Category: Hong Kong
‘I felt like I was waiting to die’: Hong Kong organ transplant recipients in heartfelt plea over withdrawals from donation register
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tony Tsang and Allen Mar, who have have had lives turned around by new hearts, urge public to put themselves in patients’ shoes. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3222812/i-felt-i-was-waiting-die-hong-kong-organ-transplant-recipients-heartfelt-plea-over-withdrawals?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreExclusive: Hong Kong Gay Games 2023 axes track and field, field hockey and Rugby 7s after poor sign-ups
Hong Kong Free Press Organisers of the upcoming Gay Games in Hong Kong have axed three sports from the international sport and cultural event due to a low number of sign-ups. They also expressed disappointment over the Hong Kong Football Club’s decision to withdraw its venue for the football finals. Gay Games Hong Kong basketball…
Read MoreTwo shoppers dead in brutal stabbing at Hong Kong mall, suspect arrested
Hong Kong Free Press Two women were killed in a brutal stabbing at a Diamond Hill mall on Friday. A 39-year-old suspect has been arrested, police told HKFP. Police received a report about the incident at Plaza Hollywood mall at 5:14pm, and made the arrest on the scene after subduing the man. CCTV footage posted…
Read MoreHong Kong law student from mainland China remanded in custody after being charged for publicly mourning ‘lone wolf’ attacker who knifed police officer
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Zheng Yuxuan, 23, appears in court on charge she committed sedition by commemorating man who knifed police officer. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222793/hong-kong-law-student-mainland-china-remanded-custody-after-she-charged-public-mourning-lone-wolf?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong will forge ahead with plans to pass Article 23 national security law, justice secretary says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam concludes five-day trip to capital, where he met Beijing’s top man overseeing Hong Kong affairs. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3222803/hong-kong-will-forge-ahead-plans-pass-article-23-national-security-law-justice-secretary-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong housewife sentenced to 1 year in psychiatric hospital for strangling to death mentally disabled son
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Judge spares Chen Xueping jail time but rules she will be placed in care of Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre for 1 year. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222799/hong-kong-housewife-sentenced-1-year-psychiatric-hospital-strangling-death-mentally-disabled-son?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChanel rents space vacated by Victoria’s Secret, Forever 21 in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay in boost to shopping district
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chanel has leased some of the retail space previously occupied by Victoria’s Secret and Forever 21, in what could be the city’s biggest such deal since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.…
Read MoreMainland Chinese student detained under Hong Kong sedition law over mourning man who died after stabbing a policeman
Hong Kong Free Press A mainland Chinese postgraduate student has been detained in Hong Kong under the city’s colonial-era sedition law after allegedly mourning the death of a man who killed himself after stabbing a policeman on the city’s Handover anniversary in 2021. People left flowers near the SOGO mall in Causeway Bay to pay…
Read MoreRedevelopment of Hong Kong’s only private low-rental housing estate pushed back further 2 years, with 2,000 flats to be available by 2029
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong Settlers Housing Corporation says current residents of Tai Hang Sai Estate will be given until March 2024 to move out and surrender units. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3222790/redevelopment-hong-kongs-only-private-low-rental-housing-estate-pushed-back-further-2-years-2000?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHKFP Lens: Hong Kong MTR pays tribute to gigantic rubber ducks
Hong Kong Free Press A giant rubber duck art installation is set to return to Hong Kong’s waters, this time with an identical accomplice. A tribute to Florentijn Hofman’s rubber duck installation at Hong Kong’s MTR. Photo: MTRC. Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s two inflatable sculptures will float up to Victoria Harbour on June 10. A…
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