Lawrence Ho Ka-ki, assistant professor of social sciences at the Education University of Hong Kong, said such conventions hurt internal promotion opportunities and that female officers would now see m... ( read original story ...)
If China-US relations sour even further, don’t expect lobbying to help Hong Kong despite goodwill from some Americans towards city
At the gala dinner hosted by the foundation, many American guests, knowing that I was from Hong Kong, talked about their fond memories of our city. It made me proud. “I love Hong Kong,” former US amba... ( read original story ...)
Top Hong Kong judge calls for urgent reboot of democracy movement in city at forum on rule of law
The democratic movement in Hong Kong needs a reboot, a top judge told a forum on the rule of law in the city. Expressing concerns over judicial autonomy, Mr Justice Kemal Bokhary, of the Court of Fina... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong passport is now the world’s 13th most powerful, according to Arton Capital’s global index
Within Asia, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport was placed sixth, according to the report. It was behind those from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – which was also the world number o... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Fears Trump Will End Special Trading Status
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong business groups are starting to worry the Trump administration will open the door to ending the financial hub’s preferential trade status, rendering it “just another Chinese c... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong businessman guilty of bribery in African oil deal
NEW YORK — A federal jury in New York convicted a Hong Kong businessman Wednesday of bribing the presidents of two African nations to secure oil rights for a Chinese energy conglomerate. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong produced three times as much tree waste this year as in 2017, mainly thanks to Typhoon Mangkhut
The amount of yard waste collected by government departments that ended up in landfill this year was triple the amount of last year, according to official data, a reflection of a noticeable increasing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs monitoring travel website Trivago accused by Australian watchdog of misleading ads
Hong Kong customs is looking into a case by the Australian consumer watchdog against travel website Trivago, accused of misleading users into thinking its search results generated hotel listings with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong passport is now the world’s 13th most powerful, according to global index
Hong Kong people hold the world’s 13th most powerful passport, up five places from its position last year on an index gauging the “power” of passports of various countries and territories, made availa... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong private hospital competition heats up over fixed price packages to capture middle market
Hong Kong’s newest private hospital will expand its all-inclusive fixed price packages to cover more medical conditions and complex surgeries to ease patients’ fears over forking out more for complica... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker barred from contesting local election
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities have barred a pro-democracy lawmaker from running in a local election for "implicitly" supporting Hong Kong's independence from China, in what critics said ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lawmaker Eddie Chu’s ban from village election based on shaky argument, legal scholar Johannes Chan says
Johannes Chan Man-mun, the former law dean of the University of Hong Kong, was speaking on Sunday after Chu was told he would not be allowed to run for a post as a local village’s representative. Retu... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong business leaders welcome 90-day trade truce between China and US – but some are still considering relocating factories
Hong Kong’s business leaders are cautiously optimistic about a ... “Of course, the truce is good news to me. But we’ll have to see how things go in the 90 days.” President Xi Jinping and his US counte... ( read original story ...)
News-Expo to open in December
It was later included in the Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme and has been revitalised into the Hong Kong News-Expo, the first exhibition and education centre in Asia dedicat... ( read original story ...)