The alleged driver of a Mercedes-Benz has been charged after a video surfaced online showing the car crossing a safety island and travelling against the flow of traffic on a busy Hong Kong street, ... ( read original story ...)
Man slashed in knife attack in New Territories village, Hong Kong police search for suspects
Hong Kong police are searching for at least two assailants after a 58-year-old man was slashed in a knife attack in a New Territories village in the early hours of Monday. Emergency personnel were ... ( read original story ...)
Why banning Hong Kong’s Tiananmen crackdown commemorations highlights the authorities’ insecurities
Intimidation. Thus it was that the authorities in Hong Kong stuck their stick in an open wound and swirled it around. What special insight do Hong Kong authorities have beyond the Chinese Communist ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bar cluster sends Covid cases to highest in six weeks
Hong Kong is seeing Covid-19 cases climb again, with the number of new infections at a six-week high amid a growing cluster that originated at a group of nightclubs in the financial hub’s Central ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Private Sector Expands at Fastest Pace Since 2011Hong Kong’s Private Sector Expands at Fastest Pace Since 2011
Hong Kong’s private sector expanded in May at the fastest pace in more than a decade as the city gradually eased its toughest Covid restrictions and a severe outbreak receded. ( read original story ...)
Video: Hong Kong police move CNN reporter amid vigil
CNN's Ivan Watson is in Hong Kong as authorities move crowds to discourage gatherings, as residents remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. ( read original story ...)
Police Patrol Hong Kong Park to Enforce Tiananmen Vigil Ban
The ban is seen as part of a move to snuff out political dissent and a sign that Hong Kong is losing its freedoms ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sees most Covid-19 cases in six weeks amid bar cluster
More than 200 of the 515 cases reported on Sunday have been linked to four bars. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Hot Topics: What’s behind the debate on Hong Kong’s minimum wage?
The city’s minimum pay rate has not changed since it was last raised to HK$37.50 an hour in 2019, as an NGO urges the government to review the figure more often to keep up with inflation. ( read original story ...)
Video: Hong Kong police move CNN reporter amid protests
CNN's Ivan Watson is outside Victoria Park in Hong Kong as authorities move crowds to discourage gatherings, as residents remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. ( read original story ...)
Several arrested as Hong Kong police restrict public commemoration of Tiananmen Square anniversary
Hong Kong police said that six people were arrested near Victoria Park on Saturday (4 June), as public commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre was restricted. It has been 33 years since Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: 6 arrested on 33rd anniversary of Tiananmen massacre
At least six persons were arrested on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on the charges of inciting others to join an unauthorized assembly. Police confirmed that ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to distribute about 190,000 sets of RAT kits following sewage COVID-19 detection
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Sunday that it will distribute around 190,000 sets of COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits to people in some areas of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Tiananmen Massacre vigils are banned in Hong Kong, though memorials persist across the world
June 4 marked the 33rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. It was also the third night without keeping vigil in Hong Kong, breaking the longstanding tradition of honoring those who fell in the ... ( read original story ...)