Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate drops to 3.0%; labour chief points to economic and travel rebound
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s unemployment rate decreased to 3 per cent during the February to April period, according to the latest statistics from the Census and Statistics Department. In a Thursday press release, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun attributed the fall to a revival in domestic economic activity and a rebound…
Read MoreHong Kong accountant loses HK$700,000 in phishing scam, joining 1,408 others who collectively lost HK$26.1 million this year
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Scammers used text messages and emails to communicate with their victims in more than 90 per cent of the cases, according to force. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3221045/hong-kong-accountant-loses-hk700000-phishing-scam-joining-1408-others-who-collectively-lost-hk261?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreCK Asset’s Victor Li says government has to ‘make the numbers work’ for US$74 billion Lantau artificial islands development
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Financial Secretary Paul Chan has said the government will push ahead with moves to increase land supply as high housing prices remain an issue. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3221056/ck-assets-victor-li-says-government-has-make-numbers-work-us74-billion-lantau-artificial-islands?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong aims to earmark 300 hectares of land in proposed technopole near mainland China border for innovation and technology uses
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Development Bureau says government will consider providing land grants in the San Tin Technopole, a major project in the planned Northern Metropolis. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3221057/hong-kong-aims-earmark-300-hectares-land-proposed-technopole-near-mainland-china-border-innovation?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong police hunt for man accused of masturbating in front of woman on bus and breaking window to escape
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Suspect smashes window to escape bus when woman starts shouting and driver does not open door. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3221046/hong-kong-police-hunt-man-accused-masturbating-front-woman-bus-and-breaking-window-escape?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong has a duty to identify books with ‘bad ideologies’, leader John Lee says as political titles purged from libraries
Hong Kong Free Press The Hong Kong government has a duty to identify books with “bad ideologies,” Chief Executive John Lee has said at a Q&A session at the legislature on Thursday, after hundreds of political titles were purged from the city’s libraries. During his first “interactive” consultation session with lawmakers at the Legislative Council…
Read MoreHong Kong proposes speeding up land lease renewal process, with 300,000 sites to expire by 2047
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Development Bureau warns number of expired land leases will ‘increase abruptly in future’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3221041/hong-kong-proposes-speeding-land-lease-renewal-process-300000-sites-expire-2047?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong jewellery shop worker catches necklace thief after 300-metre chase through streets
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Suspect, in his 30s, walked into Castle Peak Road store in Cheung Sha Wan shortly after 3.30pm and asked to view some gold necklaces. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3221037/jewellery-shop-worker-catches-necklace-thief-after-300-metre-chase-through-streets-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreMembers of Hong Kong boy band Mirror to perform solo concerts this summer; group manager MakerVille appoints stage safety team
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Members Jer Lau, Anson Lo, Keung To and Edan Lui to take stage in series of concerts in July and August. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3221036/hong-kong-boy-band-mirror-perform-solo-concerts-summer-group-manager-makerville-appoints-stage?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s ice hockey body reprimanded over anthem blunder, but no funding cuts or suspension
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s top sports federation has reprimanded, in writing, the city’s ice hockey body over a recent anthem mix-up at an international match. However, there will be no cuts to its funding or suspension of its membership. The Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) added that it…
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