Category: Hong Kong
Hong Kong police, mainland officials discuss stepping up anti-scam education
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Police chief Raymond Siu says force also investigating whether education consultants passed mainland students’ details onto scammers. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3298818/hong-kong-police-mainland-officials-discuss-stepping-anti-scam-education?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘A loss to the city’: memorial held for ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Friends, relatives and members of the public pay respects to veteran social worker, who died in January at 55 after battling cancer. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3298816/loss-city-memorial-held-ex-hong-kong-lawmaker-shiu-ka-chun?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTalent, mainland Chinese students lose HK$13 million in Hong Kong rent scam
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Police say scammers posed as landlords seeking rental payments in advance and targeted talent scheme arrivals, mainland Chinese students. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3298811/hong-kong-police-arrest-11-over-targeting-arrivals-hk13-million-rent-scam?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreBring on ‘Japanese craze’ for Hong Kong films: Kowloon Walled City movie director
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Soi Cheang hopeful others can ride wave of success from action thriller that brings to life old Hong Kong for ‘fascinated’ Japanese fans. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3298806/bring-japanese-craze-hong-kong-films-kowloon-walled-city-movie-director?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePandas are pretty, but don’t expect them to solve Hong Kong’s financial woes
Hong Kong Free Press It appears – though the numbers published vary a bit – that our government is bleeding money on such a scale that the reserves will be run down in five or six years, placing us in the same boat as all those debt-addicted governments we have been looking down on. A…
Read MoreHow Hong Kong got entangled in the US-China trade war, and why a complaint to the WTO may not work
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong has unwittingly founds itself caught in the US-China trade war, with US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on Chinese goods targeting the city’s products. The Kwai Chung Container Terminals in Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Trump issued an executive order on February 1 to impose an additional 10 per…
Read MoreThe Hong Kong party rooms where no surveillance is the selling point
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Some companies are also offering bedsheets, separate showers and sofa beds, potentially operating in a grey area given guesthouse licensing rules. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3298788/hong-kong-party-rooms-where-no-surveillance-selling-point?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreVirus disinformation drives anti-China sentiment, lockdown fears across Asia
Hong Kong Free Press By Tommy Wang with Anuj Chopra in Washington A deluge of disinformation about a flu-like virus called HMPV is stoking anti-China sentiment across Asia and spurring unfounded concerns of renewed lockdowns, despite experts dismissing comparisons with the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago. A baby wearing a face mask waits with family…
Read MoreScammers may be sending SMS messages with ‘#’ sign, Hong Kong agency warns
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Criminals may be using illegal radio jammers to send out text messages prefixed with a hashtag, a symbol only available to registered firms. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3298791/scammers-may-be-sending-sms-messages-sign-hong-kong-agency-warns?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreMainland firms urged to help with Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis plan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Beijing’s top man in Hong Kong also calls on mainland enterprises to step up investments in city. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3298790/mainland-firms-urged-help-hong-kongs-northern-metropolis-plan?utm_source=rss_feed
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