Hong Kong’s incoming leader John Lee Ka-chiu is one step closer to finalising his cabinet line-up, opting for continuity by retaining at least nine incumbent officials while bringing on board six ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Filmmakers Build New Homes, Festivals Overseas
To Hong Kong documentary filmmaker Ngan Chi-sing, seeking asylum in the U.K. is going to be one of his priorities in the coming year. That’s because he has made a film about the 2019 protests that he ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Israel, BIS, Hong Kong cenbank to test retail CBDC feasibility
Israel's central bank said on Thursday it was teaming up with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of International Settlements' (BIS) Innovation Lab to test the feasibility of a central bank ... ( read original story ...)
In These New Textbooks, Hong Kong Was Never a British Colony
The books are part of China’s effort to instill a particular historical narrative and to stress patriotic education in a city where a pro-democracy movement was crushed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong braces for capital outflow after 75-basis point base rate increase in lockstep with US Federal Reserve
Hong Kong's financial secretary and de facto central banker both said the city's banking system has enough liquidity even if they brace for capital outflows The city's commercial banks are keeping ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bids farewell to Jumbo Kingdom, the world’s largest floating restaurant
Measuring about 260 feet long, the colossal three-story Jumbo Floating Restaurant was famous for its gigantic green and red neon sign reading "foon ying gwong lam," Chinese for welcome. ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong school textbooks say city was not a British colony
New textbooks sent to Hong Kong secondary schools teach that the city was not a British colony, but an occupied territory — a recasting of history that is part of Beijing’s id ... ( read original story ...)
China rewrites textbooks to insist Hong Kong was never a colony
Hong Kong was never a British colony, new textbooks insist, as the Chinese government overhauls a subject blamed for inspiring recent pro-democracy protests. Students taking liberal studies lessons ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong customs arrests 51-year-old woman on suspicion of laundering more than HK$350 million over 3 years
Senior customs investigator says suspect had allegedly laundered illegal proceeds in series of more than 1,500 transactions between November 2018 and October 2021. ( read original story ...)
New textbooks say Hong Kong wasn’t British colony
New textbooks for Hong Kong schools will state the territory was never a British colony, local media report.Instead, the books declare the British "only exercised colonial rule" in Hong Kong - a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 1,047 new coronavirus infections
Hong Kong reported 1,047 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the first time the daily tally has topped 1,000 since mid-April, as cases crept up ahead of celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the ... ( read original story ...)
Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says
New textbooks approved by Beijing contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain. ( read original story ...)
New Hong Kong textbooks ‘will claim city never was a British colony’
School books will reportedly say China never recognised the treaties that ceded it to colonial powers during opium wars ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ranks 5th in list of world’s most competitive economies, climbing 2 spots over improved performance amid Covid
Hong Kong has climbed two places this year to reclaim the fifth spot in an annual global ranking of the world’s most competitive countries and regions, on the back of improved economic performance ... ( read original story ...)