Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong student, 22, remanded ahead of sentencing after admitting urging others to imitate police stabbing on social media
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Student among three arrested over comments made after attack in 2021, where 50-year-old man stabbed a constable. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3223019/hong-kong-student-22-remanded-ahead-sentencing-after-admitting-urging-others-imitate-police-stabbing?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreOverseas Hongkongers, mainland Chinese hold Tiananmen crackdown vigils as city’s tribute supressed
Hong Kong Free Press Vigils to remember those who died during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown have been held in cities across the world, as the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese diaspora marked the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. In Hong Kong, where civil society groups have disappeared and pro-democracy figures have been detained…
Read MoreHong Kong police arrest mother suspected of murdering 3 daughters at Sham Shui Po home
Hong Kong Free Press A 29-year-old woman was arrested on Monday on suspicion of murder, after she allegedly smothered her three daughters. Speaking to reporters on Monday evening, Superintendent Alan Chung of the Kowloon West regional crime unit said there was no evidence suggesting the woman, an Indian national, suffered from any mental illness: “Findings…
Read MoreHong Kong golf bosses hope LIV can save course from developer’s bulldozer
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Club officials say course shortlisted to hold LIV Golf League event next year, which would be ‘bigger’ than Hong Kong Sevens, as planning board prepares to meet over public housing proposal. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3222997/hong-kong-golf-bosses-hope-liv-can-save-course-developers-bulldozer?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUN World Environment Day: Hong Kong must step up climate leadership to meet carbon goals, says NGO
Hong Kong Free Press The government must step up climate leadership to achieve its carbon neutrality goal, an environmental NGO has said, amid a heatwave in the city that has seen the death of a 66-year-old construction worker. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. “Extreme weather is becoming an unwanted new normal under climate change,” Friends of…
Read MoreHong Kong finance chief considers allowing first-time homebuyers to borrow more for mortgage, rejects calls to adjust stamp duties
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. But Chan states government has ‘no intention’ of making any changes to city’s various stamp duties. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3222955/hong-kong-finance-chief-considers-allowing-first-time-homebuyers-borrow-more-mortgage-rejects-calls?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong finance sector on the hook to deploy AI responsibly, says market watchdog’s CEO
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Asset managers should not fear losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, but the finance sector must still take care while deploying the technology, says the CEO of the Securities and Futures Commission. https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3222954/hong-kong-finance-sector-hook-deploy-ai-responsibly-says-market-watchdogs-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More1 arrested, 23 taken away for investigation by Hong Kong police over Tiananmen crackdown commemorations
Hong Kong Free Press A 53 year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly obstructing police officers after she refused to show her identity card outside Victoria Park, the site where annual candlelight vigils for victims of the Tiananmen crackdown were once held, on the 34th anniversary of the crackdown. Police outside Victoria Park in Causeway…
Read More3 Hong Kong sisters aged 2 to 6 dead, mother claims husband killed children and stabbed her
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Girls found unresponsive in Kweilin Street flat, thought to have been suffocated. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222949/hong-kong-police-alerted-after-woman-claims-husband-killed-3-daughters-and-stabbed-her?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFirst Hong Kong reporter convicted over search on government vehicle registry wins appeal, court rules journalism a valid reason to access records
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Court of Final Appeal overturns ruling on Bao Choy Yuk-ling, who had produced a documentary for RTHK on police’s response to a 2019 mob attack in Yuen Long. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222942/first-hong-kong-reporter-convicted-over-search-government-vehicle-registry-wins-appeal-court-rules?utm_source=rss_feed
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