Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong suspect who tailed, robbed woman with new banknotes arrested
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Police apprehend man, 49, who followed victim, 77, from Tuen Mun bank to her home, and took HK$5,200 and other belongings. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3295373/hong-kong-suspect-who-tailed-robbed-woman-new-banknotes-arrested?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong security chief defends city’s role in recovery of scam farm captives
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Some residents previously held captive in Southeast Asia managed to return to Hong Kong after families paid ransoms. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3295372/hong-kong-security-chief-defends-citys-role-recovery-scam-farm-captives?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTikTok shuts down in US as incoming president Donald Trump to work with app ‘on a solution’
Hong Kong Free Press TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office. The TikTok Logo is displayed on a billboard at Times Square in New York City on…
Read More5 years on, Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label
Hong Kong Free Press Built in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city’s fight against the virus that first emerged there. Chinese employees work at the construction site of the Huoshenshan hospital, which means “Fire God Mountain”, before…
Read MoreCovid-19 in Hong Kong: 5 years later
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In this series to mark five years since Covid-19 struck Hong Kong, the Post looks at how some residents’ lives changed and examines the city’s readiness for the next global pandemic. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/series/3295357/covid-19-hong-kong-5-years-later?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong kids with special needs still struggling to walk, talk after Covid curbs
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Closure of schools and play areas, disrupted therapy sessions took a toll on children already needing specialised care. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3295365/hong-kong-kids-special-needs-still-struggling-walk-talk-after-covid-curbs?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong flu season expected to peak in February as 15 deaths confirmed
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Respiratory medicine expert David Hui calls for more residents to get jabs, notes only 20 per cent of those aged 50 to 64 vaccinated. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3295364/hong-kong-flu-season-expected-peak-february-15-deaths-confirmed?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreCovid dashed volleyball dreams but led Hongkonger to become Taoist priest
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Oscar Ko switched from seeking sports glory to religion, serving others who faced loss and grief. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/series/3295344/covid-dashed-volleyball-dreams-led-hongkonger-become-taoist-priest?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘They are not alone’: The Hongkongers who give up their free time to visit prisoners they have never met in person
Hong Kong Free Press Jennyfer Camarillo spent Christmas Day the same way she has spent most Christmas Days for the past decade – at a prison. But she is not an inmate, nor does she work for Hong Kong’s correctional services. Jennyfer is a domestic worker from the Philippines who gives up her free time…
Read MoreChinese sculptor’s Donald Trump as Buddha statues go viral, again, ahead of inauguration
Hong Kong Free Press By Sam Davies Donald Trump is not typically known for his calm or reserve, but in a craftsman’s workshop in rural China the US president-elect sits in divine contemplation. A sculpture of US president-elect Donald Trump in a pose evoking the Buddha at artist Hong Jinshi’s workshop in Xiamen, in southeastern…
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