linked to its operations. The Mee app. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.…
Read MoreOnly a tenth of more than 1,000 old Hong Kong buildings with maintenance subsidies repaired in past 5 years, authority blames Covid pandemic
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Urban Renewal Authority reveals findings on buildings granted maintenance subsidy, citing delays caused by pandemic. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226865/only-tenth-more-1000-old-hong-kong-buildings-maintenance-subsidies-repaired-past-5-years-authority?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreDistrict Council overhaul ‘raises serious concerns’ EU says, as Hong Kong gov’t condemns criticism
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s District Council overhaul, along with other developments including the Beijing-imposed national security law, “raises serious questions about the state of fundamental freedoms, democracy and political pluralism in Hong Kong,” a European Union (EU) spokesperson has said. In response, the Hong Kong government said it “vehemently objected” to the EU’s…
Read MoreChina bans food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures over Fukushima nuclear wastewater release
Hong Kong Free Press China’s customs authority on Friday said it would ban food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures over Tokyo’s plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the ocean. Japan’s planned, decades-long discharge of accumulated water from the devastated Fukushima nuclear facility has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as meeting…
Read MoreHong Kong proposes slapping taxi drivers with demerit points for overcharging, refusing hires and other bad behaviour
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Eleven types of behaviour covered in bill will result in three, five or 10 demerit points, and 15 or more accumulated in two years will trigger suspension. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3226830/hong-kong-proposes-slapping-taxi-drivers-demerit-points-overcharging-refusing-hires-and-other-bad?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong press freedom index dips further as journalists say they are hesitant to criticise Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s press freedom index has dipped further, largely due to journalists being hesitant to criticise the central government, a local press group has said. Journalists in Hong Kong. File photo: GovHK. The Hong Kong Journalists’ Association (HKJA) released its annual press freedom rankings on Friday. The index comprised two sets…
Read MoreHong Kong may toughen driver penalties, relax passenger limit to 6 as part of a large taxi industry reform
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong is set to reform taxi services, including strengthening punishments for drivers and relaxing passenger limits from five to six per vehicles, the Transport and Logistics Bureau has said. The city had seen “increasing criticisms” over taxi services and drivers’ conduct in recent years, the bureau said in a document…
Read MoreHong Kong firms show increased interest in Qianhai office space, JLL says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Insurance firms, family offices and private banks have accelerated moves to enter Shenzhen to tap opportunities in the region, JLL finds. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3226820/hong-kong-firms-show-increased-interest-qianhai-office-space-jll-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreCoco Lee’s sister urges Hong Kong to officially recognise singer’s contributions to music as colleagues and childhood friends recall her talent, kindness
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Older sister Nancy Lee says government should give singer place on Avenue of Stars and memorial services being planned. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226815/coco-lees-sister-calls-hong-kong-officially-recognise-singers-contributions-music-colleagues-and?utm_source=rss_feed
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