People under home quarantine will need to wear electronic wristbands while those who test positive at mainland border will be sent to isolation centres right away Health chief Lo Chung-mau says he ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong schools to relocate to new development areas to combat shrinking student numbers, education minister says
Secretary for Education Christine Choi says her bureau will not let schools with insufficient student numbers survive for sake of elective subject variety. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist ‘Grandma Wong’ sentenced to 8 months in jail over pro-democracy protests
Veteran activist Alexandra Wong, popularly known as “Grandma Wong,” was sentenced to eight months in jail over her participation in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Wong, 66, was sentenced at the ... ( read original story ...)
Merger must not take Hong Kong passengers for a ride
Loss-making Citybus and New World First Bus will operate as one company under latest franchise, and its performance will have to be closely monitored The renewal of bus franchises is a good ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Minute: Hong Kong authorities sentencing elderly protestors
It’s been a little more than three years since Hong Kong was rocked by a series of street protests that grew into a broader pro-democracy movement. Chinese authorities have since crushed voices of ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong researchers create algorithm to predict effectiveness of vaccines against variants with 95 per cent accuracy
Algorithm is world’s first bioinformatic platform predicting how well vaccines protect against variants, according to researchers from Chinese University of Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Drop time limit for Hong Kong graduates, urges NDP critic
An open letter from the NDP immigration critic is urging the federal government to drop a requirement for Hong Kong applicants looking to become permanent residents which she says is already excluding ... ( read original story ...)
Xi Out of Public Eye for Extended Period After Hong Kong Visit
President Xi Jinping hasn’t made a reported public appearance for 13 days since returning from a landmark trip to Hong Kong that was his first outside mainland China since the pandemic’s outset. ( read original story ...)
Four Hong Kong men arrested while trying to flee to Taiwan
Police said men, including one shot by officer in 2019 protest, had been hiding from law enforcement ... ( read original story ...)
Four Hong Kong men arrested while attempting to flee to Taiwan
One of the four was shot in the chest by a police officer during 2019 protests ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong grandmother who waved Union Jack at anti-China protest jailed for seven months
A grandmother who waved a Union Jack at pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong three years ago in protest at Chinese rule has been sentenced to more than s ... ( read original story ...)
Priest Begins Protest Outside Hong Kong Prison Against Detentions of Activists
A Catholic priest launched a three-day protest on Thursday in sweltering heat outside a Hong Kong maximum security prison, demanding the release of activists and democratic politicians held under a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist ‘Grandma Wong’ jailed for eight months over pro-democracy protests
Wong, a familiar presence at the rallies, used her court appearance to label Hong Kong’s government an ‘authoritarian regime’ ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader defends health code plan to combat COVID-19
Hong Kong's leader is defending the city’s plan to implement health codes that would more accurately restrict the movements of inbound travelers and people infected with COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)