Category: Hong Kong
‘Just queue and wait’: Hong Kong grapples with massive number of applications for passports, mainland China travel permits
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. There were 195,077 passport applications last month alone, more than triple the monthly average in 2018. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3217180/just-queue-and-wait-hong-kong-grapples-massive-number-applications-passports-mainland-china-travel?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePretty tough: spider tree blooms in Hong Kong remind residents to stop and appreciate city’s stunning beauty
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Trees planted on roadsides provide bursts of colour during flowering season, with some residents starting Instagram hashtag to capture spectacle. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3217178/pretty-tough-spider-tree-blooms-hong-kong-remind-residents-stop-and-appreciate-citys-stunning-beauty?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreCoronavirus: Hong Kong government adviser expects WHO to declare end to pandemic ‘in about 3 months’, but warns of current flu surge
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Professor Lau Yu-lung assures residents city is on track to normality, with most of population vaccinated or having acquired immunity through infection. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3217172/coronavirus-hong-kong-government-adviser-expects-who-declare-end-pandemic-about-3-months-warns?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong under ‘one country, one system’? Quash such talk, Beijing’s top man in city says as he urges city to counter West’s smearing
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Zheng Yanxiong, newly appointed director of Beijing’s liaison office in the city, calls for more effort from local administration to tell the good story of Hong Kong. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3217168/hong-kong-under-one-country-one-system-quash-such-talk-beijings-top-man-city-says-he-urges-city?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Easier than robbing a bank’: Hong Kong scam victims fall for familiar tricks and promises of love, quick money
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Online chat, phone calls, text messages and sweet nothings add up to HK$4.8 billion swindled from victims. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3217146/easier-robbing-bank-hong-kong-scam-victims-fall-familiar-tricks-and-promises-love-quick-money?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong national security law: groups can voice interests in other ways instead of protests, Beijing’s top man on city affairs says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. HKMAO chief Xia Baolong assures residents protection of national security will not clash with bids to bring attention to causes in city. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3217167/hong-kong-national-security-law-groups-can-voice-interests-other-ways-instead-protests-beijings-top?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong this week: Top official visits, lawyers in Beijing and Tamiflu shortage
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the significance of a visit by Beijing’s point man in the city, as well as a shortfall of flu medication amid a virus surge…
Read More‘It’s disappearing very fast’: Hong Kong’s fading neon heritage shines a spotlight on the craft
Hong Kong Free Press Part of HKFP’s partnership with The Guardian. The narrow pavements of Hong Kong commercial district Wan Chai are no stranger to the lunchtime rush, with queues spilling out from restaurants and promoters being ignored as they push flyers on passers-by. But on an otherwise unexceptional Monday in March, one main thoroughfare…
Read MoreArtist or rights activist? Luke Ching would rather be called a cleaner
Hong Kong Free Press When Luke Ching Chin-Wai put up his own advertisement at a MTR station in March, almost every Hong Kong news outlet flocked to cover the new project by the city’s best-known MTR cleaner. Luke Ching working as a cleaner at Tai Wai MTR station on March 31, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.…
Read More‘I’ll just swallow my toothache’: Hong Kong’s shortage of dentists keeps treatment beyond reach of the poor
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Proposal to compel fresh graduates to serve stint in public sector leaves dental students cold. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3217085/ill-just-swallow-my-toothache-hong-kongs-shortage-dentists-keeps-treatment-beyond-reach-poor?utm_source=rss_feed
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