Hong Kong police have launched a hotline for the city’s residents to inform anonymously on anyone they allege has broken a sweeping new national security law. Critics say the measure has disturbing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police officer among 11 arrested over suspected money laundering involving more than HK$200 million
A 23-year-old Hong Kong police officer was among 11 people arrested on Thursday on suspicion of running a money-laundering syndicate involving more than HK$200 million (US$26 million) since last year. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong airport worker confirmed with Covid-19, sparking temporary closure of two schools and suspension of children’s soccer training
The Covid-19 infection of an aircraft repairman has triggered the temporary closure of two schools in Hong Kong and suspension of some soccer training sessions. The Centre for Health Protection said ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong public broadcaster under ‘immense pressure’ as it attempts to help arrested journalist, staff union chief says
Senior management at Hong Kong's public broadcaster has been "under immense pressure" in its attempts to help an arrested freelance journalist who co-produced a news programme for the station, a union ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: People invited to snitch on their neighbours
Police in Hong Kong have launched a hotline where residents can report breaches of the national security law imposed by Beijing earlier this year. The law criminalises secession, subversion and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Homeowners Look to Sell as Emigration Demand Rises
Hong Kong is seeing a surge in home listings as the recession and a security crackdown by China prompt more residents to sell their properties. ( read original story ...)
Outrage as Hong Kong launches national security crime hotline
Hong Kong police unveiled a dedicated hotline on Thursday for residents to report alleged national security threats, sparking criticism that the move will deepen distrust among residents in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police launch national security crime hotline
Hong Kong police unveiled a dedicated hotline on Thursday for residents to report national security threats, sparking criticism that the measure will deepen swirling distrust in the already polarised ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: Chinese University threatens to cancel student event marking demonstrators’ five-day campus occupation
A Hong Kong university has threatened to cancel a student exhibition commemorating one of the most chaotic episodes of last year's anti-government protests over a poster it described as potentially ... ( read original story ...)
‘The great days of Hong Kong cinema’: how the State Theatre, city’s oldest, played a starring role in locals’ lives
High above King's Road in North Point on Hong Kong Island, Wendy Ng Wan-yee gazes at the roof of the defunct State Theatre, the city's oldest theatre and a building that has - in many ways - defined ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Couche-Tard enters Asia with near $360 million Hong Kong acquisition
Tard Inc has entered the Asian market through a deal to buy Convenience Retail Asia Ltd's Hong Kong unit for HK$2.79 billion ($359.80 million), the companies said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung takes government to court again, this time over handling of opposition lawmaker Claudia Mo’s ‘illegal’ basement flat
Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying has applied for a second judicial review against the government, this time challenging the Buildings Department's handling of illegal structures, an issue that ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs officials net shipment of nearly 8,000 hairy crabs, pinch driver on suspicion of smuggling
Hong Kong customs has confiscated nearly 8,000 hairy crabs and arrested one person on suspicion of smuggling at a border checkpoint in a record seizure of the popular delicacy. The stock of 7,700 ... ( read original story ...)
Clarks to get £100m investment from Hong Kong’s LionRock
Kong based private equity firm LionRock Capital is set to acquire a majority stake in troubled shoemaker Clarks against its investment. ( read original story ...)