Category: Localities
Hong Kong rescue team sent on Turkey quake mission picked as first winner of high-level award for civil servants
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The 59-strong team rescued four people and recovered six bodies in southern Turkey after a huge 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the region in February. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3225520/hong-kong-rescue-team-sent-turkey-quake-mission-picked-first-winner-high-level-award-civil-servants?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong will ‘comply’ with China’s patriotic education requirements under proposed law, leader John Lee says
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong will “comply” with mainland China’s “patriotic education law,” Chief Executive John Lee has said after a bill aimed at helping citizens enhance their sense of national identity was tabled to China’s legislature. Chief Executive John Lee at a press conference. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In his routine press conference…
Read MoreMTR Lab invests in Hong Kong battery-powered energy storage system provider Ampd Energy to fund expansions in UAE and US
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong railway operator MTR’s unit that makes investments in technology, has now funded local battery-powered energy storage system provider Ampd Energy to finance its expansion projects in the United Arab Emirates and United…
Read MoreHong Kong can easily meet patriotic education requirements in proposed national bill, city leader John Lee says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Draft law will help the city to develop the mainstream values of ‘loving the country and Hong Kong’, Chief Executive John Lee says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3225507/easy-hong-kong-meet-requirements-proposed-national-bill-patriotic-education-says-leader-john-lee-lot?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina on course to achieve 5% economic growth target in 2023: premier
Hong Kong Free Press China is on course to achieve its five per cent target for economic growth in 2023 set by Beijing earlier this year, premier Li Qiang said Tuesday. China’s Premier Li Qiang. Photo: Wikicommons. “For the whole year, we are expected to achieve the target of about five per cent economic growth…
Read MoreMore woe for Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific as leaking aircraft water tank delays Los Angeles flight by 12 hours
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Flight CX880 delayed for 12 hours because of leaks found while servicing one of aircraft’s water tanks, Cathay says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3225490/more-woe-hong-kongs-cathay-pacific-leaking-aircraft-water-tank-delays-los-angeles-flight-12-hours?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong to cut ‘door-knocking’ places at secondary schools as student population shrinks
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Sources say Education Bureau planning to reduce number of discretionary places in each Secondary One class from two to one. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3225468/hong-kong-cut-door-knocking-places-secondary-schools-student-population-shrinks?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s 3-tier banking system could soon be 2-tier as HKMA proposes scrapping ‘deposit-taking companies’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has proposed changing the city’s three-tier banking system for the first time in four decades in a move that would eliminate the smallest category of lender altogether. https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3225460/hong-kongs-3-tier-banking-system-could-soon-be-2-tier-hkma-proposes-scrapping-deposit-taking?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTaiwan residents warned against stepping into ‘minefield’ when travelling to Hong Kong in updated guidelines
Hong Kong Free Press Taiwan residents have been warned against “accidentally stepping into a minefield” and being arrested under Hong Kong’s national security law while travelling to the city by the self-ruled island’s authorities. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) of Taiwan recently updated a section on its website dedicated to Hong Kong’s national security law,…
Read MoreHong Kong leader John Lee has taken only 2½ days of leave since last July. So what has he achieved in his first year in office?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In a monumental step seven months into his term as Hong Kong’s chief executive, John Lee had Beijing’s blessings to reopen the city. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3225469/hong-kong-leader-john-lee-has-taken-only-2-1/2-days-leave-last-july-so-what-has-he-achieved-his?utm_source=rss_feed
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