Eight activists detained at sea as they sought to flee Hong Kong by speedboat have finished serving jail sentences in China and are expected to be handed over Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong promises investors its prized tax haven status is secure
One of Hong Kong’s most senior officials has promised business that the territory’s status as a “tax haven” is safe despite political and economic turmoil as the city fends off rivals to its regional ... ( read original story ...)
No plan to resign, Justice Kemal Bokhary says, amid pressure on foreign judges to quit Hong Kong’s judicial system
Veteran judge Kemal Bokhary, a local non-permanent judge at Hong Kong’s top court, has weighed into the debate on whether foreign judges should leave the city’s judicial system over concerns about the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: pandemic has exposed racial divides in Hong Kong, say equal opportunity campaigners
Online seminar held on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination looked at impact of virus on city’s ethnic minorities. ( read original story ...)
World War II grenades, mortar found on Hong Kong hillside, forcing police to close section of popular hiking trail
Military enthusiast discovers explosives off Wilson Trail near Stanley. Bomb disposal officers detonated the items at the scene at about 5pm. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong teachers, wary of red lines under the national security law, have already begun drawing their own
Questions remain over what will be acceptable in classrooms, and teachers say they are already deciding to change their approach to subjects such as the Tiananmen crackdown and social issues in ... ( read original story ...)
Improving electoral system to rid Hong Kong of ‘political quagmire’: HKSAR govt official
HONG KONG - Matthew Cheung, chief secretary for administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said on Sunday that the decision by the National People's Congress ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC to Reopen Main Hong Kong Office on Monday: Memo
HSBC Holdings Plc will re-open its main Hong Kong office on Monday, after being closed last week in the wake of three people testing positive for Covid-19. “Precautionary measures -- such as wearing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s electoral shake-up: making sense of the political tectonic shift of the past 10 days through 10 questions
Standing Committee which is expected to be held later this week at the earliest, here are 10 things to help you make sense of the changes being imposed on Hong Kong’s political scene. 1. What is this ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s arts scene shudders as Beijing draws cultural red line
Pro-Beijing politicians accuse newly built M+ Museum of breaching the sweeping national security law ... ( read original story ...)
Patriot games: Hong Kong arts scene shudders as loyalists circle
After successfully muzzling Hong Kong's democracy protests and opposition, Beijing's loyalists are now taking aim at the arts as they seek to impose mainland-style orthodoxy on culture and purge the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Its Elections Upended, Reconsiders Its Dream of Democracy
The promise of universal suffrage has animated the city’s politics for decades. Beijing’s latest moves could finally extinguish that hope. ( read original story ...)
Expats forced to confront Hong Kong’s ‘brutal’ Covid quarantine
Worley, a retail consultant who has lived in Hong Kong for almost 20 years, at 8.30am on Saturday morning. Her 18-month-old son had been exposed to coronavirus at a playgroup, the caller said. A bus ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Mania Fizzles in Hong Kong as Mega First-Day Pops Disappear
The days of the massive first-day pop in Hong Kong’s initial public offering frenzy may be nearing an end.Even as the pandemic spread for most of 2020, the offshore Chinese city’s IPOs and new ... ( read original story ...)