Category: Localities
First Hong Kong reporter convicted over search on government vehicle registry wins appeal, court rules journalism a valid reason to access records
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Court of Final Appeal overturns ruling on Bao Choy Yuk-ling, who had produced a documentary for RTHK on police’s response to a 2019 mob attack in Yuen Long. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222942/first-hong-kong-reporter-convicted-over-search-government-vehicle-registry-wins-appeal-court-rules?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s John Lee vows to bolster mental healthcare after mall murder
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee has vowed to enhance mental healthcare in the city after two women were killed in a brutal stabbing at a Diamond Hill mall last Friday. Stabbing at Diamond Hill on JingFile photo: Internet. A man was arrested soon after the incident, in which two women…
Read MoreHong Kong must go beyond land grants to make proposed technopole succeed, learn from past mistakes at Science Park and Cyberport, experts say
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Plan to allocate grant plots to multinationals will not be enough to spur growth, while past errors from previous hub projects must be avoided, according to experts. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3222913/hong-kong-must-go-beyond-land-grants-make-proposed-technopole-succeed-learn-past-mistakes-science?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong mall stabbing: court orders psychiatric review for jobless man facing 2 counts of murder
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Court hears Szeto Sing-kwong, 39, attacked two women at Plaza Hollywood in Diamond Hill on Friday. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222939/hong-kong-mall-stabbing-court-orders-psychiatric-review-jobless-man-facing-2-counts-murder?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘To care, to express our sorrow’: Taiwan hosts Tiananmen crackdown remembrance vigil
Hong Kong Free Press Hundreds gathered in Taiwan’s capital on Sunday to mark the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown – a show of solidarity as Beijing continues to censor all trace of the 1989 incident. A Tiananmen crackdown remembrance vigil in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday, June 4, 2023. Photo: HKFP. The annual vigil took…
Read MoreBREAKING: Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy wins top court appeal over use of vehicle records for protest documentary
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy has won her appeal at the city’s top court against her conviction linked to checking vehicle registration records for a documentary about the Yuen Long attacks in 2019. Journalist Bao Choy outside the Court of Final Appeal. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The former freelance RTHK producer was found…
Read MoreHong Kong marks threefold increase in number of visitors arrested in first quarter, part of post-Covid trend
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Force insider says crimes include pickpocketing, shop burglary and theft of unattended valuables, with some female overstayers arrested in vice operations. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222027/hong-kong-marks-threefold-increase-number-visitors-arrested-first-quarter-part-post-covid-trend?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreDefying Beijing set Hong Kong’s Civic Party on road to political irrelevance
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The party had admirable aims, and many of its leaders were good people. Even so, it slipped into the posture of attempting to defy Beijing, and the inability to live with the reality of…
Read More19 people killed in landslide in China’s Sichuan province
Hong Kong Free Press All 19 people caught in a landslide in southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Sunday have been confirmed dead, state media reported, announcing the end of rescue efforts. Part of a mountain collapsed at around 6 am (2200 GMT Saturday) near a state-owned forestry station in Jinkouhe, near the city of Leshan,…
Read MoreMost mainland Chinese flying overseas via Hong Kong as talks on adding flights between country and US drag, global airline body says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. China’s restoration of global connections also hampered by inability to regain outbound slots at foreign airports, says International Air Transport Association member. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3222924/most-mainland-chinese-flying-overseas-hong-kong-talks-adding-flights-between-country-and-us-drag?utm_source=rss_feed
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