Category: Hong Kong
National anthem row: Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association cries foul over sports federation’s ‘threatening interrogation style’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Association chairman Mike Kan releases 2,000-word rebuke saying he can no longer stay quiet. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3219629/national-anthem-row-hong-kong-ice-hockey-association-cries-foul-over-sports-federations-threatening?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s OT&P Healthcare apologises after data breach exposes patient details
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s OT&P Healthcare has apologised to clients after a “threat actor” managed to access its IT systems and obtain patient data. OT&P Healthcare. Photo: OT&P, via Facebook. In an email to patients on Friday, the group of medical clinics said it was working with experts to reinforce its systems and…
Read MoreHong Kong security chief says seizing of ‘Pillar of Shame’ unrelated to coming Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Secretary for Security Chris Tang says decision to take sculpture marking crackdown at Tiananmen Square in 1989 was not based on any ‘special consideration’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3219622/hong-kong-security-chief-says-seizure-pillar-shame-unrelated-coming-tiananmen-square-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong national security law: teenager behind bomb plot pleads guilty to terrorism charge, as 5 others admit to conspiring to cause explosions
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Kenny Ho, 19, considered one of two masterminds behind thwarted bomb plot to ‘raise public awareness and revive spirit of resistance’ following 2019 social unrest. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3219618/hong-kong-national-security-law-teenager-behind-bomb-plot-pleads-guilty-terrorism-charge-5-others?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreDirect election of Hong Kong district councillors could overlook ‘professional’ candidates hesitant to run, minister says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Constitutional affairs chief Erick Tsang defends decision to slash number of directly elected district council seats from nearly 95 per cent to 19 per cent under overhaul. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3219614/direct-election-hong-kong-district-councillors-could-overlook-professional-candidates-hesitant-run?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreThe day a Hong Kong fishmonger stuck his hand out to the future British king, who shook it ‘without hesitating’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Coronation of King Charles has Hongkongers recalling highlights of his visits as Prince of Wales. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3219589/day-hong-kong-fishmonger-stuck-his-hand-out-future-british-king-who-shook-it-without-hesitating?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFedEx to move Asia headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore
Hong Kong Free Press FedEx is to relocate its Asia Pacific headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore, the global delivery giant said. The move is the latest blow to the city’s reputation as a global logistics hub. File photo: Little plant, via Unsplash. FedEx told HKFP it will consolidate operations at its Asia Pacific, Middle…
Read MoreHong Kong murder suspect in bludgeoning of 63-year-old woman committed suicide after fleeing to Japan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Body of murder suspect, alongside suicide note, found by Japanese authorities in Yamanashi Prefecture, Hong Kong police reveal. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3219611/hong-kong-murder-suspect-bludgeoning-63-year-old-woman-committed-suicide-after-fleeing-japan?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreLet art flourish in Hong Kong’s busy streets
Hong Kong Free Press Some say the latest public art project at Harbour City, a shopping mall in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district, looks like gigantic hanging portraits of death. The project – collages of monochrome photographs showing smiling Hongkongers and celebrities celebrating the end of the mask rule after three years of Covid…
Read MoreHKFP op-ed nominated for prestigious press award
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong Free Press opinion piece has been nominated for a prestigious press award by the The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA). Yuen Chan’s op-ed about media freedom in Hong Kong is competing for a SOPA Award in the Excellence in Opinion Writing: Regional category. Photo: HKFP. Published on…
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