Hong Kong's embattled government has refused to change its stance or be intimidated by activists' threats to launch a strike against Beijing's push to impose a national security law on the city. A ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing’s lessons and laws: why Hong Kong families are looking to Britain
Fear of mainland China is driving dissidents, parents and business people to take Boris Johnson’s path to citizenship ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residents fearing China’s security crackdown must be helped, Labor deputy leader says
The shadow defence minister Richard Marles says the Morrison government must seriously consider giving Hong Kong residents who fear China’s planned security laws safe haven in this country. Marles ... ( read original story ...)
Flash floods across Hong Kong as Observatory issues red rain signal
Hongkongers woke to heavy downpour on Sunday with flash floods reported across the city as a red rainstorm signal was issued. There was flooding in Tai Po, and the section from Tolo Highway to Tai Po ... ( read original story ...)
$140 Billion at Stake for Hong Kong Tycoons Backing Security Law
After 12 months of political turmoil, a pandemic and the worst recession on record, Hong Kong’s richest people have emerged with their fortunes intact. ( read original story ...)
Marvel’s WandaVision Is Facing a Trademark Battle with Hong Kong
Marvel Studios had to temporarily pull the plug on all of their projects earlier this year, including ‘WandaVision,’ which is now in a legal battle. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong in turmoil: whose side are the banking giants on?
HSBC was still clinging to the idea that it could keep its head below the parapet as China increased pressure for big companies to support its move to impose tough ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong national security law: two points to consider for court cases
Much of the Honourable Andrew Li's argument in "National security law must be in line with Hong Kong system" (June 2) is impeccable in upholding the common law principles of non-retroactivity of law, ... ( read original story ...)
Forget FILTH, Hong Kong is the route to riches
Mark Tucker, HSBC’s chairman, has seen out the lockdown in New York with his family. Noel Quinn, its chief executive, has been working from home in Surrey. Peter Wong, head of its Asian business, has ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong black lives matter event cancelled due to coronavirus and politics, organizers say
More demonstrations are planned this weekend as the national anger over the death of the black man beneath the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer showed little sign of abating. In Washington D ... ( read original story ...)
What’s the Passport Stoking Controversy in Hong Kong?
As China moves to tighten its control over Hong Kong, the U.K. is offering some residents of its former colony a potential route out: A proposal to allow longer stays in Britain and even a “pathway to ... ( read original story ...)
France tells China it still backs ‘one country, two systems’ for Hong Kong
French President Emmanuel Macron has told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping he is following events in Hong Kong closely and continues to back the "one country, two systems" principle for Beijing's rule ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s tycoons catch the privatisation bug as they pick up assets at rock-bottom prices amid stock market’s slump
When Spencer Fung first unveiled his US$150 million, three-year plan in 2017 to remake the 111-year-old trading company founded by his great-grandfather into a trailblazer in the digital era of online ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong students from Primary Four to Form Two to resume classes on Monday despite infection fears in Sha Tin
Students in Hong Kong from Primary Four to Form Two will resume classes on Monday even as concerns mount over a recent cluster of coronavirus infections linked to a public housing block. Secretary for ... ( read original story ...)