Category: Localities
Hong Kong judge denies Abby Choi’s former mother-in-law’s third bail application as murder investigation continues
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Jenny Li Sui-heung, 63, will stay behind bars after losing her third bid for bail, with judge saying she saw no reason to release defendant. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3225534/hong-kong-judge-denies-abby-chois-former-mother-laws-third-bail-application-while-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong nat. security police arrests man over ‘seditious’ pro-independence messages on social media
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong national security police have arrested a 63-year-old man over alleged “seditious messages,” including calls for the city’s independence, on social media. Police officers in Hong Kong. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. According to the police, the man – who was apprehended in Tsim Sha Tsui on Monday – was suspected…
Read MoreHong Kong police hunt thieves who used GPS tracker to find victim’s car and steal HK$260,000
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Watch company salesman, 30, called police when he retuned to his car and found windscreen and another window smashed. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3225527/hong-kong-police-hunt-thieves-who-used-gps-tracker-find-victims-car-and-steal-hk260000?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong rescue team sent on Turkey quake mission picked as first winner of high-level award for civil servants
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The 59-strong team rescued four people and recovered six bodies in southern Turkey after a huge 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the region in February. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3225520/hong-kong-rescue-team-sent-turkey-quake-mission-picked-first-winner-high-level-award-civil-servants?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong will ‘comply’ with China’s patriotic education requirements under proposed law, leader John Lee says
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong will “comply” with mainland China’s “patriotic education law,” Chief Executive John Lee has said after a bill aimed at helping citizens enhance their sense of national identity was tabled to China’s legislature. Chief Executive John Lee at a press conference. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In his routine press conference…
Read MoreMTR Lab invests in Hong Kong battery-powered energy storage system provider Ampd Energy to fund expansions in UAE and US
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong railway operator MTR’s unit that makes investments in technology, has now funded local battery-powered energy storage system provider Ampd Energy to finance its expansion projects in the United Arab Emirates and United…
Read MoreHong Kong can easily meet patriotic education requirements in proposed national bill, city leader 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. Draft law will help the city to develop the mainstream values of ‘loving the country and Hong Kong’, Chief Executive John Lee says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3225507/easy-hong-kong-meet-requirements-proposed-national-bill-patriotic-education-says-leader-john-lee-lot?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina on course to achieve 5% economic growth target in 2023: premier
Hong Kong Free Press China is on course to achieve its five per cent target for economic growth in 2023 set by Beijing earlier this year, premier Li Qiang said Tuesday. China’s Premier Li Qiang. Photo: Wikicommons. “For the whole year, we are expected to achieve the target of about five per cent economic growth…
Read MoreMore woe for Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific as leaking aircraft water tank delays Los Angeles flight by 12 hours
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Flight CX880 delayed for 12 hours because of leaks found while servicing one of aircraft’s water tanks, Cathay says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3225490/more-woe-hong-kongs-cathay-pacific-leaking-aircraft-water-tank-delays-los-angeles-flight-12-hours?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong to cut ‘door-knocking’ places at secondary schools as student population shrinks
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Sources say Education Bureau planning to reduce number of discretionary places in each Secondary One class from two to one. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3225468/hong-kong-cut-door-knocking-places-secondary-schools-student-population-shrinks?utm_source=rss_feed
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