The officials and activists were detained under the national security law for their efforts to choose candidates to run in the city’s legislative elections. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Police Arrest 50, Including Opposition Politicians, in Massive National Security Law Sweep
Hong Kong democracy activists and opposition politicians were among 50 taken into custody on suspicion of violating the city’s national security law ... ( read original story ...)
Dozens of Hong Kong democracy activists arrested under national security law
The arrests represent the biggest sweep of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong since the national security law was enacted last year. ( read original story ...)
Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested in sweeping crackdown
Campaigners and politicians held in wave of arrests under the national security law ... ( read original story ...)
Over 50 Hong Kong Activists Arrested for Breaching Security Law, Local Media Reports
Over 50 pro-democratic activists in Hong Kong were arrested Wednesday for breaking the city's contentious national security law, local media reported, in the biggest crackdown yet against the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Police Arrest Dozens of Opposition Politicians Over Alleged Subversion
Police arrested dozens of pro-democracy politicians early Wednesday in a series of dawn raids that swept up many of the opposition’s most prominent opposition figures. ( read original story ...)
National security law: Mass arrests in Hong Kong ‘over primary vote’
About 50 pro-democracy lawmakers and activists have been arrested in Hong Kong under the controversial national security law, local media report. The Democratic Party's Facebook page said the arrests ... ( read original story ...)
Independence of Hong Kong courts on Beijing’s target list
Beijing politician in Hong Kong has publicly challenged the territory’s right to continued judicial independence, claiming its legal system was out of control and needed reform.Tam ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus, stalling economy and ageing population should force Hong Kong to rethink Lantau Tomorrow
The pandemic is devastating the city’s economy, which is already braced for population ageing and rising public spending. Government projections of sizeable returns on the Lantau development also ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fintech startup Neat rolls out first Visa cards
Neat, a Hong Kong based fintech company, announced today it has become a member of the Visa network and will issue its own Neat Visa card for businesses incorporated in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
25 Iconic Hong Kong Dishes To Try In 2021
It's not truly winter in Hong Kong until you're chiselling away at the crisp, golden crust of a claypot rice. Bonus Hongkonger points if you move the eel onto a separate plate bef ... ( read original story ...)
BMO sells private banking business in Hong Kong
The sale to the Swiss private banking group, which has Brazilian owners, comes after nearly two years of political turmoil in Hong Kong. Protesters have fiercely resisted the imposition of new laws ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street wobbles after its sharp slide to start 2021
U.S. stocks are wobbling between small gains and losses on Tuesday, a day after dropping to their worst loss in months amid the worsening pandemic and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police lawyer urges inquest to rule fatal car park fall of university student near protest site as accident
Samson Hung says Alex Chow may have plunged to his death inside car park by leaping over edge of third floor, believing there was cover behind it. ( read original story ...)