The first of three Hong Kong-based refugee families who helped shelter National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden when he was on the run, has been granted asylum in Canada. Vanessa Rodel and her ... ( read original story ...)
Human rights in Hong Kong ‘deteriorating severely’: Amnesty
Last year Hong Kong authorities refused to renew a work visa for the Financial Times' Asia news editor Victor Mallet after he hosted a talk at the city's press club by pro-independence activist Andy ... ( read original story ...)
Cryptocurrency miner Bitmain lets its Hong Kong IPO application lapse
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bitmain Technologies, the world’s largest designer of products used for mining cryptocurrencies, on Tuesday let its application for a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi sisters free after six months stranded in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (AFP) - Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong have arrived in a safe third country after securing humanitarian visas, their law firm said on Monday, ending a months-long ordeal as they ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia sisters given humanitarian visa and leave Hong Kong
Rawan, 18, and Reem, 20, arrived at Hong Kong's airport in September in a two-hour stop as ... Rawan said she wanted to study biology and gain a PhD in genetics. Reacting to the news, Lynn Maalouf, ... ( read original story ...)
Canada grants refugee status to some asylum-seekers who hid Edward Snowden in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Vanessa Rodel was so afraid to believe the news, she asked her lawyer to repeat it, five times. But each time, the message she had longed to hear was exactly the same, and each time ... ( read original story ...)
‘No regrets’: Saudi sisters hope for bright future after Hong Kong
The sisters watched the news of Khashoggi’s death unfold while in hiding in Hong Kong. “I said to my sister, ‘I’m glad we left. This is the country we left’, there is no regret at all,” said the older ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s plan to allow extraditions to mainland China and Taiwan likely to be uneven, scholars say
A plan to allow the transfer of fugitives from Hong Kong to places such as mainland China and Taiwan has been criticised as unfair after scholars pointed out it would not be reciprocal due to legal ... ( read original story ...)
Why is Hong Kong’s MTR hurtling from one disaster to another? Is complacency or corporate structure to blame?
Images of smashed doors, twisted steel poles and shattered glass shocked Hong Kong last Monday, as commuters scrambled to make alternative plans when news broke of a train crash , the first ever on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong MTR’s troubles are rooted in its identity crisis
MTR worker recounts 48 hours of toil to get derailed train back on track I’ll be frank here: I try to follow the news about how many inquiries ... consulting business advising railways outside Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 20th case of measles infection this year as hundreds of airport workers scramble for vaccine
Hong Kong recorded another measles infection on Sunday, as hundreds of airport workers rushed to take the vaccine over the weekend after at least five infections were linked to the facility. The ... ( read original story ...)
What Hong Kong can learn from Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu’s openness and flexibility in politics
Why Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second city, is ideal for a weekend break Han was well aware of the political significance and sensitive timing of his visit to Hong Kong, as it coincided with Tsai’s Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong or Singapore: who to trust on China’s belt and road disputes?
Hong Kong and Singapore, two of the world’s most trusted centres for resolving international legal disputes, are competing to be the location of choice for settling belt and road disputes. READ FULL ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s former chief secretary Anson Chan says leaders need to do a better job assuring world that city remains autonomous
Hong Kong’s leaders are failing to allay concerns among foreign governments that the “one country, two systems” principle is weakening in the face of alleged interference by Beijing, Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)