Category: Localities
Hong Kong? Singapore? Tokyo? Seoul? Dubai? The race is on for the Web3 hub of Asia
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Revenue in the digital assets market is expected to grow at an annual rate of 16.1 per cent from 2023 to exceed US$102 billion by 2027, with almost a billion users tapping in. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3221502/hong-kong-singapore-tokyo-seoul-dubai-race-web3-hub-asia?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s Cathay Pacific apologises after passenger accuses cabin crew of discrimination and insulting non-English speakers
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. User on mainland Chinese social media claims flight attendant told colleague passengers ‘cannot understand the human language’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3221500/hong-kongs-cathay-pacific-apologises-after-passenger-accuses-cabin-crew-discrimination-and-insulting?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreExplainer: Where did Hong Kong’s political cartoonists go?
Hong Kong Free Press Between June 2019 and January 2020, as Hong Kong was gripped by months-long pro-democracy protests and unrest, the city’s political cartoons and artwork scene flourished. During that period, scholar Justin Wong – who was himself a political cartoonist – collected more than 7,000 examples of political cartoons or illustrations from over…
Read MoreHong Kong’s top officials to take more day trips to Greater Bay Area to promote integration, John Lee says before visit to Guangzhou and Shenzhen
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chief executive says such same-day missions will do away with need to assign acting officials while increasing efficiency. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3221499/hong-kongs-top-officials-take-more-day-trips-greater-bay-area-promote-integration-john-lee-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong police warn public against falling victim to fake anti-scam app
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong police have warned the public to stay alert to a fake mobile app disguised as the force’s anti-scam Scameter+ app. The bogus app had been attempting to lure victims into depositing money into scammers’ bank accounts. Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP. Police said on Monday that scammers had sent text messages…
Read MoreHong Kong’s John Lee strongly condemns ‘shameful’ acts of suspected abuse of organ donor register, warns police will pursue cases
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. City leader on Tuesday chimes in on recent trend of application withdrawals that started when authorities weighed establishing cross-border mechanism. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3221484/hong-kongs-john-lee-strongly-condemns-shameful-acts-suspected-abuse-organ-donor-register-warns?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreAll’s fare on Hong Kong buses and trains? Lawmakers, economists urge city to review public cost of HK$2 transport subsidy for elderly
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Former minister’s remarks reignite debate over financial sustainability of HK$2 public transport concessionary fare for elderly residents. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3221462/alls-fare-hong-kong-buses-and-trains-lawmakers-economists-urge-city-review-public-cost-hk2-transport?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong alleges attempts to ‘disrupt’ organ donation as city sees nearly 3,000 ‘invalid’ withdrawals from register
Hong Kong Free Press The Hong Kong government has alleged that a small group of people filed applications to withdraw from the Centralised Organ Donation Register (CODR) with an aim of “disrupting the representativeness” of the system. Centralised Organ Donation Register. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The remark came after the city’s health authorities received more than…
Read MoreHong Kong’s lived-in home prices to drop 5 per cent this year as sales sputter amid new-home glut, high interest rates: Knight Frank
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A third property consultancy has joined a growing chorus that believes prices are destined to slide as sales sputter after a recovery in the first quarter proved short-lived. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3221448/hong-kongs-lived-home-prices-drop-5-cent-year-sales-sputter-amid-new-home-glut-high-interest-rates?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSuspect in Yuen Long murder investigation has fled Hong Kong, police say
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong man suspected of murdering a woman in Yuen Long last Saturday has fled the city, police have said. The police received a report of an unconscious woman aged 54 with multiple knife wounds lying on Kam Pok Road last Saturday. She was pronounced dead at the scene by…
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