New Zealand has condemned authorities in Hong Kong and mainland China for their "attacks on freedom of the press" resulting in the "near-complete disappearance of local independent media outlets" in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s COVID misery deepens with new social restrictions, vegetable shortage
Hong Kong announced stringent new coronavirus restrictions and record new infections on Tuesday, while a shortage of vegetables added to the misery as truck drivers who tested positive for COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong denies U.S. lawyer’s appeal over assault in ruling critics call win for police impunity
A judge dismissed an appeal by U.S. lawyer Samuel Bickett, who intervened to stop a police officer from hitting a teenager. The case was seen as a litmus test of Hong Kong judicial independence. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court rejects appeal of American lawyer in police assault case
An American lawyer convicted of assaulting a plain-clothes Hong Kong police officer during anti-government protests in 2019 lost his appeal on Tuesday and was taken back to jail to serve the remainder ... ( read original story ...)
Conclusion with Policy Suggestions – HKPC x HKU Reindustrialisation Study of Hong Kong
The “big market, small government” non-intervention policy advocated by the Hong Kong Government under the British colonial rule in the 1960s and 1970s might be an appropriate economic policy approach ... ( read original story ...)
US seizes record US$3.6 billion in bitcoin stolen from Hong Kong exchange
Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, were arrested in New York for allegedly seeking to launder the proceeds of the 2016 Bitfinex hack. ( read original story ...)
Hawick Lau Reportedly Owns S$34.5mil Worth Of Property In Hongkong
Almost two years later, HK news outlets are saying that Hawick, 47, was never in a rush to go back to work because he’s pretty much rolling in cash: HK$200mil (S$34.5mil) worth of property in Hongkong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong imposes its strictest COVID curbs to date as cases soar
Since the start of its Omicron outbreak in late December, Hong Kong had already closed gyms and bars, while restaurants are only allowed to serve takeout in the evenings. The latest measures aim ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘zero-covid’ policy buckles under the onslaught of omicron – but authorities just won’t let it go
At first, scarred by the 2003 SARS epidemic which killed almost 300 here, Hong Kong residents were quick to mask up and stay indoors at the start of the pandemic. But most of the vaccinated population ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. lawyer loses appeal in Hong Kong police assault case
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Samuel Bickett, an American corporate lawyer found guilty last year of assaulting a plainclothes police officer in late 2019, when the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘zero-covid’ policy buckles under the onslaught of omicron — but authorities won’t let it go
HONG KONG — Ann Chan spent the last week of January locked down with her husband and two sons in their tiny 300-square-foot (28-square-meter) apartment. Her public housing complex, Kwai Chung, had ... ( read original story ...)
Covid live news: hundreds block streets outside New Zealand parliament, inspired by Ottawa; Hong Kong faces more restrictions after record cases
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says the will stick to a ‘dynamic zero’ strategy; Canadian minister says we ‘need to be vigilant about potential foreign interference’ in truckers protest ... ( read original story ...)
Children Of Late Hong Kong Tycoon Henry Fok Settle Fight Over Estate Worth $1.45 Billion
Born in 1903 in Hong Kong, Fok was forced to quit school when Japan occupied the city at the start of the second Sino-Japanese War, which began in the 1930s, but later entered the field of shipping. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong announces its toughest social-distancing rules yet as cases reach record highs.
Hong Kong will institute its tightest social-distancing rules since the start of the pandemic to curb its largest coronavirus outbreak so far, as a wave of Omicron cases has raised questions about how ... ( read original story ...)