Category: Localities
Chair of football assoc. says hard to regulate ‘lower-tier’ matches following match mixing scandal
Hong Kong Free Press It is hard to regulate “lower-tier” amateur football competitions, the city’s football association chair told RTHK on Wednesday, one day after news of a match mixing scandal emerged. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced at a Tuesday press conference that it had arrested 23 people suspected to be involved in…
Read MoreHong Kong family living in high-end duplex arrested for allegedly running love scams that raked in HK$21 million
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Two brothers and their mother allegedly bought two luxury cars – a Porsche and a seven-seater vehicle – with suspected crime proceeds. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3220913/hong-kong-family-living-high-end-duplex-arrested-allegedly-running-love-scams-raked-hk21-million?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Primary Four pupils take third spot in reading survey of 57 countries and territories around the world
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong beaten only by Singapore, which took top spot, and Ireland in major survey released on Wednesday. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3220905/hong-kong-primary-four-pupils-take-third-spot-reading-survey-57-countries-and-territories-around?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s treasury chief stonewalls calls for more relief measures for homebuyers as Legco approves stamp duty bill
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui says stamp duty bill will benefit about 37,000 homebuyers. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3220904/hong-kongs-treasury-chief-stonewalls-calls-more-relief-measures-homebuyers-legco-approves-stamp-duty?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong shopping spree for 2,000-strong mainland China tour group as some locals complain about disturbance to daily life
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Coach loads of visitors arrive one after another at jewellery shop in Hung Hom after breakfast at To Kwa Wan restaurant. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3220902/hong-kong-shopping-spree-2000-strong-mainland-china-tour-group-some-locals-complain-about?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Airport Authority plans to use logistics park to cement position as cargo hub and better connect with Greater Bay Area
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong International Airport’s logistics park in mainland China to handle 1 million tonnes of cargo per year by 2025. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3220897/hong-kong-airport-authority-plans-use-logistics-park-cement-position-cargo-hub-and-better-connect?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIDAHOT 2023: 60% of Hongkongers surveyed now agree with same-sex marriage
Hong Kong Free Press Sixty per cent of Hong Kong people now agree with same-sex marriage, according to a joint study published by three universities on Wednesday, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). Same-sex marriage remains illegal in Hong Kong. An LGBT flag. File photo: Rob Maxwell. The new report was jointly…
Read MoreChina fines comedy company US$2 million over stand-up joke about the army
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese authorities fined a comedy company millions of yuan on Wednesday and threatened further legal action after one of its members made an oblique joke about the People’s Liberation Army during a stand-up act. File photo: Lukas Messmer/HKFP. Li Haoshi, who performs under the name House, referred to a PLA slogan…
Read MoreHong Kong education chiefs set to back plan to cut about 1,000 places that parents can apply for at preferred primary schools to save less popular ones from closure
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. School bodies say cut to cut spare places at popular primaries could help tackle under-enrolment and risk of closure at other schools. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3220879/hong-kong-education-chiefs-set-back-plan-cut-about-1000-places-parents-can-apply-preferred-primary?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong charges man with rioting almost 4 years after 2019 protest
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong man has been charged with rioting in Admiralty, almost four years after the protest took place in June 2019. Protesters surrounded the Legislative Council on June 12, 2019. File photo: Todd R. Darling/HKFP. Twenty-seven-year-old assistant designer Leung Chi-kin appeared before Magistrate Philip Chan at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts…
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