Category: Localities
CUHK head says bulk of school reserves tied up as Hong Kong plans funding cuts
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Professor Dennis Lo acknowledges city’s financial woes but warns funding cuts should not undermine global education hub objective. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3297667/cuhk-head-says-bulk-school-reserves-tied-hong-kong-plans-funding-cuts?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong rules out legislation criminalising insults to civil servants
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Civil Service Bureau informs lawmakers that laws already cover offence and new legislation would involve ‘considerable challenges’. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3297665/hong-kong-rules-out-legislation-criminalising-insults-civil-servants?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong water polo official admits fraud after pocketing HK$360,000 of athlete funding
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Koo Yu-fat falsely claimed government funds by vouching for 33 athletes’ attendance at training – then kept most of the money. https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3297660/hong-kong-water-polo-official-admits-fraud-after-pocketing-hk360000-athlete-funding?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong’s NWD prices State Pavilia residential project in North Point at huge discount
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hong Kong developer, struggling with US$16 billion in debt, prices 88 units at HK$18,540 per square foot on average, an eight-year low for the area. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3297652/nwd-prices-state-pavilia-residential-project-north-point-massive-discount?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHong Kong restaurants pull in HK$27.6 billion in fourth quarter
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Recovering mainland economy and improvements in local tourism as well as market sentiment cited as reasons for uptick, government says. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3297650/hong-kong-restaurant-sales-record-modest-quarterly-growth-hk276-billion?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina’s Xi Jinping hails Thailand’s ‘strong’ action against scam call centres targeting Chinese people
Hong Kong Free Press Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday for the “strong measures” her country has taken against scam centres targeting Chinese people. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and China’s Xi Jinping meet on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Photo: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, via Facebook. Scam compounds have mushroomed…
Read MoreHong Kong Pet Show: Animal activists don prop oxygen masks to protest flat-faced dog breeds, urge adoption
Hong Kong Free Press Animal activists staged a protest outside the Hong Kong Pet Show on Thursday urging the public to adopt dogs and avoid pedigree breeds from breeders and pet stores. Animal activists stage a protest outside the Hong Kong Pet Show on Thursday, February 6, 2025, urging the public to adopt dogs and…
Read MoreHong Kong developer’s default could send shock waves through property market: S&P
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘Hong Kong’s residential property recovery may be slipping out of view,’ credit-rating agency says. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3297643/hong-kong-developers-default-could-send-shock-waves-through-property-market-sp?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreKowloon Reservoir resumes operations after car found submerged in water supply
Hong Kong Free Press A reservoir in Sha Tin has resumed operations, Hong Kong’s Water Supplies Department (WSD) said on Wednesday, after a car was found submerged in the reservoir over the weekend. The Kowloon Reservoir resumed operations on Thursday, the department said in a statement on the Facebook page for its mascot, Water Save…
Read MoreMajor MTR disruption triggers calls for penalty system review in Hong Kong
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Lawmaker Gary Zhang says current system failed to reflect the scale of Wednesday’s seven-hour service disruption on the East Rail line. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3297590/major-mtr-disruption-triggers-calls-penalty-system-review-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed
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