Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s pandemic fight shows need to boost R&D, health minister says, outlining plans to turn city into biomedical innovation hub
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Health authorities also considering setting up city’s own drug regulatory approval system, which can lure pharmaceutical firms, Lo Chung-mau says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3225997/hong-kongs-pandemic-fight-shows-need-boost-rd-health-minister-says-outlining-plans-turn-city?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreExplainer: How 3 years of the national security law transformed Hong Kong – Part I
Hong Kong Free Press Whilst local authorities promised the security law would only affect a small minority of people, few corners of the city’s social and political landscape have remained untouched by the multi-billion dollar clampdown. From libraries to the legislature, from campuses to the courts – swathes of the city’s public and private spheres…
Read MoreExplainer: How 3 years of the national security law transformed Hong Kong – Part II
Hong Kong Free Press In the three years since the security law was enacted, Hong Kong saw books pulled from library shelves, newsroom raids, democrats behind bars, patriotic education in schools and over 60 civil society groups disappear. The Beijing-drafted legislation aimed to prevent a repeat of the 2019 protests and unrest whilst ushering in…
Read MoreHong Kong’s only drinks carton recycler Mil Mill finds new site after land lease with gov’t-backed landlord not renewed
Hong Kong Free Press Mil Mill, the only drinks carton recycler in Hong Kong, has found a new site for its recycling plant after its previous lease was not renewed by its government-backed landlord last year. Beverage carton processing machineries in Mil Mill. Photo: Mil Mill, via Facebook. “After a lot of hard work, Mil…
Read MoreHong Kong bourse operator to cooperate with Beijing Stock Exchange, Ningbo government to attract more start-up listings
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, which runs Asia’s third largest stock market, has signed agreements with Beijing Stock Exchange and the government of Ningbo this week to explore ways to make it easier for…
Read MoreChinese spy balloon shot down in February did not gather data over US, Pentagon says
Hong Kong Free Press The Chinese spy balloon shot down by a US fighter jet over the Atlantic in February did not collect intelligence as it flew across the United States, the Pentagon said Thursday. “It’s been our assessment now that it did not collect while it was transiting the United States or overflying the United…
Read MoreGlobal recruitment effort by Hong Kong to ease hospital staffing problems shows healthy results with 20 veteran specialists already signed up
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Health Authority say 20 specialists from mainland China, Southeast Asia and Europe recruited for short-term roles in public hospitals, with more to follow. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3225994/global-recruitment-effort-hong-kong-ease-hospital-staffing-problems-shows-healthy-results-20-veteran?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFraud in Hong Kong: banks and businesses vow not to collect client data by text in joint effort with authorities to clamp down on phishing scams
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Credit-card issuing banks, businesses sign pledge with Hong Kong Monetary Authority that aims to curb using texts containing hyperlinks with personal information requests. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3225990/fraud-hong-kong-banks-and-businesses-vow-not-collect-client-data-text-joint-effort-authorities-clamp?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Book Fair’s 760 exhibitors urged to abide by national security law as event returns to city on July 19
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Organisers say they do not have lists of books that could not be displayed because they trust their exhibitors. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3225979/hong-kong-book-fairs-760-exhibitors-urged-abide-national-security-law-event-returns-city-july-19?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong gov’t slams speculation over lenient penalty for contractor involved in corner-cutting rail scandal
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s government has hit back at criticism of the prosecution’s decision to change the charge against a top construction company involved in the Shatin to Central rail link scandal. Leighton Contractors (Asia) was fined HK$40,000 this week under the amended charge. But a whistleblower’s suggestion that the government was less…
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