Hong Kong’s financial secretary has urged local developers to “seize the advantage” of strong Beijing support to advance in innovation and technology, after President Xi Jinping directed state agencies to give the city’s scientists greater access ... ( read original story ...)
Top Philippine diplomat in Hong Kong Antonio Morales backs calls to raise minimum wage of city’s domestic helpers
While Hong Kong has opened its doors to domestic helpers from the Philippines, Indonesia and other countries for many years, it was only about two years ago that some mainland Chinese cities followed suit. Gulf News reported that Filipino teachers would ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing police ‘edited’ video to mislead public over Hong Kong reporter’s arrest, journalist association says
The Hong Kong Journalists Association slammed mainland Chinese authorities ... The incident came four days after i-Cable News journalist Chan Ho-fai was kicked and beaten by two men in China’s southwestern Sichuan province while reporting on the 10th ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to reach decision by November on lifting Japanese food import ban over Fukushima disaster
On Saturday Japanese news agency Kyodo reported that Lam told visiting members of the Japan-Hong Kong Parliamentarian League earlier this month that she was exploring measures to scrap food import restrictions. It also stated that Lam hoped to make the ... ( read original story ...)
Don’t be demoralised by Occupy failure – change gonna come, acclaimed Korean news anchor tells Hong Kong
Hongkongers should not be demoralised by the failure of the 2014 “umbrella movement” but continue to fight for democracy, according to one of South Korea’s most acclaimed news anchors whose investigative reporting led to the downfall of the country ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong children expose their identities, thoughts and flesh to millions of strangers on popular iPhone app Tik Tok, Post finds
Hundreds of Hong Kong children, some as young as nine, are exposing their identities, innermost thoughts and even flesh to millions of strangers on the world’s most popular iPhone app, an investigation by the Post has found. Tik Tok, a fast-growing ... ( read original story ...)
Leading Hong Kong independence activist convicted of rioting, sentencing to come
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Friday found a prominent independence activist in the Chinese-ruled territory guilty of rioting, a verdict that could see him put behind bars for up to 12 years. The closely watched case concerned an overnight ... ( read original story ...)