A senior Hong Kong government official has resigned after attending a large birthday party that fueled complaints of double standards by authorities enforcing strict Covid-control measures. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Hong Kong: time to live with the virus? Sweeping fifth wave forces officials to consider the previously unthinkable
When Hong Kong set a daily record of 164 Covid-19 infections last Thursday, officials were forced to confront the previously unthinkable: had the time finally come to dump the city’s “dynamic ... ( read original story ...)
Religious groups call for amnesty for Hong Kongers charged under national security law
A coalition of Christians and Catholics on Monday called on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to drop charges against media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other political activists jailed or in custody under a ... ( read original story ...)
BREAKING: Hong Kong top official quits after attending birthday party suspected of Covid-19 rule violation
Hong Kong Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui has resigned after he attended a birthday party for a top delegate to China’s top legislature which was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong home affairs chief Caspar Tsui resigns
Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui, who recently attended the birthday party of a delegate to China's legislature, where two of the nearly 200 guests tested positive for COVID-19, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s foreign judges can hear national security cases, says city’s chief justice
Overseas judges sitting in Hong Kong’s top court are not barred by their nationality from hearing controversial cases about Chinese national security, according to the city’s chief justice Andrew ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Says Covid Zero Critics Won’t Be Locked Up in Prison
Hong Kong denied that criticism of the city’s strict policy to push for zero Covid-19 cases is illegal under a sweeping national security law that has silenced dissent in the former British colony. ( read original story ...)
Commenting on Hong Kong’s Covid strategy will not violate national security law, says gov’t
Hong Kong’s government has said that discussion of the city’s Covid-19 strategy would not violate the national security law. A spokesperson said in a press release on Sunday that “making general ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pets emigrate with their owners
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people are emigrating – and taking their beloved pets, as much part of the family as their children. There is booming demand for charter jets to carry emigrants, their ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘transformed from chaos to governance’ in the last year, Xi Jinping says
Former Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying also makes appearance at annual gathering in Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined what he referred to as last year’s national achievements, ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong reports drop in daily caseload to double digits, but officials concerned about rise in untraceable infections
Meanwhile, the government has issued a clarification that public debate over the effectiveness of its ‘zero-infection’ strategy does not violate the national security law. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Hong Kong allows hamster pet shops to reopen after thousands of rodents were culled due to COVID outbreak
The city's government prompted a backlash last week after ordering the cull of more than 2,200 of the animals - with owners ordered to surrender their pets for "humane dispatch". ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has more vacant office space than ever before — with more on the way
Construction of office space in Hong Kong — the world’s most expensive — is on the rise even as there is more available than ever. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong says commenting on Covid strategy is not illegal
Government says ‘general remarks’ about its zero-Covid policy do not violate national security law ... ( read original story ...)