Hong Kong will shorten mandatory hotel quarantine to seven days for fully vaccinated residents traveling from most places, as well as non-residents inoculated against Covid-19, in a significant easing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper in crisis talks to avert shutdown, advisor says
Adviser to jailed owner Jimmy Lai said newspaper cannot pay its staff and suppliers after officials blocked banking facilities ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily paper to shut within days
Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily will be forced to shut its doors in mere days, after the company’s assets were frozen under the city's national security law.That's according to an advisor to former ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy paper unable to pay staff after asset freeze: aide
Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper warned Monday it is unable to pay staff and is at imminent risk of closure after the government froze the company's assets using a sweeping new national ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily to shut within days, advisor to jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai says
Chief editor Ryan Law and chief executive Cheung Kim-hung were denied bail after being charged with collusion with a foreign country. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily to Decide Monday on Shutting Down Paper
The board of Next Digital Ltd., which publishes Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, will meet on Monday to decide whether to shut down the pro-democracy newspaper, according to a top adviser to owner Jimmy Lai, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong paper Apple Daily faces closure for constant criticism of Beijing
A Hong Kong newspaper that has been the territory’s fiercest critic of Beijing is set to close within weeks after executives were arrested in a raid by security police and its assets frozen.Despite ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Runs Low on Funds to Print Paper
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper has enough cash on hand to continue operating as normal only for a couple of weeks, according to a person familiar with the matter. Authorities used a sweeping ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Lam says China has helped restore ‘stability’
The chief executive of Hong Kong on Sunday said China has helped restore "stability" in the city.Reuters reported that Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Hong Kong's strategy to improve its standing as a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong journalist says newsroom raid ‘sent shudders through the industry’
Five hundred police officers raided the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong last week to arrest executives and top editors and seize journalistic materials under the city's national security law. The ... ( read original story ...)
We must stand with Hong Kong’s embattled journalists
With newspaper editors following democratically-elected legislators into the dock, freedoms in Hong Kong are being unpicked piece by piece ... ( read original story ...)
In the New Hong Kong, Booksellers Walk a Fine Line
Some independent shops flout the new limits on free expression. Others try to come to terms with them. For readers, they offer a sense of connection in a changed city. ( read original story ...)
How Five Hong Kong Protesters Escaped by Speedboat, Found Freedom in the U.S.
The men barely knew each other before crossing the South China Sea to Taiwan. “We were scared to death,” one said of their journey. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily says only has cash for few weeks after assets frozen
Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily said on Sunday the freezing of its assets in a national security probe had left the newspaper with cash for "only a few weeks" of normal operations and it ... ( read original story ...)