Category: Localities
‘Not even afraid of people’: Taiwan bounty hunters kill invading iguanas as numbers soar
Hong Kong Free Press By Allison Jackson, I-Hwa Cheng and Akio Wang Armed with a slingshot, Taiwanese bounty hunter Wu Cheng-hua bends sideways and aims his lethal weapon up at a green iguana, one of tens of thousands in the crosshairs of a government cull. A government-hired hunter holding up a captured iguana in Pingtung,…
Read MoreEx-Miss HK winner and other pet owners bewildered by spate of poisonings
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Dog owners describe horrors of watching their pets seize up after ingesting poisoned meat laid out on streets and call for tougher penalties for the crime. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3299712/ex-miss-hk-winner-and-other-pet-owners-bewildered-spate-poisonings?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Nervous’ MTR fine-tunes operations for Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. MTR Corp deployed more staff at two nearby stations and created a guide on how to get to park during events with big passenger flows. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3299711/nervous-mtr-fine-tunes-operations-hong-kongs-kai-tak-sports-park?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong Bar Association chair urges global unity against planned US sanctions on judges
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Senior Counsel Jose-Antonio Maurellet says any interference in judicial work will ‘undermine the administration of justice’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3299699/hong-kong-bar-association-chair-urges-global-unity-against-planned-us-sanctions-judges?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePro-Palestine speech sparked right-wing threats, Hong Kong director Jun Li says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Director read out a pro-Palestine speech by Iranian actor at Berlinale. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3299706/pro-palestine-speech-sparked-right-wing-threats-hong-kong-director-jun-li-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUniversity of Hong Kong head hopes any budget funding cuts will be ‘moderate’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Ahead of government’s budget address on Wednesday, president Xiang Zhang says HK$41.5 billion in reserves has designated purposes. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3299703/university-hong-kong-head-hopes-any-budget-funding-cuts-will-be-moderate?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChinese AI companies celebrate homegrown chatbot DeepSeek, shrug off global curbs
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese tech companies shrugged off foreign scrutiny of upstart chatbot maker DeepSeek, telling AFP on Friday they were confident the country’s tech startups would make more gains in the global artificial intelligence race. Chinese startup DeepSeek’s AI assistant. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek’s R1 chatbot stunned industry insiders and became…
Read MoreMTRC denies staffer prevented use of life-saving device outside of station premises
Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation (MTRC) has denied allegations that a staff member at Tsuen Wan West MTR Station refused to lend its Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to help a man outside the station. The MTR Corporation logo. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In response to media enquiries, the railway company said that…
Read MoreHong Kong school principal jailed for 6 months over HK$270,000 fraud
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Chen Yi-hsin of Yan Chai Hospital Chiu Tsang Hok Wan Primary School in Tsing Yi, lied about missing salary payments and withdrew funds without authorisation. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3299689/hong-kong-school-principal-jailed-6-months-over-hk270000-fraud?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreDebt-ridden contractor Paul Y involved in 13 Hong Kong public works projects
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Twelve of the firm’s 13 contracts are joint ventures with other construction firms, government says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3299687/debt-ridden-contractor-paul-y-involved-13-hong-kong-public-works-projects?utm_source=rss_feed
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