Category: Localities
Deputy head of official Hong Kong think tank withdraws signature from 1,400-name petition urging lawmakers to reject bill overhauling Chinese University governing body
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In a statement late on Thursday, Chief Executive’s Policy Unit says deputy head Nicholas Kwan has voluntarily withdrawn his signature from petition. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3229167/deputy-head-official-hong-kong-think-tank-withdraws-signature-1400-name-petition-urging-lawmakers?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUS bars Hong Kong’s sanction-hit John Lee from APEC meeting in San Francisco – report
Hong Kong Free Press Washington will bar Chief Executive John Lee from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meeting in the US this November, along with ten other Hong Kong officials, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Lee is still under US sanctions. Chief Executive John Lee at a press conference on April 25,…
Read More‘Not taking the risk’: Hong Kong tour boat operators halt whale-watching tours after gov’t warnings
Hong Kong Free Press Boat tour operators are not willing to risk breaking the law by continuing to hold whale-watching tours, after Hongkongers were urged on Wednesday to stop approaching the injured animal spotted in Sai Kung. Propeller wounds on the back of the whale spotted in Sai Kung. Photo: Sunny Tong. “[U]pon sighting of…
Read MoreNo place for ethnic profiling of academics, whether in Hong Kong or US universities
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Talk of a “mainlandisation” of academics in Hong Kong is baseless and only hurts the intellectual vitality and dedication of the research enterprise. Recent developments in the US should serve as a warning. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3228907/no-place-ethnic-profiling-academics-whether-hong-kong-or-us-universities?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreMore Hong Kong psychiatric patients could be given conditional discharge orders under proposals to improve mental health services
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Government also says it will not introduce community treatment orders for psychiatric patients after studying overseas examples. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3229172/more-hong-kong-psychiatric-patients-could-be-given-conditional-discharge-orders-under-proposals?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong pedestrian dies after minibus knocks him into opposite lane and second vehicle hits him
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Victim was crossing Hong Ning Road in Kwun Tong at around 7.20pm when he was struck, witnesses say. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3229171/hong-kong-pedestrian-dies-after-minibus-knocks-him-opposite-lane-and-second-vehicle-hits-him?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong police arrest man over WhatsApp group offering endangered turtles, as officials recover 29 reptiles worth HK$100,000
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Raid on Tai Po residence nets 29 turtles from six endangered species, prompting warnings from conservation experts over poaching threat to local reptiles. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3229160/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-over-whatsapp-group-offering-endangered-turtles-officials-recover-29?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong authorities call for resolution of labour dispute at transitional housing site, as construction workers claim HK$600,000 in unpaid wages
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Housing Bureau and Labour Department reach out to NGO operator and building contractor over unpaid wages, which are said to cover three months of work. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3229159/hong-kong-authorities-call-resolution-labour-dispute-transitional-housing-site-construction-workers?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreRisk of sleep disorder linked to neurodegeneration increases in those with family history of condition: Hong Kong study
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. REM Sleep behaviour Disorder can be used as marker to predict chances of developing diseases such as Parkinson’s, according to researchers. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3229156/risk-sleep-disorder-linked-neurodegeneration-increases-those-family-history-condition-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong 47: ‘Destruction’ of Basic Law, if courts believe calls for democracy are subversive, ex-journalist tells trial
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong journalist-turned-activist Gwyneth Ho, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, has told a national security trial that she upheld the Basic Law and disagreed with what she described as a subjective decision to bar her from standing in a legislative race in 2020. The…
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