Category: Localities
Hong Kong should become training centre for global legal talent to boost status as arbitration hub in Asia-Pacific, John Lee says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. City leader John Lee also uses second ‘interactive exchange’ at Legco to promote cultivating more legal talent to speed up nation’s development into ‘law-based’ society https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3227556/hong-kong-should-become-training-centre-global-legal-talent-boost-status-arbitration-hub-asia?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIncreasing Hong Kong’s tobacco tax every year will effectively discourage smoking, says health secretary
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau says for every 10 per cent price of cigarettes increases in developed countries, the smoking rate drops by 4 per cent. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227553/increasing-hong-kongs-tobacco-tax-every-year-will-effectively-discourage-smoking-says-health?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More3 of 7 Hong Kong prison officers face rape charges in court over sexual assault on woman
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The remaining four suspects have been released on bail pending investigation. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3227548/3-7-hong-kong-prison-officers-face-rape-charges-court-over-sexual-assault-woman?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina’s exports plunge 12.4% in June, deepening economic woes
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese exports tumbled more than expected in June, official data showed Thursday, putting fresh pressure on Beijing to unveil more stimulus measures to kickstart the flagging recovery. Containers at the container terminal of Lianyungang Port, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 13, 2023. Photo: Stringer/AFP/China Out. Overseas shipments are a…
Read More7 Hong Kong prison officers arrested over alleged gang rape
Hong Kong Free Press Seven Hong Kong prison officers have been arrested in connection with a suspected gang rape, the Correctional Services Department (CSD) has confirmed with HKFP. Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP. Police told HKFP on Thursday they had received a report from a 31-year-old woman on Sunday, who said she had been raped in a…
Read MoreHong Kong hiker found dead on hillside at The Peak hours after losing contact with wife
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Source says nothing suspicious found in the case, while police confirm autopsy to be conducted. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3227524/hong-kong-hiker-found-dead-hillside-peak-hours-after-losing-contact-wife?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong proposes widening safety net for bank depositors by 60 per cent to US$102,560
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong has proposed widening a safety net for the city’s bank depositors in case of a bank failure to HK$800,000 (US$102,560) per depositor, according to proposals made by a government agency on Thursday.…
Read MoreFukushima discharge row: Hong Kong environment chief says city would consider easing planned seafood ban if Japan guarantees safety
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. City’s environment minister defends ‘precautionary move’ to extend import restrictions to 10 Japanese prefectures, arguing 30-year discharge period comes with risks. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227515/fukushima-discharge-row-hong-kong-environment-chief-says-city-would-consider-easing-coming-seafood?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Worse than the pandemic’: Hong Kong’s Japanese restaurants unsure about survival if city bans seafood imports over Fukushima discharge plan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong government is considering banning seafood imports from Fukushima and surrounding prefectures if country release radioactive water into sea. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227497/worse-pandemic-hong-kongs-japanese-restaurants-unsure-about-survival-if-city-bans-seafood-imports?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina-based hackers breached email accounts of US government agencies, Microsoft says
Hong Kong Free Press By Chris Lefkow Chinese-based hackers seeking intelligence information breached the email accounts of a number of US government agencies, computer giant Microsoft said. Code on a computer monitor. File photo: Markus Spiske, via Unsplash. “The threat actor Microsoft links to this incident is an adversary based in China that Microsoft calls…
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