Legal professionals, including a top adviser to Hong Kong’s leader, see no grounds for electoral authorities to ban any more candidates from running in the coming Legislative Council by-election after pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police finally defuse 450kg wartime bomb, 26 hours after it was unearthed
It was only the second time in Hong Kong history that such a large bomb had been discovered in an urban area, and it brought parts of the district to a standstill. Police experts began the final process to disarm the unexploded second world war ordnance ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong travellers slow to embrace Uber or Airbnb services abroad, survey finds
This reluctance mirrored the Hong Kong government’s attitudes towards such businesses locally, according to Amadeus, a Spanish B2B IT provider for the global travel industry. The company polled 300 people in the city about their travel habits and found ... ( read original story ...)
Protest in Hong Kong over activist’s election ban
Protesters in Hong Kong gathered outside the government's headquarters Sunday evening after a leading pro-democracy activist was barred from standing as a candidate in upcoming elections. The ban on 21-year-old Agnes Chow, who was at the forefront of mass ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bars pro-democracy activist from standing for election
BEIJING—Hong Kong’s government banned a 21-year-old pro-democracy activist from standing for election to the territory’s legislature Saturday, in a move her party called payback for the 2014 Umbrella Movement street protests. Agnes Chow was a leading ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is brought to a standstill as 1,000lb US World War Two bomb is unearthed at building site to force the evacuation of 1,300 people
Police in Hong Kong battled for over 12 hours to defuse a 1,000lb US World War Two bomb found on a building site after 1,300 people were evacuated from the area. The explosive device was found 15 metres underground at a construction site for Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)
Revamp of Hong Kong’s official think tank risks city being left out in cold amid China’s breakneck growth, former chief says
The Hong Kong government risks losing touch with China’s national development plans by downgrading the role of the Central Policy Unit (CPU) under a revamp being pushed by the city’s leader, a former head of the think tank says. Professor Lau Siu-kai ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong successfully defuses unexploded 450kg wartime bomb at construction site
HONG KONG - Bomb disposal officers in Hong Kong on Sunday (Jan 28) successfully defused a 450kg wartime bomb discovered a day earlier at a construction site in Wan Chai. A construction worker made a report to police at 7.40am on Saturday, prompting the ... ( read original story ...)
Government again postpones discussions on Hong Kong golf course housing development plans
News of the study set off a chain of reactions across the community ... One of which was former Democratic Party lawmaker Fred Li Wah-ming who was hired by the Hong Kong Golf Club, which runs the Fanling course, to lobby stakeholders. ( read original story ...)
Political storm in Hong Kong as activist Agnes Chow banned from by-election over party’s call for city’s ‘self-determination’
Hong Kong election authorities sparked a political storm on Saturday by banning a pro-democracy activist with strong youth support from running in a Legislative Council by-election in March. Agnes Chow Ting accused the government of “political screening ... ( read original story ...)
Talking the walk on turning traffic-choked Hong Kong street into pedestrian oasis
The 58-year-old former lawyer turned businessman and environmental campaigner – and grandnephew of late TVB creator Sir Run Run Shaw – is now busily promoting an ambitious scheme to pedestrianise one of Hong Kong’s most crowded, polluted roads. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow banned from Legco by-election
Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting was on Saturday banned from running in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council by-election, dashing her chances of becoming the city’s youngest ever lawmaker. The government said a returning officer had decided Chow’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bans pro-democracy activist from election
Her Demosisto party said the ban was "payback" against an entire generation. Hong Kong on Saturday banned pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow from running in upcoming elections in a move widely seen as political interference from China. China has increased ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bans young pro-democracy hopeful from election
HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government says it has barred a young pro-democracy activist from an upcoming election because her party's political platform violates electoral laws, in the latest move by the semiautonomous Chinese city to squelch dissent. ( read original story ...)