Almost 5,000 ageing Hong Kong buildings are awaiting safety inspections and repairs, the government has said, promising to speed up work after another case of concrete falling from a building. In the latest incident on Wednesday,
Hong Kong court sentences man to 3 months jail for insulting national anthem
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court sentenced a man to three months imprisonment on Thursday for allegedly insulting China's national anthem by splicing a protest song onto a video clip of a Hong ...
Hong Kong Takes Center Stage at Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023 As COA Claims Top Spot for Third Year Running
Over 800 of Asia’s elite bartenders and drinks industry experts gathered in Hong Kong on July 18 for the unveiling of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023. Brought to Hong Kong for the very first time by the Hong ...
200+ Hong Kong Stores Accept Digital Yuan – China’s CBDC Goes Cross-border
Over 200 Hong Kong stores now accept digital yuan payments, banks have claimed as China looks to take its CBDC into the cross-border space. Read more!
Hong Kong national security police ‘investigating family members’ of fugitive unionist Mung Siu-tat in latest home raid linked to wanted 8
Source says suspect's brother as well as his wife and son taken away for questioning before being released Move follows earlier raid on family home of ex-legislator Nathan Law Hong Kong national ...
Hong Kong braces for a court ruling that could spell the beginning of the end of its open internet
Hong Kong is bracing for what could be the beginning of the end of its open internet, as the city government seeks to ban the online dissemination of a protest song. If a court agrees with the ...
What Taylor Swift tells us about Singapore vs Hong Kong
Swift, like Harry Styles and Coldplay, is performing in Singapore but skipping Hong Kong for next year’s international tour. The American pop star — who performed in the Chinese special administrative ...
Hong Kong police raid newsroom after arrest
Rough Cuts Hong Kong police raid newsroom after arrest. Posted . Hong Kong police escorted media tycoon Jimmy Lai through the newsroom of his Apple Daily newspaper as around 200 o ...
Woman hurts eye as police arrest Hong Kong protesters
Rough Cuts Woman hurts eye as police arrest Hong Kong protesters. Posted . WARNING: Contains graphic images. Video taken by Hong Kong media shows emergency services surrounding a ...
Hong Kong’s graft-buster charges doctor with fraud for allegedly tricking Hospital Authority out of HK$110,000
Doctor accused of making false declarations on attendance records resulting in him being paid for work he did not do Independent Commission Against Corruption reminds public servants to uphold high standard of integrity to maintain public trust A doctor ...
US bill that could close Hong Kong’s trade offices advances in Senate; gov’t slams ‘gross interference’
A draft bill that could shut down Hong Kong’s economic and trade offices in the US was approved by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs last Thursday, bringing it closer to becoming law. The action was strongly condemned by the Hong Kong government ...
Bookworms gather in Hong Kong for yearly feast as one of world’s largest book fairs opens its doors for 7-day event
The large crowd, including foreigners and mainland Chinese visitors, flocked to the Hong Kong Book Fair, the city's first since all borders reopened. More than 300 people were in the queue at around ...
Aramco Team Series reaffirms plans for Oct golf tournament in Hong Kong
The Aramco Team Series (ATS) said on Wednesday that its plans to stage an inaugural golf tournament in Hong Kong in October would go ahead after the financial centre's government said it would lend ...
Hong Kong’s new national security chief was deputy minister in mainland China’s counter-espionage services
A deputy minister in mainland China’s counter-espionage services has been appointed as Beijing’s national security chief in Hong Kong. The Beijing Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said ...