Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong prison officer attacked by 3 men with knives after leaving work
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Pik Uk Prison officer, 50, suffered multiple knife wounds, source says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284875/hong-kong-prison-officer-attacked-3-men-knives-after-leaving-work?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreEnglish snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan and Hong Kong ‘mutually attracted’, minister says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Labour chief Chris Sun says he understands director of immigration used personal ties to facilitate seven-times world champion’s move to city. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3284874/english-snooker-star-ronnie-osullivan-and-hong-kong-mutually-attracted-minister-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More3 Hongkongers who soaked policemen in Thai Songkran festival jailed for 28 days
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Magistrate rejects defence lawyers’ arguments of event’s joyful atmosphere and probation officers’ finding that men fit for community service. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284859/3-hongkongers-who-soaked-policemen-thai-songkran-festival-jailed-28-days?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHongkongers who do not want children cite education system, politics, living space as main reasons, survey finds
Hong Kong Free Press Hongkongers who do not want children cited the city’s education system and political situation as among the main reasons behind their decision, a survey has found, as the government seeks to raise the fertility rate. According to World Bank data in 2022, each Hong Kong couple had 0.7 children on average,…
Read MoreHong Kong man jailed for 2 years over online comments linked to stabbing of police officer in 2021
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong man has been jailed for two years for inciting violence against the police by leaving anonymous comments online following the stabbing of a police officer on the city’s Handover anniversary in 2021. Online forum LIHKG. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. Deputy District Judge Amy Chan put Yung Cheong-ming, 25,…
Read MoreHong Kong urged to review migrant labour policy as sectors open to scheme see rising unemployment
Hong Kong Free Press The Hong Kong government has been urged to consider suspending a migrant worker scheme a year after it was expanded to more job sectors. Six members of the Labour Advisory Board, a non-statutory body that advises authorities on labour issues, urged the labour and welfare chief Chris Sun to introduce a mechanism…
Read More75% of Hong Kong public have little or no awareness of measures to safeguard children: poll
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Survey by charity also finds poor public awareness of newly passed bill that made reporting of suspected child abuse mandatory. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3284842/75-hong-kong-public-have-little-or-no-awareness-measures-safeguard-children-poll?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina says ties between Moscow, Pyongyang ‘their own matter’ as North Korean troops prepare to fight in Ukraine
Hong Kong Free Press China on Friday insisted that growing ties between Pyongyang and Moscow were not its concern, after the United States warned up to 8,000 North Korean troops have reached Russia’s border region trained and ready for combat with Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un witnesses a test-fire of the new Hwasong-19…
Read MoreHuman traffickers jailed for luring 5 Hongkongers into forced labour in Southeast Asia
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Ma Che-hou, 32, and Joshua Cheung, 25, sentenced to nearly five years and three years respectively for ‘heinous’ and ‘nasty’ crimes, judge says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284837/human-traffickers-jailed-luring-5-hongkongers-forced-labour-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong approves second university of applied sciences after 7-month wait
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Saint Francis University latest to be granted status; industry body to travel to Europe to learn from other vocational education providers. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3284827/hong-kong-approves-second-university-applied-sciences-after-7-month-wait?utm_source=rss_feed
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