Low vaccination rate among teens means schools can’t meet 70 per cent requirement to resume full-day sessions on September 1. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police, undercover health inspectors raid film screening at opposition district councillor’s office
More than 40 attendees charged with flouting social-distancing rules after raid Yau Tsim Mong district councillor Chu Kong-wa calls ‘political prosecution’. ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong’s Democratic Party is not worried about its future despite unseating of sole opposition lawmaker
The surprise disqualification of Civic Passion member Cheng Chung-tai came after authorities called on the opposition to take part in December elections. ( read original story ...)
Organiser of Hong Kong Tiananmen anniversary rally investigated by national security police
The pro-democracy group that organises Hong Kong's annual June 4 rally to commemorate those who died in the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 is being investigated by national security police ... ( read original story ...)
The upside to Nicole Kidman’s Hong Kong quarantine exemption: it could bring in more film industry elites and boost the city’s economy
Australian actress Nicole Kidman did not have to undergo hotel quarantine upon her arrival in Hong Kong, and many people are not happy about it – but let’s play devil’s advocate and consider the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong internet providers must offer genuine choice for early contract termination
In 2010, the Communications Association of Hong Kong promulgated the Industry Code of Practice for Telecommunications Service Contracts to ensure contracts are fair and reasonable for both the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s judicial independence gets vote of confidence from top British judges, with pair deciding to continue serving on city’s top court
Two of Britain's top judges have given a strong vote of confidence to Hong Kong's judicial independence, announcing that they will continue serving at the city's highest court. British Supreme Court ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms 17 new imported Covid-19 cases but most are linked to single cargo ship from Indonesia
Friday’s caseload, which included arrivals from Azerbaijan and Lithuania, was the highest daily total since April 18. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 17 new imported COVID-19 cases
Hong Kong Center for Health Protection CHP reported 17 new imported cases of COVID-19 Friday taking the total tally to 12094 ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 Quarantine Rules Threaten Hong Kong’s Role as Finance Hub, Businesses Say
Determined to keep cases near zero, city requires arrivals from about two dozen countries, including the U.S., to isolate in a hotel for three weeks. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sports Institute’s proposed HK$986.6 million expansion clears first hurdle with strong support from lawmakers
Members of legislature’s home affairs panel back proposal for new facilities, with plan brought forward after city’s Olympic success in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: computer technician gets more than 3 years in jail for role in riot where gate of government offices was set on fire
A computer technician who was among a group of protesters that set fire to the gate of a government office during a demonstration in 2019 has been jailed for more than three years for rioting. Cheng ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize HK$72 million worth of cocaine, arrest 2 in second major drug bust in as many days
Police find narcotics in two huts occupied by a 21-year-old man in a rural part of the New Territories in their second major drug bust in as many days. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong employers say new helper scheme’s entry quotas too low, quarantine costs too high
Some will give up entirely on the idea of hiring a domestic worker from overseas given the cost, warns leader of employers group. ( read original story ...)