Category: Localities
Hong Kong finance chief considers allowing first-time homebuyers to borrow more for mortgage, rejects calls to adjust stamp duties
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. But Chan states government has ‘no intention’ of making any changes to city’s various stamp duties. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3222955/hong-kong-finance-chief-considers-allowing-first-time-homebuyers-borrow-more-mortgage-rejects-calls?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong finance sector on the hook to deploy AI responsibly, says market watchdog’s CEO
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Asset managers should not fear losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, but the finance sector must still take care while deploying the technology, says the CEO of the Securities and Futures Commission. https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3222954/hong-kong-finance-sector-hook-deploy-ai-responsibly-says-market-watchdogs-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More1 arrested, 23 taken away for investigation by Hong Kong police over Tiananmen crackdown commemorations
Hong Kong Free Press A 53 year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly obstructing police officers after she refused to show her identity card outside Victoria Park, the site where annual candlelight vigils for victims of the Tiananmen crackdown were once held, on the 34th anniversary of the crackdown. Police outside Victoria Park in Causeway…
Read More3 Hong Kong sisters aged 2 to 6 dead, mother claims husband killed children and stabbed her
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Girls found unresponsive in Kweilin Street flat, thought to have been suffocated. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222949/hong-kong-police-alerted-after-woman-claims-husband-killed-3-daughters-and-stabbed-her?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFirst 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…
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