A senior Hong Kong judge sided with the government on Friday and dismissed the first legal challenge to the city's newly enacted national security law, which had been brought by a jailed protester.
Apple Daily’s Jimmy Lai says he halted calls for foreign sanctions on Hong Kong after 2020 security law enacted
Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has said he halted his calls for foreign sanctions to be imposed on Hong Kong over a Beijing-drafted security law after it came into effect in mid-2020. He said that calls for sanctions after then would have been “suicidal.
A Hong Kong jailed activist loses appeal over the authorities’ denial of early release
A jailed Hong Kong activist has lost his landmark legal challenge against the prison authorities’ refusal to grant him early release under the new national security law.
Hong Kong court rejects first legal challenge to 2024 national security law
A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed protester’s bid for early release in the first legal challenge to the Chinese territory’s recently enacted national security law. Ma Chun-man was sentenced to ...
Hong Kong’s IVF Rules Send People Into Black Market for Eggs, Embryos
Hong Kong lawmakers have been debating relaxing some rules, including extending the number of years a single woman can keep her eggs frozen. The legislature is drafting a measure that would offer a ...
Hong Kong man, 62, dies after smoke spotted coming out of his flat
Police said they received a report of smoke at around 7.20am on Friday at the flat in Kai Yin House at Kai Yip Estate, a public housing in Kowloon Bay. Firefighters and police officers found the man unconscious when they arrived at the scene.
Volunteer ‘Pals’ bridge cultures and share Hong Kong’s hidden stories
A volunteer in the Hong Kong Pals, a program organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Kwok takes joy in sharing his city's hidden gems with visitors.
Hong Kong leader planned to axe ministers far earlier, sources say
Chief Executive John Lee held off to ensure his administration projected strong image in lead-up to passage of domestic national security law, according to insiders.
Hong Kong’s new tourism chief Rosanna Law: tough on housing abuses, big fan of Mirror singer
Law rose through the ranks as an administrative officer and served in various bureaus and departments after joining the public service in 1989.
Hong Kong’s John Lee sacks tourism and transport ministers in unexpected move
Hong Kong’s leader has fired his tourism and transport ministers, Kevin Yeung Yun-hung and Lam Sai-hung, in an unexpected move, a national news agency has said.
Hong Kong’s John Lee fires two ministers, replacing them with ‘proactive leaders’ with ‘reform mindset’
Chief executive repeatedly sidesteps questions on why the tourism and transport chiefs were dismissed. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Elim Chan on cancel culture, what she wants to do next and what she thinks of Hong Kong
Back in her home city, Chan hails improved HK Phil, and recalls her anger at concertgoers rejecting Russian music because of Ukraine war In November, Elim Chan returned to the city of her birth, Hong Kong,
Hong Kong Leader Unexpectedly Sacks Tourism, Transport Ministers
Hong Kong’s leader John Lee sacked his ministers for tourism and transport. Rosanna Law will replace Kevin Yeung as secretary for culture, sports and tourism, while Mable Chan will replace Lam ...
Hong Kong leader sacks two senior officials in aim to ‘do better’
Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Thursday he had replaced two senior officials in an unexpected move that he said would maximise social and economic benefits and help the city "catch up" with other ...