People drink at a bar in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong before bars, nightclubs and other entertainment venues are set to close at midnight in response to a renewed rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong passes new immigration law that could enable China-style exit bans
Officials in Hong Kong will soon be able to block people from entering or leaving the territory, raising concerns over the possibility of mainland Chinese-style "exit bans" being used to prevent ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has fined a journalist for ticking a box. That shows the city’s media freedoms are in jeopardy
Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy won an award for her investigative work. The next day, that very same work saw her convicted of breaking the city's laws. ( read original story ...)
No Escape From Hong Kong
The British government said on March 19 that it had received some 27,000 applications from Hong Kongers seeking to resettle in the U.K., and the Home Office anticipates “between 123,000 and 153,700 BN ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong immigration bill could target people leaving city, activists say
An ambiguously worded new immigration bill in Hong Kong is stirring fears that outbound travelers could be apprehended at departure points. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong passes law that can stop people leaving
Bar association and activists decry Beijing-type immigration act with ‘exit ban’ powers ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong immigration law change raises ‘exit ban’ fears
Hong Kong has amended its immigration law in a move which lawyers warn could increase business risks by handing the government broad powers to prevent individuals leaving the Chinese territory. The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong exchange posts record profit on trading and IPO boom
Hong Kong’s stock exchange operator has notched its best-ever quarterly profit as a flood of trading and initial public offerings boosted the bourse ahead of a new chief executive taking the helm. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong legislature to discuss new immigration bill amid ‘exit ban’ fears
Hong Kong's legislature is set to discuss a controversial immigration bill, which lawyers, diplomats and right groups fear will give authorities unlimited powers to prevent residents and others from ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing calls Hong Kong bar association chief an ‘anti-China politician’
Beijing and Hong Kong authorities have accused the British-born head of Hong Kong’s bar association of being an “anti-China politician” after he criticised jail sentences imposed on pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to reopen bars, nightclubs from April 29 for vaccinated customers
Hong Kong will reopen bars and nightclubs from April 29 for people who have been vaccinated and who use a government mobile phone application, the Asian financial hub's health secretary said on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader issues warning to territory’s top legal body
Carrie Lam says gov’t could intervene in Bar Association after its chief criticised jailing of pro-democracy activists. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says govt could intervene in Bar Association if necessary
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government could intervene if necessary in the Bar Association, whose chief has been labelled an "anti-China politician" by Beijing's top representative ... ( read original story ...)
‘Yellow Objects’ show keeps Hong Kong protest themes alive, with subversive humour and Canadian public funding
Most of the artists taking part in the multimedia show do so anonymously or using pseudonyms, in fear of Hong Kong’s National Security Law. Vancouver playwright Derek Chan says the show, allocated ... ( read original story ...)