Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong this week: lightning strikes, a Uygur saga and June 4
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 unusual weather brought on by a passing typhoon, an Amnesty International fiasco and a politically charged date. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3222965/hong-kong-week-lightning-strikes-uygur-saga-and-june-4?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreBefore books are deemed unlawful, lawyers should read them. I should know, I was once a censor in Hong Kong…
Hong Kong Free Press Over 30 years ago, I was a book censor for a short time when I worked for Hong Kong’s justice minister. Photo: Lea Mok/HKFP. In the autumn of 1988, Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic Verses, was published. The book was a publishing sensation for all the wrong reasons. It contained chapters…
Read MoreExplainer: Redacted police reports reveal official views on Tiananmen crackdown and organiser of Hong Kong’s vigils
Hong Kong Free Press As Hong Kong approaches Sunday’s 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, public commemorations of those who died on June 4, 1989, continue to be muted. The city was once one of very few places on Chinese soil where mourning events were permitted by authorities. The candlelight vigil in Victoria Park on…
Read MoreHong Kong mall double murder: Police say no evidence suspect knew victims, as public urged not to share vids
Hong Kong Free Press The police have said that the suspect arrested over Friday’s brutal murder of two women at a Diamond Hill shopping mall was a 39-year-old jobless man with a history of mental illness. During a media briefing in the early hours of Saturday, officers said there was no evidence that the suspect…
Read MoreHow much should Hong Kong pay for IVF treatments? Couples must weigh cost of test-tube babies as city reluctant to raise subsidies
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Couples, specialists say more resources are needed to cut waiting time for women to start treatments. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3222767/how-much-should-hong-kong-pay-ivf-treatments-couples-must-weigh-cost-test-tube-babies-city-reluctant?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTicking time bomb: just how widespread are Hong Kong’s undetected illegal property renovations?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Illegal renovations on a flat only surfaced after a video was posted online, raising the question: just how many similarly compromised flats exist in a housing market that remains one of the world’s most…
Read MoreHong Kong artists mark Tiananmen crackdown quietly or overseas
Hong Kong Free Press Avant garde street performance, politically charged theatre, pro-democracy music and poetry — powerful works of art dealing with China’s bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown that were once commonplace in Hong Kong have all but disappeared in recent years. Candlelight vigil on June 4, 2019 commemorating victims of the Tiananmen crackdown. File photo:…
Read MoreChinese dissidents in New York open world’s only Tiananmen crackdown museum
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese dissidents who took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests unveiled a museum in New York on Friday dedicated to remembering the “democratic dreams of the Chinese people,” two days ahead of the 34th anniversary of the uprising’s “brutal suppression.” Visitors arrive for the opening of a Hong Kong Protest…
Read MorePolice and 3 other Hong Kong gov’t dept’s probe store, days after it began Tiananmen crackdown candle giveaway
Hong Kong Free Press A Sai Kung shop has been inspected by officers from four different government departments within nine days, after it started to give away candles to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown. Sai Kung Store on Friday. Photo: Mandy Cheng/HKFP. Owner Debby Chan, also a former Sai Kung district councillor, told HKFP on Friday…
Read MoreHong Kong trio jailed for up to 5 years, 2 months for rioting as police laid siege to PolyU at height of 2019 anti-government protests
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. West Kowloon Court judge tells men they were involved in serious offences that endangered public safety. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222809/hong-kong-trio-jailed-5-years-2-months-rioting-police-laid-siege-polyu-height-2019-anti-government?utm_source=rss_feed
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