Category: Hong Kong
Beijing names financier Qi Bin as deputy director of Hong Kong liaison office
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Qi Bin, vice-president of China’s sovereign wealth fund, will serve as a deputy at the central government’s liaison office. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3286396/beijing-names-qi-bin-deputy-director-hong-kong-liaison-office?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePresident of South Pacific nation Palau says China flouting maritime borders
Hong Kong Free Press Palau’s president has accused China of flouting the Pacific nation’s maritime borders, raising concerns about research vessels lurking “uninvited” within its waters. An aerial view of Palau’s Rock Islands. Photo: Luka Peternel, via Wikicommons. “We keep on raising flags and complaining about it, but they keep on sending them,” said President…
Read MoreHong Kong protester jailed for 33 months for role in 2019 unrest after acquittal overturned
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Johnny Lee, 29, pleaded guilty to abetting violence during an intense confrontation between police and demonstrators at Chinese University. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286392/hong-kong-protester-jailed-33-months-role-2019-unrest-after-acquittal-overturned?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWild boar runs into motorcycle in Hong Kong, injuring rider and passenger
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Incident occurred at Kowloon-bound lane of Clear Water Bay Road in Sai Kung just after 3am on Wednesday. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3286378/wild-boar-runs-motorcycle-hong-kong-injuring-rider-and-passenger?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong customs seizes frozen meat, live crabs in crackdown on cross-border food smuggling
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Items such as frozen meat and fish were smuggled in dozens of foam boxes that were not refrigerated, authorities say. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286370/hong-kong-customs-seizes-frozen-meat-live-crabs-crackdown-cross-border-food-smuggling?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHongkonger charged with sedition under Article 23 security law over social media posts
Hong Kong Free Press A 57-year-old man has been charged under Hong Kong’s homegrown security law, known as Article 23, over allegedly publishing “seditious” posts on social media platforms. The National Security Department of the police laid a charge of “knowingly publishing publications that had a seditious intention” against the man on Wednesday morning, according…
Read MoreHong Kong police charge man, 57, over allegedly making seditious online posts
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Insider says suspect, a former member of League of Social Democrats, allegedly posted seditious messages between March and November. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286361/hong-kong-police-charge-man-57-over-allegedly-making-seditious-online-posts?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTropical Cyclone Toraji: Hong Kong raises T3 typhoon signal
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong has issued its T3 typhoon warning for the second time within a week as Tropical Cyclone Toraji approached the territory, bringing occasional strong winds and showers. The Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 was raised at 2.40 pm on Wednesday as Toraji’s outer rainbands began to affect Hong Kong. “Under…
Read MoreWestern Harbour Tunnel becomes Hong Kong’s busiest crossing after revamped tolls
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Government will build additional lane at the tunnel’s Hong Kong Island exit next year to ease jams. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3286360/western-harbour-tunnel-becomes-hong-kongs-busiest-crossing-after-revamped-tolls?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina removes makeshift memorials to 35 people killed, dozens injured in Zhuhai car attack
Hong Kong Free Press By Michael Zhang, with Matthew Walsh in Beijing Officials in southern China ramped up security on Wednesday at the site of one of the country’s deadliest mass-casualty events in years, snuffing out makeshift memorials to the 35 people killed when a man drove a car into a crowd at a sports…
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