Category: Localities
Easter off to good start for Hong Kong residents and tourists hunting for fun ways to spend their holiday weekend
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. One of city’s biggest Easter egg hunts makes comeback after two years of online events. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3216343/easter-good-start-hong-kong-residents-and-tourists-hunting-fun-ways-spend-their-holiday-weekend?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More7 Good Friday religious marches held across Hong Kong but most members told to keep faces visible
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. At one procession that stuck to church grounds, some participants wore masks, with one Christian saying rules impinge on right to practise religion. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3216339/7-good-friday-religious-marches-held-across-hong-kong-most-members-told-keep-faces-visible?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreData analysis: How Hong Kong convicted 200 people for rioting during the 2019 protests and unrest
Hong Kong Free Press As the fourth anniversary of the 2019 pro-democracy protests nears, the city’s courts have yet to finish handling all cases relating to the citywide unrest. Police fire pepper spray-laced water at protesters in August 2019 in Admiralty. File Photo: May James/HKFP. Police told HKFP that 2,899 of the 10,279 people arrested…
Read More7 injured after truck collides with KMB bus and topples over in Hong Kong, trapping passengers
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Firefighters rescue truck driver and two male passengers trapped in vehicle. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3216311/7-injured-after-truck-collides-kmb-bus-and-topples-over-hong-kong-trapping-passengers?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong restaurants struggle as residents travel and mainland Chinese tourists stay home for Easter weekend
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Catering industry will experience a 20 per cent drop in business between Friday and Monday compared with pre-Covid levels, federation boss says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3216305/hong-kong-restaurants-struggle-residents-travel-and-mainland-chinese-tourists-stay-home-over-easter?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreThousands in Hong Kong queue up for cross-border shuttle to visit Macau in hopes of spending Easter long weekend in casino hub
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. By 9pm on Friday, 61,688 people had left city using Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge checkpoint, a three-year high. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3216300/thousands-hong-kong-queue-cross-border-shuttle-visit-macau-hopes-spending-easter-long-weekend-casino?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFrance’s Macron in Guangzhou on final day of China trip
Hong Kong Free Press By Francesco Fontemaggi French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted by a huge crowd at a university in southern China as he neared the end of a three-day state visit in which he has repeatedly pushed his counterpart Xi Jinping to help end the Ukraine conflict. Macron, who landed in the capital Beijing on…
Read MoreChildren’s wards at Hong Kong hospitals overwhelmed amid flu surge, paediatrician warns after death of second patient under age of 18
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. University of Hong Kong’s Dr Patrick Ip attributes influx in patients to late arrival of flu season this year. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3216287/childrens-wards-hong-kong-hospitals-overwhelmed-amid-flu-surge-paediatrician-warns-after-death?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘We gave it our all … nobody is talking about that’: Hong Kong men’s hockey team bemoans anthem blunder, fears for future if funding cut
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘If our own government does not even support us, the sport will die out,’ says 20-year-old player. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3216235/we-gave-it-our-all-nobody-talking-about-hong-kong-mens-hockey-team-bemoans-anthem-blunder-fears?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWho was ‘affected’ by Hong Kong’s national security law? More than 30 of us, Mr Lam
Hong Kong Free Press I understand why Hong Kong officials feel the need to respond to every adverse or critical report or comment from overseas bodies on their doings. Silence may be misinterpreted as indicating agreement. Or at least indifference. We do, though, need to be more aware of the perils of this approach, especially…
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