The rumbustious street performers who have long claimed one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts as their ... Drummer Miss Cheng from the band told local news site HK01 she was sad about the busk... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong freedoms at risk if ban on pro-independence party proceeds, former lawmaker Margaret Ng warns
Prominent former lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee has warned that Hongkongers’ cherished freedoms will suffer “a clear setback” if authorities proceed with the police’s proposed ban on the pro-independen... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-born Nepali, 21, to speak at UN about local ethnic minorities’ fight against racial discrimination
An ethnic minority youth in Hong Kong will for the first time bring the community’s ... “A lot of the time in Chinese media, they have news about how Nepalese men are gangsters, drug abusers and start ... ( read original story ...)
Fighting for the right to stay: for children born in Hong Kong to domestic workers, it’s an uphill battle to get permanent residency
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)
Will the Hong Kong-born children of foreign domestic workers gain the rights they say they deserve?
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s retail recovery at threat as mainland Chinese currency weakens amid US trade war
The nascent recovery in Hong Kong’s retail sector is coming under pressure from a depreciating mainland Chinese currency, with shoppers from across the border expressing more caution about spending in ... ( read original story ...)
Has generation snowflake infiltrated Hong Kong’s mighty police force?
There’s no doubt Hong Kong’s police officers have become far more political ... given how they’ve been in the news for all the wrong reasons. There’s no glossing over the integrity problem the force i... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s public libraries ‘U-turn’ on anti-LGBT+ kids’ books ban after uproar
Signup to receive a daily roundup of the top LGBT+ news stories from around the world The Hong Kong government has reportedly reversed its decision to remove ten LGBT+ children’s books from its 82 pub... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Islamabad considering chartered flights to deport Pakistani asylum seekers, top envoy says
Hong Kong and Islamabad are considering deploying chartered flights to send back hundreds of Pakistani asylum seekers, the country’s top envoy in the city has revealed. In a sign that it could become ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police operations chief plays down furore over minister’s remarks that officers ‘are not always the good guys’
A senior member of Hong Kong’s police force sought to play down the recent furore over a minister who said “not all police officers are the good guys”, as he gave reassurance on Saturday that officers ... ( read original story ...)
Ecologists left hopping mad after Hong Kong politician calls for tadpole cull because ‘frogs are too noisy’
A Hong Kong politician has spawned a furore by calling for tadpoles in a public housing estate pond to be exterminated before they become “noisy frogs”. Ecologists were quick to point out Yuen Long di... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong land reclamation explained: the good, bad and ugly methods of pushing back the sea
With 7,014 people per sq km, Hong Kong is the world’s fourth most densely populated jurisdiction in the world, according to the UN, trailing only Singapore (8,155 people per sq km), Macau (20,821 peop... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police seize home-made gun from two asylum seekers during stop-and-search
Hong Kong police arrested two asylum seekers from Bangladesh and seized a loaded home-made pistol after a brief struggle outside a public housing estate on Thursday night – the third such firearm seiz... ( read original story ...)
Edward Snowden: Fate of Hong Kong asylum seekers to be decided by Australian lawyers
But despite the hardships Ms Rodel faced after letting the "the most wanted man in the world" into her home, she said she she felt emboldened after reading about him in the news. She has become an act... ( read original story ...)