Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Wednesday and arrested six people, including senior staff, for "conspiracy to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest 6 current or former staff of online media outlet
Hong Kong's Police National Security Department said early on Wednesday it had arrested six current or former senior staff from an online media firm "for conspiracy to publish seditious publication." ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Police arrest 6 journalists
The government said the six senior journalists were former and current staff of an online media company. They have been arrested for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications." ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong prosecutors hit tycoon Jimmy Lai, 6 former Apple Daily employees with fresh sedition charge
The new charge alleges that the defendants conspired to print, publish, sell, offer for sale, distribute, display or reproduce seditious publications. ( read original story ...)
A Fendi handbag for HK$499? Interpol alerted after websites tout phoney auctions for luxury goods seized by Hong Kong customs
One US-based site claiming to sell Fendi handbags worth HK$26,800 for just HK$499 included a picture from a June press conference that followed a massive smuggling bust. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong needs to ‘bid farewell’ to Western defined democracy, chart own path
SHORTLY after the Legislative Council (LegCo) election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) concluded on Monday morning with all 90 seats elected, the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong retailers forge new path
Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who had grown used to relying on cash from mainland Chinese tourists.In ... ( read original story ...)
Manhattan rewards mainland Chinese, Hong Kong investors as prices of luxury property rebound in busiest year since 2006
Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong investors who braved the Covid-19 slump to pick up luxury assets in Manhattan have been well-rewarded. Prices have rebounded in the market’s busiest year since at least ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-Beijing educators’ group in Hong Kong granted vacant school premises to set up centre for patriotic, national education
Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers to create centre for teaching classes on flag-raising, hosting ‘large-scale seminars’. ( read original story ...)
China to ‘strengthen’ Hong Kong as yuan trading hub, diversify forex reserves in 2022
Exactly what policy support Hong Kong would receive is unclear, but there is huge potential for the issuance of yuan-denominated financial products, trade settlement and use of the digital yuan. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong siblings arrested on suspicion of laundering HK$384 million through various channels, including cryptocurrency platform
Brother and sister found to have received more than HK$100 million from 380 different personal bank accounts of other people in nearly 2,500 transactions. ( read original story ...)
China’s gold imports via Hong Kong dip in November
China's net gold imports via Hong Kong dropped 16.5% in November from the previous month, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department data showed on Tuesday, although analysts expect demand to pick up ... ( read original story ...)
New Year’s Eve countdown: Hong Kong cultural district to be closed off to uninvited concertgoers if crowds get too large
West Kowloon Cultural District to be shut off to uninvited revellers if crowds outside countdown concert get too large. ( read original story ...)
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 6 others charged with sedition
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai now faces a charge of sedition after prosecutors said Tuesday that his former newspaper published seditious materials that promoted independence for the Chinese ... ( read original story ...)