A cluster of Covid-19 cases in a public housing block grew on Monday, prompting the Hong Kong government to evacuate some residents for quarantine and place everyone linked to that building under a ... ( read original story ...)
PCC, Hong Kong antitrust body sign collaboration deal
THE Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) said it signed Monday a memorandum of understanding with its Hong Kong counterpart covering staff exchanges, research collaboration, capacity-building ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong doctor’s manslaughter conviction for beauty treatment death sends chilling signal
The recent conviction of a young doctor of manslaughter by gross negligence should send a chill through the medical profession in Hong Kong ("Hong Kong doctor guilty of manslaughter after beauty ... ( read original story ...)
Donations to Hong Kong activist groups, opposition scrutinised as police freeze bank accounts, allege money-laundering activities
Veteran activist Lee Cheuk-yan used to receive donations regularly via bank transfers for his group, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. Recently, however, ... ( read original story ...)
Why Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong’s democracy advocates need Biden’s public support right now
One of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy advocates, 72-year-old clothing and media mogul Jimmy Lai, was charged Friday under an oppressive security law imposed by China earlier this year. He is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: 95 new Covid-19 cases confirmed as housing estate clusters grow
Hong Kong confirmed 95 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday and reported the coronavirus-related death of a 42-year-old woman, as clusters at two public housing blocks continued to grow while another may have ... ( read original story ...)
Dismayed transport experts, district councillors, residents urge Hong Kong government to rethink decision to scrap Kai Tak elevated monorail project
A transport professionals' group wants the Hong Kong government to rethink its decision to scrap a proposal for a HK$12 billion (US$1.55 billion) elevated rail link cutting across the heart of Kowloon ... ( read original story ...)
The world is shamefully silent on the plight of Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai looks to be facing a long prison sentence for allegedly breaking the territory’s new national security law. Mr Lai, who is in his seventies, is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Charged Under National Security Law
Hong Kong democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security, local ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Democracy Activist Jimmy Lai Denied Bail
The media mogul and prominent critic of China's ruling Communist Party remains in prison after his arrest for allegedly violating a controversial new national security law. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai denied bail
The 72-year-old media tycoon was charged under China’s draconian new security law on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai used tabloid and Twitter to push for illegal sanctions against local and Chinese authorities, prosecutors say
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying used his Apple Daily tabloid and his Twitter account to call for sanctions against local and mainland Chinese authorities, according to a document ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: first Covid-19 vaccines may not prevent infection but can halt complications, health chief says, as city logs 69 new cases
The first Covid-19 vaccines Hong Kong would receive might not protect residents from infection but could prevent health complications arising from the disease, health authorities said on Saturday as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: 69 new Covid-19 cases confirmed, health chief says first vaccines may not prevent infection but can halt complications
Hong Kong confirmed 69 Covid-19 infections on Saturday, the lowest daily figure in nearly three weeks, as the health minister admitted the first batch of vaccines might not fully protect residents ... ( read original story ...)