Hong Kong’s workers and house-hunters stood to benefit most from initiatives announced by the city’s leader on Wednesday. In a 40-minute speech to the Legislative Council, Chief Executive Carrie Lam C... ( read original story ...)
Some Hong Kong lawmakers walk out of policy address over media ‘persecution’
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some Hong Kong lawmakers walked out of the Legislative Council as city leader Carrie Lam was about to give her annual policy address on Wednesday, protesting against the rejectio... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lawmakers walkout over media freedoms at city leader’s policy address
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong lawmakers protested in support of media freedoms on Wednesday ahead of city leader Carrie Lam's annual policy address laying out policy priorities for the coming year. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader declines to clarify why British journalist forced to leave
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday would not explain why authorities rejected a work visa renewal for a prominent British journalist, in an unprecedented case that has tarnis... ( read original story ...)
Outraged Hong Kong media, legal groups seek explanation of journalist’s visa rejection
Chinese-ruled Hong Kong last week rejected an application to renew the work visa of Financial Times Asia news editor Victor Mallet, who also serves as the vice-president of the city's Foreign Correspo... ( read original story ...)
China state media says Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ policy remains
The Financial Times newspaper said last week Hong Kong authorities had rejected an application to renew the work visa of Asia news editor Victor Mallet, who also served as the vice-president of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong rejects visa for FT editor Victor Mallet
Hong Kong has refused to renew a work visa for the Asia news editor of the Financial Times, sparking concerns from the UK government. Victor Mallet is also vice-president of the city's Foreign Corresp... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong press freedom in question as FT journalist denied visa
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has refused to renew a work visa for the Asia news editor of the Financial Times, who is also an official of the city’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC), a decision t... ( read original story ...)
Financial Times says Hong Kong denied editor’s visa renewal
The Financial Times said Friday that Hong Kong's government has refused to renew the work visa of its Asia news editor, in what human rights activists say is the latest sign of a deteriorating ... ( read original story ...)
Short Sellers Feast on Hong Kong Stocks as China Investors Brace
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s stock market has barely ever been this bearish. Short-selling turnover soared to almost 18 percent of the total value of shares traded in the city Thursday, exchange data co... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong woman, 97, escapes unscathed after driving into HK$1.78 million Maserati then hitting Marriott Hotel wall
A 97-year-old motorist was lucky to escape unscathed after her car hit a stationary Maserati before slamming into a wall at the Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong. The incident took place at the hotel’s main ... ( read original story ...)
Should Hong Kong workers get the day off after a typhoon? Calls grow to give leader power to declare state of disaster
Hong Kong’s two rival political camps put aside their differences on Thursday to lobby the government for a law empowering the city’s leader to give workers the day off after extreme weather such as r... ( read original story ...)
Judge grants temporary ban on busking at Times Square shopping centre in Hong Kong
A Hong Kong court on Friday granted a temporary ban on street performers busking at a shopping centre in Causeway Bay. High Court judge Mr Justice Godfrey Lam Wan-ho approved the request by Times Squa... ( read original story ...)
Judge: No bail for Hong Kong man in UN-linked bribery case
NEW YORK — A United Nations-linked bribery case against a Hong Kong businessman seems stronger after a prosecutor revealed that a former co-defendant will testify at trial that Chad's president reject... ( read original story ...)