Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Pure Fitness lays off staff but says sacked employees paid in full
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Fitness chain Pure Fitness says it has laid off staff as part of its ‘strategic business actions’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3279396/hong-kongs-pure-fitness-lays-staff-says-sacked-employees-paid-full?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTenant of Hong Kong’s only private low-rent housing estate gets hearing to challenge eviction
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. 85-year-old accuses housing corporation of failing to ensure resettlement of residents before redeveloping neighbourhood. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3279389/tenant-hong-kongs-only-private-low-rent-housing-estate-gets-hearing-challenge-eviction?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreGoogle removes some fake names pranksters gave to Hong Kong schools on Maps
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Company says steps taken to prevent further abuse of Maps service, while Post check finds some offensive names remain. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3279383/google-removes-some-fake-names-pranksters-gave-hong-kong-schools-maps?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong interest rate cut gives small businesses ‘more room for survival’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Lower rates will not only reduce financing costs but revive investor confidence and spending sentiment, experts say. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3279358/hong-kong-interest-rate-cut-gives-small-businesses-more-room-survival?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreEx-manager of Hong Kong gov’t contractor given 160 hours’ community service over extorting staff of HK$38,000
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong court has handed a community service order to the former manager of a cleaning company contracted by the government over extorting HK$38,000 from three employees. Street cleaners in Wan Chai. File photo: GovHK. Choy Wai-hong, who the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) charged with three counts of fraud,…
Read MoreHong Kong gov’t says ‘clear lines drawn’ after first sedition convictions under new security law
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s new security law is “unambiguous” about what counts as unlawful seditious acts, the city’s government has said, after a man was sentenced to 14 months in jail in the first conviction under the legislation. Police patrol outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on June 26, 2024. File photo:…
Read MoreConcerns grow for Hong Kong lawyer reported missing by wife on Thursday evening
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Police began search for the 49-year-old man on Lamma Island, the last location his mobile phone was traced to. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3279354/concerns-grow-hong-kong-lawyer-reported-missing-wife-thursday-evening?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong authorities to closely monitor sexual assault case involving district councillor
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Home Affairs Department notified of criminal allegations that Sei Chun-hing sexually assaulted a then underage girl in 2008 and 2011. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3279343/hong-kong-authorities-closely-monitor-sexual-assault-case-involving-district-councillor?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s National Day fireworks to feature panda themes and opening drone show
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Organiser says 23-minute display over Victoria Harbour will portray eight scenes designed to honour achievements of country as it turns 75. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3279342/hong-kongs-national-day-fireworks-feature-panda-themes-and-opening-drone-show?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina to ‘gradually resume’ Japanese seafood imports banned after Fukushima waste water release
Hong Kong Free Press China said Friday that it would “gradually resume” importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban in August last year over the release of water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant. “China will begin to adjust the relevant measures based on scientific evidence and gradually resume imports of Japanese aquatic…
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