Category: Localities
Hong Kong vows to review conservation laws as official rejects claim gov’t was slow to respond to whale sighting
Hong Kong Free Press The Hong Kong government has vowed to review existing laws to grant greater powers to the conservation department in managing rare animal sightings. The move came as the city’s environmental chief rejected claims that the authorities were slow to help a whale, the suspected carcass of which was found a little…
Read MoreRecovery of Hong Kong’s aviation industry in sight, Paul Chan says, as city pursues new air service deals with global partners
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Finance chief Paul Chan says government looking to restore and boost city’s international connectivity, including discussing new air service deals with aviation partners. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3229680/recovery-hong-kongs-aviation-industry-sight-paul-chan-says-city-pursues-new-air-service-deals-global?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHave Hong Kong elections lost their lustre? Number of young new voters drops by half, amid 13 per cent fall in registry sign-ups
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Analysts say overall drop due to emigration wave following Beijing-imposed national security law and young people’s waning interest in politics after electoral overhauls. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3229669/have-hong-kong-elections-lost-their-lustre-number-young-new-voters-drops-half-amid-13-cent-fall?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong drivers unfazed by new cross-harbour tunnel tolls, but launch prompts uptick in taxis taking western route, minister says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Revamped tolls begin at city’s three cross-harbour tunnels, with private cars to pay less at the Western Harbour Tunnel, but more at the other two. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3229668/hong-kong-drivers-unfazed-new-cross-harbour-tunnel-tolls-launch-prompts-uptick-taxis-taking-western?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWhat you need to know about Hong Kong’s new tolls for its harbour tunnels
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Revamped tolls take effect on Wednesday and will change again later this year, but experts are divided over whether the government’s new approach will ease traffic jams. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3229635/what-you-need-know-about-hong-kongs-new-tolls-its-harbour-tunnels?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong records drop in email phishing cases, but scam drill shows cybersecurity awareness ‘still lacking’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. City reports 54.2 per cent drop in cases compared with same period last year. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3229641/hong-kong-records-drop-email-phishing-cases-cybersecurity-awareness-still-lacking-most-employees?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong property: mortgage loans for homes under construction fall to lowest in 17 years as rising interest rates stifle transactions
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The number of new mortgage loans on residential properties in Hong Kong has dropped dramatically this year, new figures show, as rising interest rates and economic uncertainty stifle the property market. https://www.scmp.com/business/markets/article/3229631/hong-kong-property-mortgage-loans-homes-under-construction-fall-lowest-17-years-rising-interest?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘I don’t know what to do’: Facing relocation, residents of Hong Kong low-rental housing estate slam landlord, gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press Residents of Tai Hang Sai Estate in Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong’s only privately owned low-rental housing estate, have criticised their landlord and the government for not properly relocating them while the complex undergoes redevelopment. Tai Hang Sai Estate. Photo: Wing1990hk/Wikicommons. Built in 1965, the estate is owned by the Hong…
Read MoreHong Kong 47: Former lawmaker had ‘no intention’ of vetoing gov’t budget, national security trial hears
Hong Kong Free Press Former lawmaker Raymond Chan, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with conspiring to commit subversion, has told a court that he had “no intention” to veto the government budget as the city’s largest national security trial continued. Raymond Chan outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on July 10, 2023.…
Read MoreHusband of late Hong Kong star Coco Lee defends himself against fan attacks at cremation service
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Bruce Rockowitz, husband of late singing star Coco Lee, tells the Post he has ‘100 per cent nothing’ to do with her death. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3229649/husband-late-hong-kong-star-coco-lee-defends-himself-against-fan-attacks-cremation-service?utm_source=rss_feed
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