Category: Hong Kong
Global recruitment effort by Hong Kong to ease hospital staffing problems shows healthy results with 20 veteran specialists already signed up
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Health Authority say 20 specialists from mainland China, Southeast Asia and Europe recruited for short-term roles in public hospitals, with more to follow. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3225994/global-recruitment-effort-hong-kong-ease-hospital-staffing-problems-shows-healthy-results-20-veteran?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFraud in Hong Kong: banks and businesses vow not to collect client data by text in joint effort with authorities to clamp down on phishing scams
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Credit-card issuing banks, businesses sign pledge with Hong Kong Monetary Authority that aims to curb using texts containing hyperlinks with personal information requests. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3225990/fraud-hong-kong-banks-and-businesses-vow-not-collect-client-data-text-joint-effort-authorities-clamp?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Book Fair’s 760 exhibitors urged to abide by national security law as event returns to city on July 19
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Organisers say they do not have lists of books that could not be displayed because they trust their exhibitors. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3225979/hong-kong-book-fairs-760-exhibitors-urged-abide-national-security-law-event-returns-city-july-19?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong gov’t slams speculation over lenient penalty for contractor involved in corner-cutting rail scandal
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s government has hit back at criticism of the prosecution’s decision to change the charge against a top construction company involved in the Shatin to Central rail link scandal. Leighton Contractors (Asia) was fined HK$40,000 this week under the amended charge. But a whistleblower’s suggestion that the government was less…
Read MoreHong Kong government to sell only 2 plots of residential land in second quarter of financial year amid weak market sentiment
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 government has defied market expectations by announcing it will sell only two plots of residential land in the second quarter of the financial year – about half the number forecast by some…
Read More8 jailed for up to 45 months for rioting near PolyU during Hong Kong protests in 2019
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong court has sentenced eight people for up to 45 months over a riot that took place as intense clashes broke out at a university campus in a nearby district during the 2019 protests and unrest. A protest in Yau Ma Tei on November 18, 2019. Photo: Dylan Hollingsworth/HKFP.…
Read More70 Chinese officials denied entry to Taiwan for tourism expo, island’s Mainland Affairs Council says
Hong Kong Free Press Taiwan has rejected applications by Chinese tourism officials to enter the island for an international travel fair next month, authorities said Thursday, citing the current “cross-strait situation” with China. Photo by Belle Co on Pexels.com China views self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory — to be seized one day,…
Read More‘Happy Hong Kong’: free coffee, discounts and 1-minute shopping spree up for grabs in HK$150 million retail promotion to get people smiling
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Retail industry body says it will hold Happy Hong Kong Shopping Festival from July 1 to August 31, with more than 150 brands and 6,000 stores taking part. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3225971/happy-hong-kong-free-coffee-discounts-and-1-minute-shopping-spree-grabs-hk150-million-retail?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More8 years of HKFP: Why we remain committed to on-the-ground reporting in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press When Hong Kong Free Press launched eight years ago today, the city’s constitutional guarantees of press freedom – whilst delicate – were never thought to be fundamentally in peril. Today, press freedom remains “in our pockets,” according to Hong Kong’s leader, yet the idea of newsroom raids, journalists behind bars, news…
Read MoreClimate disclosures: Hong Kong must up its game on sustainability to elevate its role as green finance hub, experts say
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. All relevant players must understand and adhere to the latest disclosure requirements, speakers from the government, the city’s stock exchange operator and companies including HSBC and EY said during the Post’s Redefining Hong Kong…
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