Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s treasury chief stonewalls calls for more relief measures for homebuyers as Legco approves stamp duty bill
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui says stamp duty bill will benefit about 37,000 homebuyers. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3220904/hong-kongs-treasury-chief-stonewalls-calls-more-relief-measures-homebuyers-legco-approves-stamp-duty?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong shopping spree for 2,000-strong mainland China tour group as some locals complain about disturbance to daily life
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Coach loads of visitors arrive one after another at jewellery shop in Hung Hom after breakfast at To Kwa Wan restaurant. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3220902/hong-kong-shopping-spree-2000-strong-mainland-china-tour-group-some-locals-complain-about?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Airport Authority plans to use logistics park to cement position as cargo hub and better connect with Greater Bay Area
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong International Airport’s logistics park in mainland China to handle 1 million tonnes of cargo per year by 2025. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3220897/hong-kong-airport-authority-plans-use-logistics-park-cement-position-cargo-hub-and-better-connect?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIDAHOT 2023: 60% of Hongkongers surveyed now agree with same-sex marriage
Hong Kong Free Press Sixty per cent of Hong Kong people now agree with same-sex marriage, according to a joint study published by three universities on Wednesday, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). Same-sex marriage remains illegal in Hong Kong. An LGBT flag. File photo: Rob Maxwell. The new report was jointly…
Read MoreChina fines comedy company US$2 million over stand-up joke about the army
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese authorities fined a comedy company millions of yuan on Wednesday and threatened further legal action after one of its members made an oblique joke about the People’s Liberation Army during a stand-up act. File photo: Lukas Messmer/HKFP. Li Haoshi, who performs under the name House, referred to a PLA slogan…
Read MoreHong Kong education chiefs set to back plan to cut about 1,000 places that parents can apply for at preferred primary schools to save less popular ones from closure
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. School bodies say cut to cut spare places at popular primaries could help tackle under-enrolment and risk of closure at other schools. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3220879/hong-kong-education-chiefs-set-back-plan-cut-about-1000-places-parents-can-apply-preferred-primary?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong charges man with rioting almost 4 years after 2019 protest
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong man has been charged with rioting in Admiralty, almost four years after the protest took place in June 2019. Protesters surrounded the Legislative Council on June 12, 2019. File photo: Todd R. Darling/HKFP. Twenty-seven-year-old assistant designer Leung Chi-kin appeared before Magistrate Philip Chan at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts…
Read MoreFormer British prime minister Liz Truss urges UK to get tough with China on Taiwan
Hong Kong Free Press By Amber Wang Britain’s former prime minister Liz Truss on Wednesday urged her successor Rishi Sunak to get tough with China on Taiwan, describing the democratic island as “an enduring rebuke to totalitarianism.” Former UK prime minister Liz Truss in Taiwan. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan), via Twitter. China…
Read MoreHong Kong police arrest man on suspicion of animal cruelty after finding wild pigeon with broken wings
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Suspect, 66, arrested after plain-clothes officers laid ambush at public housing estate following video showing ill-treatment. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3220864/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-suspicion-animal-cruelty-after-finding-wild-pigeon-broken-wings?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong leader and WHO chief look at future of healthcare and responses to pandemics in wake of Covid-19
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chief Executive John Lee says he was relieved when Covid-19 lost its status as public health emergency of international concern. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220851/hong-kong-leader-and-who-chief-look-future-healthcare-and-responses-pandemics-wake-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed
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