Court orders warden Cheung Kin-wah to pay 70% of the money after judge finds him responsible for causing the victim pain and sufferingVictim, then aged 21, has a mental disability and was unable to gi ...
Former Hong Kong government international law specialist to take over as head of Equal Opportunities Commission
Linda Lam, who worked in the Department of Justice for almost 30 years, will take over as chairwoman next monthShe replaces Ricky Chu, who will step down on April 11 after five years in the job ...
Hong Kong welcomed over 11 million visitors in first quarter, finance chief Paul Chan says, more than double last year’s figures
Hong Kong welcomed over 11 million visitors in the first quarter, more than double the amount in the same period last year, the finance chief has said. But Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on ...
Article 23 reaction: US and Britain criticise ‘incredibly vague’ new Hong Kong national security law
Washington and London stop short of declaring immediate countermeasures to ordinance covering 39 offences and using terms like ‘external interference’Bill had been shelved for more than two decades be ...
Hong Kong shopping centres offer free parking for first time in 20 years as 541,000 people leave city on second day of Easter break
Some of Hong Kong’s big shopping centres are offering free car parking for the first time in more than two decades in a bid to lure customers, with hundreds of thousands of people leaving the city for ...
Hong Kong shuttler Yip Pui-yin announces retirement
Hong Kong badminton player, Yip Pui-yin, has announced her retirement from sport at the age of 36 after almost two decades on the court. Yip, who’s ...
Hong Kong shopping centres offer free parking for first time in 20 years as 412,000 people leave city on second day of Easter holiday break
Some of Hong Kong’s big shopping centres are offering free car parking for the first time in more than two decades in a bid to lure customers, with hundreds of thousands of people leaving the city for ...
Beijing slams US plan to restrict Hong Kong officials’ visas over Article 23 law, says move belongs in ‘dustbin of history’
Commissioner’s office of China’s foreign ministry in Hong Kong also hits back at US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s criticisms of city’s domestic national security law.
Art world descends on Hong Kong as security laws spur censorship fears
A new national security law has deepened fears about self-censorship in the arts in Hong Kong, one of the world’s biggest art markets.
Radio Free Asia closes Hong Kong bureau, citing security law concerns
Radio Free Asia is withdrawing from Hong Kong, the U.S.-funded media outlet said, citing rising concerns about press freedom in the Chinese territory.
US-funded Radio Free Asia shuts down in Hong Kong over safety concerns
RFA says it closed bureau after passing of new national security law known as Article 23 ...
Green innovation: Hong Kong start-ups nurture trillions of tiny algae as carbon-capture tech to address climate change
Reaching a sufficient scale and the low cost of carbon-removal credits remain as major challenges for making microalgae a viable decarbonisation technology.
US Says Imposing New Visa Curbs on Hong Kong Officials Over Rights Crackdown
A supporter scuffles with police the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building during the hearing of the 47 pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the national ...
US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law
The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia says its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms.