Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong Palace Museum to consider raising admission prices, director reveals as first anniversary marked
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. About 1.3 million visitors have attended 12 exhibitions since Palace Museum opened on July 3 last year, director Louis Ng says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226364/hong-kong-palace-museum-consider-raising-admission-prices-director-reveals-first-anniversary-marked?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreNo conflict between journalism and security law, says Hong Kong No.2 official
Hong Kong Free Press There is no conflict between the media’s journalistic work and the Beijing-imposed national security law, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan has said. The protection of press freedom was stipulated in the sweeping security law and the Basic Law, said Chan in an interview with RTHK last Sunday. However, “the freedom…
Read MoreHong Kong motorist arrested after elderly woman hit by Mercedes-Benz while crossing road
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The elderly woman was crossing Tong Mi Road at junction with Mong Kok Road when she hit by the vehicle on Monday morning. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3226356/hong-kong-motorist-arrested-after-elderly-woman-hit-mercedes-benz-while-crossing-road?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong man, 46, among 8 killed in Cambodian nightclub blaze at weekend
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Fire at the ‘6969’ nightclub in downtown Phnom Penh burned for three hours, with victims said to have been trapped on top floor of building. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226327/hong-kong-man-46-among-8-killed-cambodian-nightclub-blaze-weekend?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong mutual fund sales rebound as hopes of interest rate pause stems last year’s massive outflows
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Mutual fund sales bounced back strongly in the first quarter after the worst net outflow on record last year as market sentiment improved amid a more stable interest rate environment, according to fund managers…
Read MoreWhat is your perfect death? Hong Kong to give terminally ill patients more say over how and where they die
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Allowing people to die at care homes will give families precious time together, and cut red tape too. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3226286/what-your-perfect-death-hong-kong-give-terminally-ill-patients-more-say-over-how-and-where-they-die?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUS confirms Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to visit China, citing need to ‘responsibly manage’ ties
Hong Kong Free Press By Beiyi Seow Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to visit Beijing this week, the United States said Sunday, marking the second trip by a cabinet official to China since ties between the world’s top two economies deteriorated earlier this year. Janet Yellen. File photo: European Central Bank, via Flickr. Yellen…
Read MoreVideo: China’s attempt to interrupt UN testimony by son of detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai rejected
Hong Kong Free Press China’s representative intervened at the UN on Friday in an effort to stop the son of detained media tycoon Jimmy Lai testifying. Sebastien Lai, who was urging for his father’s release, was interrupted during an Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. “My father…
Read MoreHong Kong scams using AI? Police issue warning as fake clip of bank CEO tricks victim, man flags blackmail attempt with doctored sex video
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Japanese man reports being tricked by video showing ‘Hong Kong bank CEO’ describing new product. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3226304/hong-kong-scams-using-ai-police-issue-warning-fake-clip-bank-ceo-tricks-victim-man-flags-blackmail?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Book Fair does not have a ‘list of banned titles’ for vendors, organiser says
Hong Kong Free Press The organiser of Hong Kong’s annual book fair has said it did not hold a list of banned titles for participating publishers, maintaining the same position as last year that it would not pre-screen books, “as long as the titles didn’t breach Hong Kong law, including the national security law.” Hong…
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