The Hong Kong Journalists Association has urged three news outlets as well as a group of local media chiefs visiting Beijing to explain the “highly unusual” retraction of multiple reports that include... ( read original story ...)
Don’t let Hong Kong be turned into base for interfering with mainland, Communist Party propaganda head tells media chiefs
Wong Wing-hang, who chairs the Hong Kong News Executives Association, told the Post that officials from Beijing had told the delegation that the meeting was for “internal communication only” and was “ ... ( read original story ...)
Law Society may plug loophole that allows foreign lawyers to work in Hong Kong, prompting fears of an exodus
Hong Kong’s professional body of solicitors is seeking to plug a loophole that allows foreign and mainland Chinese lawyers to work “back door” on local cases, but this has raised concerns it will only ... ( read original story ...)
China propaganda chief warns Hong Kong media over ‘interference’: reports
The reported remarks by Huang Kunming, head of the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda department, were quoted by Siu Sai-wo, CEO of Hong Kong's Sing Tao News Corporation, who spoke to the city's med... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong universities take a hit in latest Times Higher Education law, business and economics rankings
Hong Kong universities suffered drops in the latest Times Higher Education law, and business and economics rankings, with the publisher urging the city’s institutions to improve their teaching environ... ( read original story ...)
Will Tesla lose its cool in Hong Kong? Axa triples insurance premiums
When Jardine Matheson’s former Hong Kong executive Geoffrey Jones was shopping for a new car two years ago, a special package by Axa on Tesla’s four-door sedan caught his eye. The French insurer offer... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong MTR signal fault finally fixed after six hours of commuter chaos
More than six hours after a signalling fault on the train network sent Hong Kong into traffic chaos, the city’s rail operator announced that a temporary fix was in place and its four affected lines ha... ( read original story ...)
Tesla Has a New 50-Stall Charging Station in Hong Kong
Since Hong Kong’s administration scrapped tax incentives for private ... A previous version of the story corrected the charging time in second paragraph.) To contact Bloomberg News staff for this stor... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: thousands protest at plan to build new artificial islands
A protester holds a sign in the shape of a chainsaw with an image of Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam during a land reclamation protest in Hong Kong on Sunday. Photograph: Elaine Yu/AFP/Getty Imag... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s government tightens grip, moves closer to China
Hong Kong officials turn to police force's Security Wing as they ... Serving and retired police officers, lawyers and lawmakers told Reuters news agency of intensifying political operations by the pol... ( read original story ...)
‘Benefits outweigh costs’ of Hong Kong’s massive plan to reclaim land around Lantau Island
The hefty price tag for what would be Hong Kong’s largest ever infrastructure project should not be measured against the size of the public coffers, a think tank has said. That came as the government ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police receive 45 reports of incidents at West Kowloon terminus of high-speed rail, with 3 in mainland port area
Hong Kong police have received 45 reports of incidents at the West Kowloon terminus of the newly launched high-speed rail link to Guangzhou, with three cases occurring in an area designated for mainla... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong transport chief Frank Chan dismisses rumours that opening date for mega bridge to Macau and Zhuhai is in late October
“On whether the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge is going to open by the end of this month, I must say this is news to me. Personally I don’t have any idea when the bridge is going to open,” Chan said af... ( read original story ...)
Heeding China’s call, Hong Kong tightens grip on dissent
And this month, Hong Kong refused to renew the work visa of Victor Mallet, Asia news editor for the British-based Financial Times newspaper, after he hosted a speech by an independence activist. “We c... ( read original story ...)