Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong bans ‘space oil’ ingredients as drug’s variations mushroom
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Government classifies etomidate as dangerous drug and adds five other substances to list, but social workers warn causes of narcotics abuse must be addressed. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3298782/hong-kong-bans-space-oil-ingredients-drugs-variations-mushroom?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreEx-professor convicted in Hong Kong yoga ball murder case files another appeal
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A seven-member High Court jury last month unanimously found Khaw Kim Sun, 60, guilty of causing the deaths of his wife and daughter. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3298777/ex-professor-convicted-hong-kong-yoga-ball-murder-case-files-another-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUniversity hospital in Hong Kong seeks more time to repay HK$4 billion loan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Earlier two-year extension for CUHK Medical Centre loan repayments ends next month. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3298775/university-hospital-hong-kong-seeks-more-time-repay-hk4-billion-loan?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s market watchdog reviews 8 brokerages amid IPO oversubscription frenzy
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. SFC monitoring brokerages with respect to their risk management of margin financing for new stocks, CEO Julia Leung says. https://www.scmp.com/business/markets/article/3298758/hong-kongs-market-watchdog-reviews-8-brokerages-amid-ipo-oversubscription-frenzy?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChinese team bans fans over photos of S. Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese football team Shandong Taishan apologised to South Korea’s Gwangju FC on Friday after fans held up photos of a hated military strongman at an Asian Champions League match. An unknown number of home fans on Tuesday displayed images of Chun Doo-hwan, the autocratic former South Korean president, during the game…
Read MoreHong Kong policeman sentenced to 14 months in jail for ill-treating infant son
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Court hears Filomeno Chiang’s son died in 2019 the night his father tried to put him to sleep by covering the crying child with a duvet. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3298757/hong-kong-policeman-sentenced-14-months-jail-ill-treating-infant-son?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Journalists Assoc. annual dinner cancelled after hotel axes booking over ‘unstable power supply’
Hong Kong Free Press The Hong Kong Journalists Association has cancelled its annual fundraising dinner after the Regal Hongkong Hotel axed its booking, citing “water leakage causing unstable power supply.” Hong Kong Journalists Association. Photo: Selina Cheng/HKFP. The journalists’ group said in an email to event attendees on Friday afternoon that the booking was cancelled…
Read MoreHong Kong’s Baptist University, like CityU, can ‘afford’ 3 to 5% spending cut
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. President Alexander Wai also confident his institution can win bid for third medical school with advisers ‘not exposed to geopolitical risks’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3298736/hong-kongs-baptist-university-cityu-can-afford-3-5-spending-cut?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIdentify ‘high-risk’ residents, Hong Kong lawmaker says after elderly caregiving father found dead at home
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong lawmaker has urged authorities to identify “high-risk” residents after an elderly man was found dead in a Tuen Mun flat he shared with a son who has an intellectual disability. Butterfly Estate in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. File photo: Wikicommons. The body of the 78-year-old man was found…
Read MoreYoung Hongkongers spend less on Valentine’s Day, flower prices fall to 10-year low
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Couples choose to celebrate over lunch to avoid higher dinner costs, while many florists drop bouquet prices amid a sluggish economy. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3298687/young-hongkongers-spend-less-valentines-day-flower-prices-fall-10-year-low?utm_source=rss_feed
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