Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong takes new step to promote ESG agenda to reluctant and wary small business owners
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong wants the city’s small and medium-sized enterprises to embrace the ESG agenda to better compete in the global market. Reluctant business owners see it as an unnecessary cost burden. https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3222781/hong-kong-takes-new-step-promote-esg-agenda-reluctant-and-wary-small-business-owners?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong police step up security at Victoria Park on June 4 anniversary; former vigil organiser goes on hunger strike
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Significant police presence observed around site for past vigils marking anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3222895/hong-kong-police-step-security-victoria-park-june-4-anniversary-former-vigil-organiser-goes-hunger?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong to stay on guard against external risks and challenges after shaky economic recovery in early 2023: finance minister Paul Chan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Financial secretary says city continues to face economic headwinds, some from political interference, pointing to US. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3222891/hong-kong-stay-guard-against-external-risks-and-challenges-after-shaky-economic-recovery-early-2023?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s uniqueness under ‘one country, two systems’ doesn’t contradict patriotism, no need for ‘overcorrection’: top government adviser
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Exco member Ronny Tong points briefly to removal of sensitive library books, says such actions ‘not necessarily a good thing’ but does not elaborate. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3222890/hong-kongs-uniqueness-under-one-country-two-systems-doesnt-contradict-patriotism-no-need?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong-trained vets 1 step closer to being allowed to practise in city as university seeks international recognition for course
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Representatives from international bodies will make separate trips to Hong Kong to undertake final assessment of CityU vet school. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3222851/hong-kong-trained-vets-1-step-closer-being-allowed-practise-city-university-seeks-international?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong mall murders: 2 victims of brutal knife attack lived ‘just 300 metres’ from Abby Choi village house
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Pair said to have shared space with another couple in three-storey property in village at which remains of model Choi were found in earlier case that shocked city. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222887/hong-kong-mall-murders-2-victims-brutal-knife-attack-lived-just-300-metres-abby-choi-village-house?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreExplainer: Is it legal for people in Hong Kong to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown?
Hong Kong Free Press Sunday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown is the first since Hong Kong lifted Covid-19 social distancing restrictions. In recent years, the authorities cited anti-epidemic measures as the reason to ban the annual candlelight commemoration in Victoria Park. But, despite arrests on Saturday, there remains no official word on whether a public…
Read MoreHong Kong air-conditioner sales, demand for repairs surge as mercury soars, while subdivided flat tenants among hardest hit
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Society for Community Organisation warns hot weather brings increased strain on low-income households. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3222848/hong-kong-air-conditioner-sales-demand-repairs-surge-mercury-soars-while-subdivided-flat-tenants?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreDon’t attack the messenger, work to rebuild trust among Hongkongers
Hong Kong Free Press On the night of May 10, 2023, publishers of Ming Pao axed Zunzi’s political cartoons, which they had published daily since 1983. Governance and civil society in Hong Kong are worse off for this move. Zunzi’s comic strip on Ming Pao published on May 11, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Ming Pao…
Read MoreHong Kong’s crypto rules help it fit in more than stand out, but experts say that’s good
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 virtual asset regulations effective this month are closely aligned with global standards, and some rules are even more stringent. https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3222760/hong-kongs-crypto-rules-help-it-fit-more-stand-out-experts-say-thats-good?utm_source=rss_feed
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