Category: Localities
Fukushima discharge row: Hong Kong environment chief says city would consider easing planned seafood ban if Japan guarantees safety
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. City’s environment minister defends ‘precautionary move’ to extend import restrictions to 10 Japanese prefectures, arguing 30-year discharge period comes with risks. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227515/fukushima-discharge-row-hong-kong-environment-chief-says-city-would-consider-easing-coming-seafood?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Worse than the pandemic’: Hong Kong’s Japanese restaurants unsure about survival if city bans seafood imports over Fukushima discharge plan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong government is considering banning seafood imports from Fukushima and surrounding prefectures if country release radioactive water into sea. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227497/worse-pandemic-hong-kongs-japanese-restaurants-unsure-about-survival-if-city-bans-seafood-imports?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina-based hackers breached email accounts of US government agencies, Microsoft says
Hong Kong Free Press By Chris Lefkow Chinese-based hackers seeking intelligence information breached the email accounts of a number of US government agencies, computer giant Microsoft said. Code on a computer monitor. File photo: Markus Spiske, via Unsplash. “The threat actor Microsoft links to this incident is an adversary based in China that Microsoft calls…
Read MoreHong Kong’s national security law: 3 years on, more than 160 prosecutions, 8 bounties later, what else can the city expect?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Most arrests still linked to 2019 social unrest, so law will be used less frequently after this phase, sources say. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3227486/hong-kongs-national-security-law-3-years-more-160-prosecutions-8-bounties-later-what-else-can-city?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreImplementation of heatstroke warning is ‘unsatisfactory,’ ex-chief of Hong Kong Observatory says
Hong Kong Free Press The implementation of non-mandatory heatstroke warnings was “unsatisfactory” and “caused confusion,” Shun Chi-Ming, the former director of the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) has said. A construction worker in Hong Kong, on May 30, 2023. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. A three-tier warning system designed to help protect Hong Kong workers from heatstroke went into…
Read MoreHong Kong to offer 3,000 children after-school care under coming pilot scheme, city’s No 2 official says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chief Secretary Eric Chan says some 50 primary schools in areas such as Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po to work with NGOs during next academic year. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3227481/hong-kong-offer-3000-children-after-school-care-under-coming-pilot-scheme-citys-no-2-official-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s immigration offices to extend opening hours for travel document collection as city faces surge in passport applications
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. All seven branches and department’s Wan Chai headquarters to remain open from 2pm to 9pm on July 15 and 22. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3227478/hong-kongs-immigration-offices-extend-opening-hours-travel-document-collection-city-faces-surge?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong to ban food imports from 10 Japanese regions if Fukushima nuclear waste water is released
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong will ban food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures if the nation’s government proceeds with a plan to dump nuclear waste water into the sea, the city’s Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan has said. Secretary for the Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan (middle). Speaking at the Legislative Council…
Read MoreChinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong slams United States for renewing city’s ‘emergency status’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. China’s foreign ministry’s office in Hong Kong hits out at US after President Joe Biden extends ‘national emergency’ on city. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3227460/chinese-foreign-ministrys-arm-hong-kong-slams-united-states-renewing-citys-emergency-status?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong passes bill to broaden justice department’s power to appeal cases at the High Court
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s “patriots-only” legislature has passed a bill which broadens the Department of Justice’s powers to appeal cases, including not-guilty verdicts in national security trials, at the city’s High Court. The Legislative Council (LegCo) passed the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 2023 on Wednesday by a show of hands. Court of Appeal…
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