A Hong Kong boarding school catering to teenagers with drug and behavioural problems has put out a plea for donations to sustain its ailing model, but years of shrinking enrolment and stubbornly high ... ( read original story ...)
No snake soup for Hong Kong’s young snake catcher
Hong Kong is home to a variety of snakes — from the venomous king cobra to larger species such as the Burmese python ... ( read original story ...)
Self-exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui accuses HSBC of ‘embezzling’ his money by freezing his credit cards
Self-exiled former opposition lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung has accused banking giant HSBC of abruptly cancelling credit cards belonging to him and his family due to "political considerations" and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs seized HK$4.6 billion in dirty money in 2020, as launderers were forced to adapt to Covid-19
Hong Kong customs officials seized HK$4.6 billion (US$593.3 million) in dirty money in 2020 – a four-year high – as transnational rackets turned to novel methods for smuggling cash into the city and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong in Talks to Use Vaccine Records for Travel, HKET Says
Hong Kong will complete an e-booking system for Covid-19 vaccine inoculations this month and is in talks with other countries to allow the records to be used for travel, local media including Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s worst recession on record points to bleak outlook in 2021 for residential property and commercial real estate prices
Mass market and luxury home prices are expected to decline between 5 and 10 per cent in 2021, while grade A office rents are likely to fall by as much as 16 per cent. ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong can reboot its economy amid the devastation of coronavirus and social unrest
The government must invest in projects employing local labour, to turn around public sentiment. Hong Kong can’t afford to wait for the free market to act, or for tourists to return. Other priorities ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong facing ‘long dark age’ of crackdowns, exiled pro-democracy activist warns
Hong Kong is entering a "long dark age" with further crackdowns over the coming months, a leading pro-democracy activist living in political exile in the UK has said. Ted Hui, a former lawmaker in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong national security law: media tycoon Jimmy Lai sent back behind bars as top court allows prosecutors to appeal against release on HK$10 million bail
Hong Kong's highest court sent media tycoon and outspoken Beijing critic Jimmy Lai Chee-ying back behind bars on Thursday, allowing prosecutors to appeal against his release last week on HK$10 million ... ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong National Security Law Is Reshaping Political Identities
The NSL has altered many long-standing allegiances and feuds within the different political identities in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms 42 Covid-19 cases, lowest since fourth wave started, but experts warn of possible holiday spike
Hong Kong confirmed 42 new Covid-19 infections on New Year's Day, the lowest daily caseload since the start of the fourth wave about six weeks ago, but health officials and experts warned numbers ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s leaders are lackeys, says US secretary of state Mike Pompeo
Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has described Hong Kong’s leadership as “lackeys” of a “fragile dictatorship” in Beijing who had “eviscerated freedoms” after ten activists were jailed for ... ( read original story ...)
Funding relief for Hong Kong athletes as Sports Institute continues support despite lack of activity in 2020
Financial support is based on performances at international events but the Institute wants athletes to focus on the Tokyo Olympics without worrying about funding. ( read original story ...)
HKSAR chief executive hopes Hong Kong start afresh in new year
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Friday that she hoped Hong Kong would forge ahead and start again in the new year. Lam and senior officials of ... ( read original story ...)