Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong man jailed for selling cat flesh for food at frozen meat shop
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Authorities raided Wu Siyuan’s Yau Ma Tei shop after media reports indicated he was selling cat meat from Kaiping in Guangdong province. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3216245/hong-kong-man-jailed-10-weeks-selling-cat-flesh-food-frozen-meat-shop?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSenior Hospital Authority executive, doctor husband fined HK$5,000 each for shoplifting at Hong Kong supermarket last year
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chief manager Vivien Chuang and orthopaedist Chiu Ming-yu found guilty of joint count of theft. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3216243/senior-hospital-authority-executive-doctor-husband-fined-hk5000-each-shoplifting-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong 47: Democrat ‘admits mistake’ over Facebook post reading ‘fight against tyranny’
Hong Kong Free Press A former pro-democracy district councillor has told Hong Kong’s largest national security trial that he needed to “admit my mistake” after being questioned about a Facebook post that mentioned the phrases “liberate the legislature” and “fight against tyranny.” Ex-district councillor Andrew Chiu. Photo: Andrew Chiu, via Facebook. Andrew Chiu, who is…
Read More21 students drop out of Hong Kong gov’t mentorship scheme since programme launched last October
Hong Kong Free Press A total of 21 students dropped out of the Hong Kong government’s mentorship scheme for underprivileged youngsters in the first five months after the programme was launched last October, the Legislative Council has been told. Under the “Strive and Rise Programme” almost 3,000 students were matched with mentors and were each…
Read MoreOffice of ex-Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam spends HK$13.5m in first year
Hong Kong Free Press The office of former chief executive Carrie Lam, who oversaw one of the most turbulent periods in Hong Kong’s history, has spent around HK$13.5 million since she ended her term last June. Lam’s office at Pacific Place near the government headquarters in Admiralty incurred non-recurrent spending of around HK$6.55 million in…
Read MorePunishing Hong Kong ice hockey association over anthem blunder would be unreasonable, says player
Hong Kong Free Press Punishing the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association (HKIHA) for a blunder over the national anthem at a recent international match would be unreasonable and detract from the team’s sporting achievements, a player has said. The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China threatened on Monday to suspend the asociation and…
Read MoreMan arrested by Hong Kong national security police for allegedly assisting fraud group linked to ‘extremist gang’
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested a man accused of helping a group of fraudsters allegedly linked to “a local extremist gang” – an apparent reference to a self-proclaimed revolutionary organisation called Returning Valiant. The Hong Kong Police Force emblem outside the police headquarters in Wan Chai. Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP.…
Read MoreLed by China, more countries targeting citizens abroad with abductions, violence, deportations- US study
Hong Kong Free Press A rising number of countries are turning to abductions, violence or deportations against citizens abroad to silence dissent, with China the biggest violator, a US democracy research group said Thursday. File photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. Freedom House in a report identified 854 direct incidents of “transnational repression” carried out by 38 governments…
Read MoreChina deploys warships near Taiwan after US house speaker meets leader Tsai Ing-wen
Hong Kong Free Press China sent warships through waters around Taiwan on Thursday as it vowed a “resolute response” to the island’s president meeting US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen held talks with McCarthy in Los Angeles on Wednesday, expressing gratitude afterwards for the meeting that she said showed her island was…
Read MoreDealing with death: Young Hongkonger shares lessons from an unusual career choice
Hong Kong Free Press It’s not the career choice for many in their twenties, but Ming Tai has amassed more than 47,000 followers on his Instagram page, where he shares stories from his work in the funeral industry. While a lot of people might be taken aback at the prospect of working with corpses, it…
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