Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong police called after entry to MTR 45th anniversary carnival closes
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Crowds waiting outside the entrance repeatedly shouted ‘open the door! Open the door!’, footage shows. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3280337/hong-kong-police-called-after-entry-mtr-45th-anniversary-carnival-closes?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIn Hong Kong’s commercial real estate market, ‘everybody has their own fair share of pain’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong’s commercial property market has buckled under the crushing weight of China’s economic malaise, an exodus of global firms, a supply glut and high interest rates. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3280208/hong-kongs-commercial-real-estate-market-everybody-has-their-own-fair-share-pain?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSpirit of Hong Kong Awards: sifting through trash with civic-minded savvy
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong entrepreneur Kenny Lam wants to improve waste management standards and make better recycling practices a way of life in the city. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3280181/spirit-hong-kong-awards-sifting-through-trash-civic-minded-savvy?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More10 years on, where are the leaders of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement now?
Hong Kong Free Press Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the start of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, which saw protesters occupy major thoroughfares in key districts to call for the right to elect their own leader. An activist speaks at the occupied area in Admiralty on November 21, 2014. Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. The 79-day civil…
Read More‘My generation is mostly gone’: Hong Kong master cheongsam tailor prepares to hang up his measuring tape
Hong Kong Free Press By Xinqi Su Bent over a magenta chiffon fabric, an elderly Hong Kong tailor wearing thick glasses meticulously stitched on embroidered butterflies, working to transform the shimmering material into an elegant, high-collared Chinese dress known as a cheongsam. A still from Wong Kar-wai’s “In the Mood for Love,” starring Maggie Cheung…
Read MoreDinner with strangers? Hongkongers craving real-world connections turn to ‘secret’ meet-ups
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Services have popped up to meet demand for authentic interactions in post-Covid world and amid social media fatigue. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3280302/dinner-strangers-hongkongers-craving-real-world-connections-turn-secret-meet-ups?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong migrant domestic workers unions ‘dismayed,’ ‘disappointed’ by HK$120 increase to monthly salary
Hong Kong Free Press Migrant domestic workers’ union organisations have said they are “dismayed” and “disappointed” by the HK$120 increase to domestic workers’ minimum monthly salary. Migrant domestic workers on their day off in Hong Kong, on November 5, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The government on Friday announced a 2.5 per cent rise in the…
Read MoreUkraine war: US Sec. of State Blinken questions China peace push over Russia help
Hong Kong Free Press US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday questioned China’s sincerity in seeking peace in Ukraine as he directly pressed his counterpart over exports that boost Russia’s military. Blinken met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the latest talks as the two powers look…
Read MoreOmega leases another shop in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay as agents see retail leasing pickup
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Swiss luxury watchmaker Omega is leasing another shop on Russell Street, once the world’s priciest retail strip, for US$51,404 a month. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3280217/omega-leases-another-shop-hong-kongs-causeway-bay-agents-see-retail-leasing-pickup?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreJimmy Lai getting access to medical care, sunlight in prison, Hong Kong legal team says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. International legal team representing former media tycoon appealed to UN earlier this month about Lai’s living conditions in prison. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3280326/jimmy-lai-getting-access-medical-care-sunlight-prison-hong-kong-legal-team-says?utm_source=rss_feed
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