The new charge alleges that the defendants conspired to print, publish, sell, offer for sale, distribute, display or reproduce seditious publications. ( read original story ...)
A Fendi handbag for HK$499? Interpol alerted after websites tout phoney auctions for luxury goods seized by Hong Kong customs
One US-based site claiming to sell Fendi handbags worth HK$26,800 for just HK$499 included a picture from a June press conference that followed a massive smuggling bust. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong needs to ‘bid farewell’ to Western defined democracy, chart own path
SHORTLY after the Legislative Council (LegCo) election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) concluded on Monday morning with all 90 seats elected, the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong retailers forge new path
Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who had grown used to relying on cash from mainland Chinese tourists.In ... ( read original story ...)
Manhattan rewards mainland Chinese, Hong Kong investors as prices of luxury property rebound in busiest year since 2006
Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong investors who braved the Covid-19 slump to pick up luxury assets in Manhattan have been well-rewarded. Prices have rebounded in the market’s busiest year since at least ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-Beijing educators’ group in Hong Kong granted vacant school premises to set up centre for patriotic, national education
Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers to create centre for teaching classes on flag-raising, hosting ‘large-scale seminars’. ( read original story ...)
China to ‘strengthen’ Hong Kong as yuan trading hub, diversify forex reserves in 2022
Exactly what policy support Hong Kong would receive is unclear, but there is huge potential for the issuance of yuan-denominated financial products, trade settlement and use of the digital yuan. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong siblings arrested on suspicion of laundering HK$384 million through various channels, including cryptocurrency platform
Brother and sister found to have received more than HK$100 million from 380 different personal bank accounts of other people in nearly 2,500 transactions. ( read original story ...)
China’s gold imports via Hong Kong dip in November
China's net gold imports via Hong Kong dropped 16.5% in November from the previous month, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department data showed on Tuesday, although analysts expect demand to pick up ... ( read original story ...)
New Year’s Eve countdown: Hong Kong cultural district to be closed off to uninvited concertgoers if crowds get too large
West Kowloon Cultural District to be shut off to uninvited revellers if crowds outside countdown concert get too large. ( read original story ...)
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 6 others charged with sedition
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai now faces a charge of sedition after prosecutors said Tuesday that his former newspaper published seditious materials that promoted independence for the Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Unpacking the white paper on ‘Hong Kong democracy’: why now and what does Beijing hope to achieve setting out the rules the city will play by? Hint: geopolitical rivalry
Analysts say official document and campaign marks part of a strategy to capture what Beijing sees as moral high ground on Hong Kong's democracy Other observers note Beijing lacks systematic or ... ( read original story ...)
The five biggest factors that may influence Hong Kong home prices in the year ahead
Forecasts for price movement next year range from a drop of 2 per cent from Morgan Stanley to a rise of 10 per cent from Centaline Property Agency. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: 3 arsonists jailed for up to 4½ years after fire at MTR station during 2019 social unrest
Hong Kong woman guilty of 3 charges after tossing stanchion at police during protest Delivery worker Tsang Yu-sang, 28, who had placed two bottles of petrol in front of the turnstiles, pleaded guilty ... ( read original story ...)