Category: Hong Kong
Will adding KPI target to tourism projects ensure Hong Kong officials don’t waste dollars?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Call comes after senior Beijing official Xia Baolong once again underscores need for government to improve offerings. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3286114/will-adding-kpi-target-tourism-projects-ensure-hong-kong-officials-dont-waste-dollars?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong court awards HK$446,000 to police inspector assaulted in 2019 protest
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Judge orders perpetrator Yau Chi-lok, a social worker, to compensate officer Tsang Chi-on for the ‘highly contemptuous’ attack. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286110/hong-kong-court-awards-hk446000-police-inspector-assaulted-2019-protest?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong schools to host education fair next month to attract mainland Chinese students
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Some sector leaders also stress enrolment applicants will be assessed using the same criteria amid concerns over increased competition. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3286106/hong-kong-schools-host-education-fair-next-month-attract-mainland-chinese-students?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFraudster claims to be Hong Kong deputy police chief demanding pay off as scammers grow more brazen
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Criminal tactics evolving, force says as it reveals 734 reports of scammers posing as officers in first nine months of year, an increase of 8.1 per cent. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286104/fraudster-claims-be-hong-kong-deputy-police-chief-demanding-pay-scammers-grow-more-brazen?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong social worker ordered to pay over HK$440,000 to police officer assaulted during 2019 protests
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong court has ordered a social worker to pay over HK$440,000 to a police officer assaulted during the early days of the 2019 protests and unrest. Hong Kong police attempts to disperse a protest on the night of June 9, 2019. File photo: Kris Cheng/HKFP. The District Court on…
Read MoreSwedish businessman jailed for 7 years over raping domestic worker in Hong Kong home
Hong Kong Free Press A Swedish businessman has been jailed for seven years after earlier being convicted unanimously by a jury of raping a domestic worker he employed. Patrik Tobias Ekstrom outside the High Court on August 16, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Patrik Tobias Ekstrom, 36, appeared at the High Court on Monday to hear…
Read MoreHong Kong’s equality watchdog ‘slacking’ in anti-discrimination promotion and education, NGO says
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has not done enough to educate the public on anti-discrimination in recent years, an NGO has said after a Paralympic athlete was turned away by a restaurant because of her wheelchair. Equal Opportunities Commission. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. It was “totally unacceptable” that boccia player Ho Yuen-kei, who…
Read MoreWarden at Hong Kong care home for mentally disabled charged with rape, sexual assault of residents
Hong Kong Free Press A warden at a care home for the disabled has been charged over the rape and sexual assault of two residents. According to the indictment, Chung Pui-kei, 38, was charged with four counts of raping a woman and one count of gross indecency with a man. Chung was formerly an assistant…
Read MoreShuttle bus at Hong Kong airport collides into wingtip of Shandong Airlines plane
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Video uploaded to Douyin shows bus scraping its roof on underside of wingtip, with users saying flight to Jinan delayed by seven hours. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3286087/shuttle-bus-hong-kong-airport-collides-wingtip-shandong-airlines-plane?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More1 in 3 Hongkongers want to move abroad despite city’s improved liveability: poll
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chinese University of Hong Kong says the result mirrors last year’s findings. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3286079/1-3-hongkongers-want-move-abroad-despite-citys-improved-liveability-poll?utm_source=rss_feed
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