Ranked 14th, CityU partners with big names in accounting to create blockchain-based verification of academic credentials. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong helpers increasingly targeted by money-laundering syndicates, police warn as education campaign kicks off
Arrests tied to money laundering have surged in the past year, with 34 domestic workers detained in a pair of June and July stings Helpers are typically lured with cash payments to turn over bank ... ( read original story ...)
20-year-old Hong Kong independence activist sentenced to 43 months in prison under China security law
Tony Chung, the 20-year-old former leader of Hong Kong activist group Studentlocalism, has been sentenced to three years and seven months of imprisonment, making him the youngest person jailed under ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong off-duty police inspector arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting pregnant toy shop employee
Senior inspector with the crime prevention bureau is accused of kissing and molesting the victim, who is three months pregnant. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong has not done enough to fight the next infection wave, health chief says, pointing to adoption of tracking technology
City must further leverage technology to harness data and prepare for any possible fifth wave of the virus, Sophia Chan says, as officials prepare to iron out details on fully reopening the border ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Universities Have Fallen. There May Be No Turning Back.
Shrinking the public space that preserves the memory of the 1989 Beijing uprising has effectively turned Hong Kong into another silent mainland city. ( read original story ...)
Beijing Winter Olympics: Bank of China (Hong Kong) unveils special HK$20 notes to mark Games, with vertical design showing Great Wall against Victoria Harbour silhouette
City's finance chief Paul Chan says new design signifies Hongkongers' blessings and support for Games Applications to buy the banknotes will be accepted online or at any bank branch from December The ... ( read original story ...)
Uber driver hopefuls in High Court challenge against Hong Kong government over rejection of hire car permits
Tesla motorists Chen Hai-tao and Yin Wai-ho wanted to use the ride-hailing app to take passengers but their hire care permit applications were refused They are challenging those government decisions ... ( read original story ...)
Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital Weighs Hong Kong IPO Next Year
Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, a private health-care services group, is planning a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise a few hundred million dollars, according to people familiar with the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong plans to issue yuan-denominated green bonds
The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region plans to issue renminbi-denominated green bonds to further strengthen Hong Kong's status as an offshore RMB hub ... ( read original story ...)
A Hong Kong quarantine hotel guest went maskless and wore a ‘selfish’ valve mask. His neighbor got covid.
The two coronavirus cases — in travelers who stayed across the hall from each other — were “very likely to be epidemiologically linked,” local public health authorities said. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sentences youngest person yet under national security law
At the time of his arrest in October 2020, local media reported plainclothes policemen took Tony Chung and two others away as they sat in a coffee shop near the US consulate. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong jails 20-year-old student activist for more than three years
A 20-year-old student activist and pro-independence leader has become the youngest person to be convicted under Hong Kong’s stringent national security law. Tony Chung has been sentenced to three ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s first automated parking system to commence service on Thursday in Tsuen Wan
System installed in car park at junction of Hoi Shing Road and Hoi Kok Street in Tsuen Wan has 78 automated parking spaces ... ( read original story ...)