Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong company director latest victim in string of cryptocurrency scams, cheated out of more than HK$16 million
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Businessman, 47, befriended bogus investment expert online and was convinced to set up account on fake app and transfer money. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3221374/hong-kong-company-director-latest-victim-string-cryptocurrency-scams-cheated-out-more-hk16-million?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong issues year’s first ‘very hot weather’ warning, temperature to cross 32 degrees Celsius
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Observatory warns public of heatstroke risks. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3221370/hong-kong-issues-years-first-very-hot-weather-warning-temperature-cross-32-degrees-celsius?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreXia Baolong, head of Beijing’s office overseeing Hong Kong affairs, to visit Macau on 4-day work trip
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. HKMAO’s Xia Baolong to visit casino hub more than a month after fact-finding mission in Hong Kong. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3221364/head-beijings-office-overseeing-city-affairs-visit-macau-4-day-work-trip-after-similar-mission-hong?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More13 Hongkongers convicted of rioting over 2019 protests, including one who said he was a photojournalist
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong man who claimed to be covering a protest in 2019 as a photojournalist has been convicted of taking part in a riot after the judge ruled that his testimony was “not credible.” He was among the 13 defendants found guilty in court on Saturday. District Court. File photo:…
Read MoreCovid Hong Kong: current coronavirus wave has peaked, leading government adviser says, with recent daily recorded caseloads of up to 500
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 from HKU says city experienced an expected ‘small wave’ and there is no need for concern as most have immunity. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3221360/covid-hong-kong-current-coronavirus-wave-has-peaked-leading-government-adviser-says-recent-daily?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreAbby Choi murder: friends and grieving partner of slain Hong Kong socialite deny claims animal welfare charity involved in money laundering
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Late model’s partner Chris Tam tells Post online rumours and accusations about charity’s finances have left them feeling ‘powerless and disappointed’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3221257/abby-choi-murder-friends-and-grieving-partner-slain-hong-kong-socialite-deny-claims-animal-welfare?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong doxxing site targeting journalists, activists still online almost 2 years after authorities alerted
Hong Kong Free Press A doxxing website targeting thousands of journalists and pro-democracy activists remains online almost two years after HKFP alerted the authorities to its existence with media enquires, and over 18 months since Hong Kong enacted an anti-doxxing law. Since 2019, the “HK Leaks” website has openly maintained an online database of personal data…
Read MoreHong Kong schools should set up CCTV cameras in classrooms, police say
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong police have suggested that schools install CCTV cameras on campus to enhance security and prevent crime. A secondary school in Ho Man Tin. Photo: Hillary Leung/HKFP. A new police website called SafeCity.HK lists “school security tips” included the fitting of CCTV cameras to monitor corridors, staircases, reception areas and…
Read MoreChina says US semiconductor giant Micron poses ‘major security risk’
Hong Kong Free Press By Poornima Weerasekara US semiconductor giant Micron has failed a national security review, China’s cybersecurity watchdog said Sunday, telling operators of “critical information infrastructure” to stop buying its products. A silicon wafer used to make microchips. Photo: Wikicommons. It marked the latest escalation in the bitter chip war between the United…
Read MoreHong Kong’s falling student numbers a ‘golden window’ to embrace smaller class sizes
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The government says it wants to ‘foster a supportive environment for childbearing’, yet at the same time it is closing schools. Rather than a crisis, the fall in student numbers is an opportunity to…
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