Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong auditor urges PolyU to relax security to allow public visits
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Audit Commission says university should ease restrictions on public access after using HK$230 million to repair damage from 2019 protests. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3288383/hong-kong-auditor-urges-polyu-relax-security-allow-public-visits?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreVeteran HSBC banker Peter Wong to head up the University of Hong Kong council
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Veteran HSBC banker Peter Wong will succeed barrister Priscilla Wong as chairman of governing council. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3288372/veteran-hsbc-banker-peter-wong-head-university-hong-kong-council?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More4 Hong Kong democrats seek to challenge conviction and sentence in landmark subversion case
Hong Kong Free Press Four Hong Kong democracy campaigners who were jailed for up to seven years and nine months in the city’s largest national security case to date have sought to challenge their convictions and sentences. Helena Wong arrives at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Law Courts Building to hear his verdict, on May 30,…
Read MoreHong Kong authorities warn that e-cigarettes could be tools for drug abuse
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Devices could be used to consume illegal substances or products with higher concentrations of nicotine that cause greater addiction. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3288369/hong-kong-authorities-warn-e-cigarettes-could-be-tools-drug-abuse?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s advanced materials institute falls short in income, projects undertaken: auditor
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Nano and Advanced Materials Institute’s contribution to city’s economic growth has dropped by almost a third, Audit Commission finds. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3288365/hong-kongs-advanced-materials-institute-falls-short-income-projects-undertaken-auditor?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreGerman car giant Volkswagen announces sale of operations in China’s Xinjiang region
Hong Kong Free Press German car giant Volkswagen said Wednesday it would sell its operations in China’s Xinjiang region, where Beijing has been accused of widespread human rights abuses including forced labour. The firm will sell its factory in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi as well as a test track in Turpan to a Chinese company, a…
Read MoreHong Kong’s jobs market dims as 46% of workers are less confident about opportunities
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Only 55 per cent of employers expect to give pay increases ranging from 1 to 5 per cent, a Robert Walters survey shows. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3288334/hong-kongs-jobs-market-dims-46-workers-are-less-confident-about-opportunities?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More7 arrested, including Hong Kong primary school teacher, in crackdown on drug ‘space oil’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Customs also seized anaesthetic that could produce HK$17 million worth of the narcotic. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288340/7-arrested-including-hong-kong-primary-school-teacher-crackdown-drug-space-oil?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChinese Defence Minister Dong Jun under investigation for corruption – report
Hong Kong Free Press By Isabel Kua and Oliver Hotham Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, a report said Wednesday, the latest official to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country’s military. Chinas Defence Minister Dong Jun delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the…
Read MoreColdplay adds fourth Hong Kong show, with tickets on sale from next Friday
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Promoter says band will now perform on April 8 next year, as well as earlier announced April 9, 11, and 12 dates at Kai Tak stadium. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3288335/coldplay-adds-fourth-hong-kong-show-tickets-sale-friday?utm_source=rss_feed
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