Category: Localities
Public 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
Read MoreHong Kong lawmakers appeal for central database for patients’ end-of-life directives on treatment
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Lawmaker says central computer database would make it easier for people to store and change advance directives on terminal care. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220362/lawmakers-appeal-central-database-hong-kong-patients-end-life-directives-treatment?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More187 Hongkongers lose total of HK$1.3 million in online shopping scams over 1 week, prompting police warning before Mother’s Day
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Force issues warning ahead of Mother’s Day celebration, reminding residents about dangers of online shopping. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3220354/187-hongkongers-lose-total-hk13-million-online-shopping-scams-over-1-week-prompting-police-warning?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreGay Games is a time for Hong Kong to show the world its tolerant, welcoming side
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Closed-mindedness is not in keeping with Hong Kong’s role as a centre for international cultural exchange and a site of cultural experimentation and reform. Rather than more politicisation, the city needs to go back…
Read MoreChina to send special envoy to visit Ukraine, Russia
Hong Kong Free Press China will send a special envoy to Ukraine, Russia and other European nations from Monday, Beijing said on Friday, the highest-ranking Chinese diplomat to visit the war-torn country since Moscow’s invasion last year. From Ukraine to the Middle East, Beijing in recent months has sought to position itself as a mediator…
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