New textbooks sent to Hong Kong secondary schools teach that the city was not a British colony, but an occupied territory — a recasting of history that is part of Beijing’s id ... ( read original story ...)
China rewrites textbooks to insist Hong Kong was never a colony
Hong Kong was never a British colony, new textbooks insist, as the Chinese government overhauls a subject blamed for inspiring recent pro-democracy protests. Students taking liberal studies lessons ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs arrests 51-year-old woman on suspicion of laundering more than HK$350 million over 3 years
Senior customs investigator says suspect had allegedly laundered illegal proceeds in series of more than 1,500 transactions between November 2018 and October 2021. ( read original story ...)
Agents intercept P2.3-million HK-bound cocaine shipment
Government agents assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport have seized a Hong Kong-bound shipment of cocaine worth more than ... ( read original story ...)
SCMP picks Catherine So as chief executive, tapping Hong Kong media and tech veteran to run one of Asia’s oldest English newspapers
Liu, who has led the newspaper for five and half years, fundamentally transformed one of Asia’s oldest newspapers into a 21st-century information product that reacted to news events and responded to ... ( read original story ...)
25 years on, Hong Kong SAR shines brighter with world-beating performance
On July 1, 1997, China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was established. Since its return to the motherland, Hong Kong has been on a ... ( read original story ...)
New textbooks say Hong Kong wasn’t British colony
New textbooks for Hong Kong schools will state the territory was never a British colony, local media report.Instead, the books declare the British "only exercised colonial rule" in Hong Kong - a ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba leads Hong Kong stocks to best gain in a week as China data shows traction in recovery before Fed rate decision
New reports on China’s economic pulse beat market consensus, helping calm the market roiled by concerns about the most aggressive Fed tightening since 1994. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Bars See Mass Cancellations Ahead of New Testing Rule
Hong Kong’s bar and nightclub owners were caught off-guard when government officials announced that their patrons would have to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test in order to enter, starting in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines to launch first scheduled commercial flight to Bangkok in July, fleet expansion plans on hold amid Covid border measures
Chief Algernon Yau tells Post carrier 'cannot wait too long' to get planes up in the sky Fledgling airline was set up in the middle of pandemic and has faced delays and hiring challenges, but 'remains ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 1,047 new coronavirus infections
Hong Kong reported 1,047 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the first time the daily tally has topped 1,000 since mid-April, as cases crept up ahead of celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the ... ( read original story ...)
Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says
New textbooks approved by Beijing contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain. ( read original story ...)
RMB treasury bonds worth 7.5 bln yuan issued in Hong Kong
China's Ministry of Finance issued this year's first batch of renminbi treasury bonds in Hong Kong on Wednesday, according to a statement on its website. The first batch worth 7.5 billion yuan (about ... ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong textbooks ‘will claim city never was a British colony’
School books will reportedly say China never recognised the treaties that ceded it to colonial powers during opium wars ... ( read original story ...)