Category: Localities
How much should Hong Kong pay for IVF treatments? Couples must weigh cost of test-tube babies as city reluctant to raise subsidies
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Couples, specialists say more resources are needed to cut waiting time for women to start treatments. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3222767/how-much-should-hong-kong-pay-ivf-treatments-couples-must-weigh-cost-test-tube-babies-city-reluctant?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTicking time bomb: just how widespread are Hong Kong’s undetected illegal property renovations?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Illegal renovations on a flat only surfaced after a video was posted online, raising the question: just how many similarly compromised flats exist in a housing market that remains one of the world’s most…
Read MoreHong Kong artists mark Tiananmen crackdown quietly or overseas
Hong Kong Free Press Avant garde street performance, politically charged theatre, pro-democracy music and poetry — powerful works of art dealing with China’s bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown that were once commonplace in Hong Kong have all but disappeared in recent years. Candlelight vigil on June 4, 2019 commemorating victims of the Tiananmen crackdown. File photo:…
Read MoreChinese dissidents in New York open world’s only Tiananmen crackdown museum
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese dissidents who took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests unveiled a museum in New York on Friday dedicated to remembering the “democratic dreams of the Chinese people,” two days ahead of the 34th anniversary of the uprising’s “brutal suppression.” Visitors arrive for the opening of a Hong Kong Protest…
Read MorePolice and 3 other Hong Kong gov’t dept’s probe store, days after it began Tiananmen crackdown candle giveaway
Hong Kong Free Press A Sai Kung shop has been inspected by officers from four different government departments within nine days, after it started to give away candles to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown. Sai Kung Store on Friday. Photo: Mandy Cheng/HKFP. Owner Debby Chan, also a former Sai Kung district councillor, told HKFP on Friday…
Read MoreHong Kong trio jailed for up to 5 years, 2 months for rioting as police laid siege to PolyU at height of 2019 anti-government protests
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. West Kowloon Court judge tells men they were involved in serious offences that endangered public safety. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222809/hong-kong-trio-jailed-5-years-2-months-rioting-police-laid-siege-polyu-height-2019-anti-government?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘I felt like I was waiting to die’: Hong Kong organ transplant recipients in heartfelt plea over withdrawals from donation register
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tony Tsang and Allen Mar, who have have had lives turned around by new hearts, urge public to put themselves in patients’ shoes. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3222812/i-felt-i-was-waiting-die-hong-kong-organ-transplant-recipients-heartfelt-plea-over-withdrawals?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreExclusive: Hong Kong Gay Games 2023 axes track and field, field hockey and Rugby 7s after poor sign-ups
Hong Kong Free Press Organisers of the upcoming Gay Games in Hong Kong have axed three sports from the international sport and cultural event due to a low number of sign-ups. They also expressed disappointment over the Hong Kong Football Club’s decision to withdraw its venue for the football finals. Gay Games Hong Kong basketball…
Read MoreTwo shoppers dead in brutal stabbing at Hong Kong mall, suspect arrested
Hong Kong Free Press Two women were killed in a brutal stabbing at a Diamond Hill mall on Friday. A 39-year-old suspect has been arrested, police told HKFP. Police received a report about the incident at Plaza Hollywood mall at 5:14pm, and made the arrest on the scene after subduing the man. CCTV footage posted…
Read MoreHong Kong law student from mainland China remanded in custody after being charged for publicly mourning ‘lone wolf’ attacker who knifed police officer
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Zheng Yuxuan, 23, appears in court on charge she committed sedition by commemorating man who knifed police officer. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222793/hong-kong-law-student-mainland-china-remanded-custody-after-she-charged-public-mourning-lone-wolf?utm_source=rss_feed
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