Category: NEWS

Developers with large holdings in the northern New Territories are likely to negotiate for a lower land premium, as the area becomes the new focus of development, analysts say. ( read original story ...)

CBI has sent a judicial request to Hong Kong seeking assistance in its probe into a racket that allegedly imported Rs 156 cr diamonds with inflated invoices ... ( read original story ...)

One of Asia’s top Catholic cardinals said the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen is a cause of concern “about the situation for human rights and threats to religious freedom in Hong Kong.” ... ( read original story ...)

Zen’s supporters fearful that a crackdown on churches in mainland China could spread to Hong Kong The activist Leung Wing-lai was in prison when he first met Cardinal Zen. In 2018, while Leung was ... ( read original story ...)

When I hosted a talk by Roman Catholic cleric Cardinal Joseph Zen at Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club in June 2009, it never occurred to me that doing so would one day ... ( read original story ...)

The archbishop of Yangon slams Chinese authorities, concerned about the lack of respect for human rights and threats to religious freedom in the former British colony. In a state governed by the rule ... ( read original story ...)

Civil service minister Patrick Nip says some posts to be open to those with ‘professional skills’, including positions facing ‘succession difficulties’. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong judges should think twice about whether their social media interactions could damage public confidence in the judiciary and refrain from personally responding to doxxing attacks, newly ... ( read original story ...)

The CBI had first approached the Home Ministry with its application for the go-ahead for sending the LR. After getting the nod under Section 166 A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the application ... ( read original story ...)

New head coach confirms 25-man squad with several new faces for qualifying campaign, after accusing mainland Chinese clubs of pressuring players to withdraw. ( read original story ...)

Thousands of commuters, some lost and confused, swarmed through a mega railway interchange at Hong Kong’s Admiralty station on Monday morning, the first working day since the opening of the East Rail ... ( read original story ...)

But, is Hong Kong a destination worth considering? While the region does not always appear among the most popular medical tourism destinations, Hong Kong is certainly establishing itself as an ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong could face a sixth wave of Covid-19 in two weeks’ time, Gabriel Leung, the dean of the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) medical school, has said, according to local media. According to HK01 ... ( read original story ...)

Taking the helm at a time when the Hong Kong Bar Association is hard-pressed to mend ties with Beijing, new chairman Victor Dawes acknowledges that it can feel like he is treading a tightrope. He ... ( read original story ...)