Category: Localities
Hong Kong volunteer emergency service loses 20 per cent of staff over 5 years but faced increased Covid-19 demand, Audit Commission finds
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Staff numbers in Auxiliary Medical Service fell as demand driven by Covid-19 jumped by 54 per cent, auditor says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3218449/hong-kong-volunteer-emergency-service-loses-20-cent-staff-over-five-years-faced-increased-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s finance chief Paul Chan ‘confident’ over economic rebound this year as consumption climbs, positive investor sentiment returns
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Financial Secretary Paul Chan points to flurry of business delegations from mainland China and overseas, says Greater Bay Area positioning top of mind for visiting parties. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3218441/hong-kongs-finance-chief-paul-chan-confident-over-economic-rebound-year-consumption-climbs-positive?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s Audit Commission demands city libraries step up efforts to root out books ‘manifestly contrary’ to national security
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Audit officials pointed to a preliminary review of library materials the department started in 2021, with some items still in progress in February this year. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3218437/hong-kongs-audit-commission-demands-city-libraries-step-efforts-root-out-books-manifestly-contrary?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong auditor urges authorities to fully digitise student health records, after estimating 10,000 hours spent on data entry
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Audit Commission report also finds Department of Health failed to consistently follow up with students as part of yearly voluntary medical assessments. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3218424/hong-kong-auditor-urges-authorities-fully-digitise-student-health-records-after-estimating-10000?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong NGO calls for ‘deep investigation’ after 73-year-old cleaner falls to death
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong NGO advocating for the rights of industrial accident victims has called on the government to look into the death of a cleaner, whose body was found at the bottom of a lift shaft inside a building where he worked. AIA Kowloon Tower. Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP. A 73-year-old cleaner…
Read MoreHong Kong’s equality watchdog must tackle declining customer satisfaction, says Audit Commission
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Equal Opportunities Commission urged to improve customer satisfaction by ‘enhancing the quality of communication’ and ‘empathetic skills’ of staff. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3218423/hong-kongs-equality-watchdog-must-tackle-declining-customer-satisfaction-says-audit-commission?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Emotional meltdown’: Hong Kong Labour Day demo cancelled, as activist says security law prevents disclosing why
Hong Kong Free Press A planned Labour Day march in Hong Kong has been scrapped after one of its organisers was said to have gone missing for four hours on Wednesday morning. Chairperson of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Joe Wong Nai-yuen. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The group attempting to organise the march released…
Read MoreFormer leader of defunct Confederation of Trade Unions in Hong Kong withdraws Labour Day rally application after ‘being taken away’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Two weeks ago Joe Wong and Denny To applied to stage 500-strong rally on Hong Kong Island on May 1. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3218407/former-leader-defunct-confederation-trade-unions-hong-kong-withdraws-labour-day-rally-application?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong police round up 8 suspects over murder of elderly man in Yuen Long knife attack
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Police say two men charged with murder over killing of 70-year-old in March as he walked to work in Yuen Long. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3218404/hong-kong-police-round-8-suspects-over-murder-elderly-man-yuen-long-knife-attack?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreBeijing confirms missing Taiwan publisher Li Yanhe is under national security investigation
Hong Kong Free Press A Taiwanese publisher reported missing while visiting Shanghai is under investigation for suspected national security crimes, Chinese authorities said Wednesday. Li Yanhe, the editor-in-chief of Gusa Publishing, is “under investigation by national security organs on suspicion of engaging in activities endangering national security,” Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office,…
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