Category: Localities
National security case against 23-year-old Hong Kong student moved to High Court
Hong Kong Free Press A national security case against a 23-year-old Hong Kong student was moved to the city’s High Court on Friday. Cheung Ho-yeung appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in front of Chief Magistrate Victor So. West Kowloon Law Courts Building. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The 23-year-old is charged under the Beijing-imposed national…
Read MoreHow dangerous are bee stings? Hong Kong experts weigh in on recent incidents that resulted in worker’s death and another passing out
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘It’s not a bee’s venom that kills, but the body’s reaction to it,’ says Benoit Guenard, associate professor at University of Hong Kong. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220413/how-dangerous-are-bee-stings-hong-kong-experts-weigh-recent-incidents-resulted-workers-death-and?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More2 Hong Kong schools escape Education Bureau axe after winning permission to run private Primary One class next year
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Confucian Tai Shing Primary School will run a private entry-level class and is confident it can attract 25 pupils. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3220412/confucian-school-escapes-hong-kong-education-bureau-axe-after-it-gets-permission-run-private-primary?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s judiciary condemns call by US panel for sanctions on 29 judges who hear national security cases
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Report by US Congressional-Executive Commission on China singles out jurists tasked with hearing national security law cases, including city’s chief justice. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3220402/hong-kongs-judiciary-condemns-call-us-panel-sanctions-29-judges-who-hear-national-security-cases?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePublic housing project on Hong Kong golf course gets conditional approval by environment watchdog
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s environment authority has given its conditional approval to an environmental report on the impact of building 12,000 public flats at the 112 year-old Fanling golf course. Fanling golf course. Photo: Wikicommons. The Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE), a body under the Environmental Protection Department, delayed its decision on…
Read MoreHong Kong has subsidised over 220 green and sustainable debt instruments with over US$71.5 billion in issuances, treasury chief Christopher Hui says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong has approved grants for green and sustainable finance debt instruments with underlying issuances worth more than US$71.5 billion, according to Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui Ching-yu. https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3220395/hong-kong-has-subsidised-over-220-green-and-sustainable-debt-instruments-over-us715-billion?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong leader John Lee says media coverage should avoid ‘false, biased, defamatory or misleading’ information after cartoonist Zunzi dropped by Ming Pao
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. John Lee speaks out a day after Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao drops controversial cartoonist Zunzi after 40 years. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3220389/hong-kong-leader-john-lee-says-media-coverage-should-avoid-false-biased-defamatory-or-misleading?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau’s eldest son, Lau Ming-wai, puts two houses on The Peak on sale for almost HK$1 billion (US$127.5 million)
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The younger Lau, chairman of Hong Kong-listed developer Chinese Estates Holdings, has appointed Centaline Property Agency to market houses A and D at 31 Barker Road, according to documents seen by the Post. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3220375/tycoon-joseph-laus-eldest-son-lau-ming-wai-puts-two-houses-peak-sale-almost-hk1-billion-us1275?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreBooks by satirical cartoonist Zunzi disappear from Hong Kong public libraries after paper axes comic
Hong Kong Free Press Books by satirical cartoonist Zunzi have disappeared from Hong Kong public library listings, after his comic strip was axed by newspaper Ming Pao on Wednesday following criticism from an official. A search by HKFP, including for Zunzi’s real name, Wong Kei-kwan, yielded no results on the public library’s official website on…
Read MoreHong Kong’s economic growth will reach top end of government’s annual forecast if strong recovery continues, expert says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Continued improvement in tourism and local spending will drive gross domestic product to upper range of forecast, government economist Adolph Leung says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3220363/hong-kongs-economic-growth-will-reach-top-end-governments-annual-forecast-if-strong-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed
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