Category: Localities
Link Sustainability Lab: Creating Sustainable Pathways in Collaboration
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Welcome to the Link Sustainability Lab, an innovative non-profit collaborative platform where like-minded individuals and organisations can come together and create actionable…
Read MoreHong Kong expands Silver Bond offering to HK$50 billion, raises coupon to 5 per cent to help counter cost of living
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong is expanding the size of its Silver Bond offering by as much as 57 per cent, while also raising the annual coupon to help the city’s senior citizens fight higher cost of…
Read MoreHong Kong bracing for its first typhoon of the year, No 1 warning signal expected on Saturday morning amid ‘extremely hot’ weather
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Observatory warns of hot weather over the weekend with temperature hitting 36 degrees Celsius, before strong winds arrive. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227660/hong-kong-bracing-its-first-typhoon-year-no-1-warning-signal-expected-saturday-morning-amid?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreMan jailed for 18 days for insulting flags of China and Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong man who said he was drunk when he threw the flags of China and the city to the ground during National Day celebrations last year has been sentenced to 18 days in prison for insulting the emblems. Yung Ching-man, who was arrested last October and charged with one…
Read MoreHong Kong’s Cathay Pacific expecting profit of up to HK$4.5 billion for first half of 2023, marking strong rebound from HK$5 billion loss
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Airline will also reward loyal employees who had been with company through pandemic with up to six weeks of eligible pay. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3227648/hong-kongs-cathay-pacific-expecting-profit-hk45-billion-first-half-2023-marking-strong-rebound-hk5?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s Covid-19 isolation venues to become training centres for youth groups, construction industry
Hong Kong Free Press One of Hong Kong’s purpose-built Covid-19 isolation centres will be converted to a training centre for uniformed youth groups while another will become a venue to train construction industry workers, the government has announced. Tsing Yi Covid-19 quarantine facility. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The Development Bureau will modify the community isolation facilities…
Read MoreAustralia challenges China on Hong Kong, human rights on ASEAN summit sidelines
Hong Kong Free Press Australia’s foreign minister has challenged China’s top diplomat over Hong Kong’s latest national security crackdown, saying Friday it was crucial to speak frankly “in defence of human rights”. Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Post Ministerial conference with Australia in Jakarta on July…
Read MoreBeijing’s top envoy in UK lodges formal protest against Britain’s accusation of Hong Kong staging ‘campaign of fear’ through national security law raid
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Ambassador Zheng Zeguang makes ‘serious démarche’ to UK officials after Britain said Hong Kong had staged a ‘campaign of fear’ to intimidate activist Nathan Law. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3227640/beijings-top-envoy-uk-lodges-formal-protest-against-britains-accusation-hong-kong-staging-campaign?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFukushima discharge row: is Hong Kong’s ban on Japanese seafood imports an overreaction or one grounded in science?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The Post explores the implications of a ban on imports from 10 Japanese prefectures amid controversy over Tokyo’s plan to discharge treated nuclear waste water into sea. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227630/fukushima-discharge-row-hong-kongs-ban-japanese-seafood-imports-overreaction-or-one-grounded-science?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s recycling policies need rethinking after only plastic bottle plant closes because too few plastic bottles
Hong Kong Free Press In January last year, the city’s largest and only recycling plant capable of turning PET1 bottles into food-grade plastic started operations. Many hailed it as a recycling milestone for Hong Kong. Unfortunately, a mere 16 months later, New Life Plastics suspended its business. The disappointing development was reported by Ming Pao.…
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