Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong shaken but not stirred by recent earthquake tremors. The Post learns more about seismic activity near the city
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tremors from magnitude 3.7 earthquake on Monday mark third time in three months city has experienced such seismic activity. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3226560/hong-kong-shaken-not-stirred-recent-earthquake-tremors-post-learns-more-about-seismic-activity-near?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Unusual’ withdrawals from Hong Kong organ donor registry, after gov’t slams acting against ‘spirit of selfless love’
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s organ donation registry saw an “unusual disruption” over three days in May as over 28,000 withdrawal applications were recorded. It came after the government released a lengthy statement accusing a “small number of individuals” of going against the “spirit of selfless love.” Centralised Organ Donation Register. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP.…
Read MoreHong Kong police receive 4 times as many applications in May as a year ago for constables after entry rules eased: security minister
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 tells legislators force also received twice as many applications for inspectors following relaxed entry requirements. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3226549/hong-kong-police-receive-4-times-many-applications-may-year-ago-constables-after-entry-rules-eased?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreGiant neon sign on Hong Kong hotel sparks heated online debate, residents slam ‘tacky’ bright colour
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tsuen Wan residents say new sign featured on refurbished Grand Bay View Hotel caught them by surprise. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226543/giant-neon-sign-hong-kong-hotel-sparks-heated-online-debate-residents-slam-tacky-bright-colour?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong activist Tam Tak-chi launches appeal bid against conviction and sentence under sedition law
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong pro-democracy activist “Fast Beat” Tam Tak-chi has launched a bid to appeal against his conviction and 40-month sentence for 11 charges last April, including “uttering seditious words.” Tam Tak-chi. Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. The DJ and former vice-chair of the pro-democracy party People Power was arrested in September 2020. He…
Read MoreWestern countries decry Hong Kong’s nat. sec. arrest warrants, as leader John Lee defends law’s extraterritorial reach
Hong Kong Free Press Western countries have decried the national security arrest warrants issued for eight overseas Hong Kong activists, as Chief Executive John Lee and pro-establishment parties voiced support for the police’s move. The wanted posters for eight pro-democracy activists wanted by the national security police. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The comments came after the…
Read MoreHong Kong scientists flex technological ‘mussels’ as they unveil new way to check radiation levels in marine areas
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Modified gel-filled containers originally designed to check heavy metal concentrations in marine areas revealed as Japan prepares to dump radioactive water in Pacific. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3226518/hong-kong-scientists-flex-technological-mussels-they-unveil-new-way-check-radiation-levels-marine?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong opposition activist Tam Tak-chi appeals against sedition charges, court hears colonial-era law falls short of global standards
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Senior counsel Philip Dykes, Tam’s lawyer, also argues legislation from 1938 lacks objective set of criteria for outlawing offensive speech or action. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3226521/hong-kong-opposition-activist-tam-tak-chi-appeals-against-sedition-charges-court-hears-colonial-era?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina’s top diplomat urges South Korea, Japan to know their ‘roots,’ reject Western influences
Hong Kong Free Press China’s top diplomat has called on South Korea and Japan to know their “roots” and reject Western influences, in racially charged comments to officials from Seoul and Tokyo. Wang Yi at United Nations General Assembly. File photo: UN News. Speaking at a trilateral forum in the eastern city of Qingdao on…
Read MoreHong Kong’s most wanted: a look at police bounties offered for some of the city’s notorious crimes
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. From the ‘king of thieves’ to a ‘devil cop’, high-profile cases in the city over the decades have sparked rewards of up to HK$2 million from the force for the arrest of suspects. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3226484/hong-kongs-most-wanted-look-police-bounties-offered-some-citys-notorious-crimes?utm_source=rss_feed
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