Category: Hong Kong
HK protests: Polytechnic University scientist who tried to help protester shot by police jailed for a year
A Hong Kong scientist who sought medical attention for a protester shot by police during the 2019 unrest has been jailed for a year for taking part in an unlawful assembly. [...] » More
HK seizes smuggled Australian lobsters amid China ban
Hong Kong and mainland authorities have seized about $540,000 worth of smuggled Australian lobsters believed to be bound for the mainland, after China restricted imports of [...] » More
How a chance meeting and chat over beer led to arrest of HK murder suspect
A Lamma Island resident has described how she offered a beer to a “very gentle” murder suspect sitting outside a shop and kept him busy with small talk for 45 [...] » More
Teachers at HK’s kindergartens, semi-private schools next in line for Basic Law test, education chief says
A new plan requiring more Hong Kong teachers to pass a test on the city’s mini-constitution to qualify for jobs will eventually be extended to kindergartens and [...] » More
EXCLUSIVE Evergrande’s $1.7 billion HK headquarters sale flops as buyer withdraws sources
Chinese state-owned Yuexiu Property (0123.HK) has pulled out of a proposed $1.7 billion deal to buy China Evergrande Group’s (3333.HK) Hong Kong headquarters building [...] » More
China GDP: how will third quarter growth fare amid a power crisis, sluggish consumption and property curbs?
Buffeted on all sides by a property slump, energy crisis, weak consumer sentiment and soaring raw material costs, China’s third quarter economic growth could drop to as [...] » More
HK lawmakers in race against time to push through bills after Typhoon Kompasu shuts Legislative Council
Hong Kong lawmakers should hold extra meetings next week to clear the backlog of government bills before the legislative term ended this month, a pro-establishment [...] » More
Breezy Explainer: Here’s why HK University ordered the Tiananmen Square massacre statue removal
The University of Hong Kong will soon be carrying out the removal of the Tiananmen Square massacre statue. The statue memorialises the lives of protestors killed in the 1989 [...] » More
HK audit watchdog investigating Evergrande’s 2020 accounts
Hong Kong’s audit regulator said on Friday it had launched an inquiry into China Evergrande Group’s (3333.HK) accounts for the full year of 2020 and the first [...] » More
Shenzhen officials cancel meeting with HK leader Carrie Lam on her metropolis plan at last minute
Shenzhen officials cancelled a scheduled meeting with Hong Kong’s leader at the last minute on Thursday, depriving her of the opportunity to lay out her plans for the [...] » More
Ousted HK district councillor told to repay HK$110,000 in allowances to government
Hong Kong authorities have told an opposition politician recently stripped of his district council seat to return more than HK$110,000 (US$14,100) in allowances and payments [...] » More
HK stocks log third weekly advance as Geely, BYD surge on robust electric-vehicle sales
Hong Kong stocks rose for a third week as Geely Automobile and BYD propelled the benchmark index to a one-month high on the back of robust electric-vehicle sales in mainland [...] » More
HK national security law: teenage activist bailed ahead of subversion trial, but 3 other members of student group told they must remain behind bars
One member of a student activist group has won bail ahead of her trial on subversion charges under the national security law, but three of her three co-defendants were sent [...] » More
The fight to save China’s only Tiananmen monument: ‘When you destroy art, you make it stronger’
A vast pillar confronts visitors to Haking Wong Building at the University of Hong Kong. Towering eight metres high and tapering to a point, the fibreglass and concrete [...] » More
Would-be HK civil servants set to be tested on national security law
Applicants for civil service jobs will need to pass an updated test on Hong Kong’s mini-constitution and the national security law from the middle of next year as part [...] » More
