Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong cha chaan teng delights Paris with milk tea, char siu during Art Basel show
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Pop-up part of Tourism Board’s three-year deal with Art Basel to showcase Hong Kong culture. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3283105/hong-kong-cha-chaan-teng-delights-paris-milk-tea-char-siu-during-art-basel-show?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s John Lee calls using protests as inclusivity gauge ‘narrow-minded’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. City leader slams idea after former minister suggests encouraging groups to protest to correct misconceptions about city’s political diversity. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3283104/hong-kongs-john-lee-calls-using-protests-inclusivity-gauge-narrow-minded?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s small flats will drive international talent elsewhere
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Action on subdivided flats, however modest, is welcome but the city’s reputation for very expensive and tiny flats remains a problem. https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3282867/hong-kongs-small-flats-will-drive-international-talent-elsewhere?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong could start clamping down on landlords of subdivided flats from 2028: minister
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Housing minister Winnie Ho says enforcement action can start in four years ‘if society believes we can expedite this process’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3283097/hong-kong-could-start-clamping-down-landlords-subdivided-flats-2028-minister?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWill Hong Kong’s gold trading rush spur new economic growth? Paul Chan thinks so
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Finance chief says gold trading has significant growth potential as global demand is expected to ‘remain high’ amid geopolitical tensions. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3283096/will-hong-kongs-gold-trading-rush-spur-new-economic-growth-paul-chan-thinks-so?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTop Muslim body in Hong Kong aims to certify 500 halal restaurants amid tourism push
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Community fund makes pledge after city’s leader urges tourism-related businesses to look to Muslim visitors from Middle East, Southeast Asia. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3283089/top-muslim-body-hong-kong-aims-certify-500-halal-restaurants-amid-tourism-push?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong court delays are so long, juvenile offenders become adults while awaiting justice
Hong Kong Free Press I have been complaining for many years – it’s not particularly fun but someone has to do it – about the lamentable speed with which prosecutions proceed in Hong Kong. The Ceremonial Opening of Legal Year 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. You will notice that a sentencing involving 2014 Umbrella Movement democrats…
Read MoreHong Kong, Brazil negotiating extradition deal to transfer drug traffickers from city: envoy
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Consul General Manuel Innocencio De Lacerda Santos Jnr says many of those detained in Hong Kong prefer returning to their home country. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283049/hong-kong-brazil-negotiating-extradition-deal-transfer-drug-traffickers-city-envoy?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSpirit of Hong Kong Awards: social enterprise promotes dignified dining with soft meals
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Project Futurus founder Queenie Man aims to make it easier for the elderly who have trouble swallowing to join the rest of the family when eating out. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3283048/spirit-hong-kong-awards-social-enterprise-promotes-dignified-dining-soft-meals?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreThe infamous ‘coffin homes’ that Hong Kong’s new housing reforms won’t touch
Hong Kong Free Press 60-year-old cleaner Kei pays HK$2,200 for a bedbug-infested partition measuring some 20 square feet in a Mong Kok flat shared with 14 other tenants. He makes about HK$500 a day as a janitor, about the same amount he spends monthly on his cross-harbour commute. A bedspace apartment in Mong Kok, on…
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