Category: Hong Kong
State-backed media take aim at Hong Kong housing and urban planning NGOs
Hong Kong Free Press State-backed newspapers have accused a research NGO and six advocacy groups of “smearing” government-led projects such as the Light Public Housing initiative, and large-scale infrastructure projects including the Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands, previously known as Lantau Tomorrow Vision. On Monday, the Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao took aim…
Read MoreHong Kong national security: mainland China’s life sentence on US-based city resident for spying a reminder of lurking risks in society, John Lee warns
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chief executive stops short of providing details of detainee in mainland China and whether administration had offered help under reciprocal notification mechanism. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3220677/hong-kong-national-security-mainland-chinas-life-sentence-us-based-city-resident-spying-reminder?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Golf Club shares video of baby owls at Fanling course, says site is important breeding ground for birds in attempt to halt public housing plan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Clip shows five baby owls about three weeks old nesting inside hole of tree branch and sitting at foot of old tree. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220652/hong-kong-golf-club-shares-video-baby-owls-fanling-course-says-site-important-breeding-ground-birds?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWhy are Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific pilots unhappy? Grievances include uncertainty over slashed pay, family lives upended, union claims
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Union chief says morale is low, with recent slow plane taxiing incident at airport stemming from pilot frustration. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3220669/why-are-hong-kongs-cathay-pacific-pilots-unhappy-grievances-include-uncertainty-over-slashed-pay?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHongkonger creates colourful Cantonese font to foster language learning
Hong Kong Free Press A former international school teacher has created a new Cantonese font, which combines over 8,000 characters with colourful, Romanised pronunciation guides in order to foster language learning and teaching. Cantonese Font. Photo: Jon Chiu. “Initially I just wanted to do this because my wife is Argentinian and I tried to teach…
Read MoreHong Kong airport customs arrests man from Brazil after US$1 million worth of liquid cocaine found soaked into bedsheets
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Drugs detected in the checked-in suitcase of man, 66, after his arrival from the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo via Paris. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3220655/hong-kong-airport-customs-arrests-man-brazil-after-us1-million-worth-liquid-cocaine-found-soaked?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong 47: Not convincing that ex-journalist Gwyneth Ho would uphold Basic Law, prosecution witness claims
Hong Kong Free Press A prosecution witness at Hong Kong’s landmark 47 democrats trial has said that she was not convinced that defendant Gwyneth Ho would uphold the city’s mini-constitution. Gwyneth Ho. File photo: Gwyneth Ho, via Facebook. Amy Yeung, who was a returning officer during the 2020 Legislative Council elections, appeared before the court…
Read MoreHK Electric blames major Hong Kong Island blackout on staff ‘lacking alertness’, poor cable labelling
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. About 44,000 households were affected during the incident on April 19. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3220653/hk-electric-blames-major-hong-kong-island-blackout-staff-lacking-alertness-poor-cable-labelling?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong public libraries pull most books related to Tiananmen Square crackdown as 34th anniversary approaches
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Keyword check of library archives by Post in Chinese and English finds no works related to the military crackdown in Beijing 34 years ago. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3220651/hong-kong-public-libraries-pull-most-books-related-tiananmen-square-crackdown-34th-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Disneyland saw HK$2.1 billion net loss in 2022 amid 6 month closure
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Disneyland, which was closed for a total of six months amid the Covid-19 pandemic last year, has announced that losses in 2022 were down 12 per cent to HK$2.1 billion compared to the previous fiscal year. Hong Kong Disneyland on May 15, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. It marks the…
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