Paul Chan, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said on Sunday that Hong Kong's economy will continue to improve with the support of the motherland's ... ( read original story ...)
‘Our Hands and Feet Are Tied’: Hong Kong’s Opposition Quit in Droves
The landslide victory of pro-democracy politicians in local elections in 2019 was a stunning rebuke of Beijing. Now, fear of retaliation has driven them to quit. ( read original story ...)
Amid an exodus, what Hong Kong needs most is unity
The exodus from Hong Kong is very real. Estimates put the number of Hongkongers departing the city at 1,000 a day. More than 15,000 students have dropped out of the local educational system - though ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has responsibility to implement sanctions law, says financial secretary
Washington's acts of bullying and interference in the city's affairs are intensifying, Paul Chan wrote.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy group behind massive protests disbands
A pro-democracy group that organized some of the biggest protests during months of political upheaval in Hong Kong in 2019 says it is dissolving ... ( read original story ...)
Prominent Hong Kong civil rights group disbands, citing government pressure
Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the pro-democracy group that organized some of Hong Kong's biggest protests, announced Sunday that it was disbanding -- the latest of a string of civic organizations ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong group behind major pro-democracy protests disbands amid police pressure
End of Civil Human Rights Front comes days after police suggested its past rallies may have violated national security law ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Has ‘Responsibility’ to Implement Sanctions Law: Chan
Hong Kong has a “constitutional responsibility” to implement the anti-sanctions law that China has passed to ensure the city’s long-term and steady development, Financial Secretary Paul Chan wrote in ... ( read original story ...)
Outgoing Japan envoy to Hong Kong calls for easing of Greater Bay Area Covid-19 travel restrictions to boost business
Outgoing Japanese Consul General Mitsuhiro Wada called for an easing of border restrictions in the Greater Bay Area and said Tokyo’s stance is that Hong Kong ‘develops in a democratic and stable ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s housing crisis long blamed on land shortage, but are other factors at play?
Project delays, focus on luxury flats by city’s rail giant, which is allowed to develop land above and around stations, have caused concernUrban Renewal Authority, meanwhile, producing just 700 flats ... ( read original story ...)
Singer Poki Ng accused of being the Kris Wu of Hong Kong
HONG KONG - Singer Poki Ng of Hong Kong boy band Error has been accused of drugging and raping women in a case which echoes the recent one of Canadian star Kris Wu, who was arrested last month in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Election Committee’s mainland China-linked ‘patriotic force’ likely to dampen influence of property tycoons
Top executives of mainland Chinese enterprises and business associations make up a new "patriotic force" in Hong Kong's powerful revamped Election Committee, drastically weakening the political clout ... ( read original story ...)
Britain, Canada, United States and Taiwan popular options for Hong Kong residents leaving city
Immigration consultants and analysts warn number leaving could be on rise under new paths offered by countries including Britain and Canada. ( read original story ...)
What’s Next For The Pro-Democracy Movement In Hong Kong
NPR's Scott Simon asks Samuel Chu, managing director of the U.S.-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, about the state of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)