Category: Hong Kong
Two Sessions 2020: Beijing ‘out of patience’ after long wait for HK national security law, plans to proscribe secession, foreign interference and terrorism in city
The central government is to table a resolution on Friday to enable the apex of its top legislative body, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress [...]
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HK Consumer Council calls for review of city’s motor-fuel market
Hong Kong’s Consumer Council on Thursday called for a regulatory review of the city’s motor-fuel market after a study conducted by the watchdog found the gap [...]
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HK exam bosses agree to axe controversial history test question
Hong Kong’s exam authority’s council has decided to scrap a controversial university entrance history exam question on early 20th century Sino-Japanese relations, [...]
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Factbox: Reactions to China move to impose security laws on HK
Beijing is moving to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong following last year’s often violent anti-China unrest that plunged the city into its deepest [...]
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HK activists call for protest march against new security laws
Hong Kong activists called on Friday for people to rise up against Beijing’s plans to impose national security legislation in the city, prompting alarm that the new [...]
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‘This is the end of HK’: China pushes security law after unrest
China’s parliament said it will introduce a proposal Friday for a national security law in Hong Kong at its annual session, in a move the US warned would be [...]
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Ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai’s election ban overturned by HK court
Disqualified opposition lawmaker Lau Siu-lai won what she called a “bitter victory” in Hong Kong court on Thursday after a judge overturned her election ban, [...]
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Two Sessions 2020: Beijing sets sights on HK legal system as part of national security move
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that Beijing would establish a sound legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong. But Li [...]
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HK’s dollar tumbles on market jitters about Beijing’s plan to impose national security legislation
The Hong Kong dollar dropped sharply on Thursday as the approach of China’s annual meeting of parliament fuelled market worries that policymakers would push for new [...]
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Coronavirus: HK records at least two new Covid-19 cases, both with European travel history: sources
Hong Kong recorded two new Covid-19 cases on Friday, both of whom had been to Europe before falling ill, city health officials confirmed. The two new positive tests bring the [...]
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US senators seek to sanction Chinese officials over HK
US senators seek to sanction Chinese officials over Hong Kong Republican and Democratic US senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on [...]
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Iconic HK clothing brand Bossini’s share price doubles as investors back gymnastics star Li Ning to revive its flagging fortunes
Shares of Bossini International Holdings, the beleaguered Hong Kong clothing giant, doubled on Thursday as investors piled in on hopes Chinese gymnastics star Li Ning’s [...]
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Calls for protest march in HK as China pushes new security laws
Hong Kong activists on Friday made online calls for a march against China’s plans to impose national security legislation on the semi-autonomous city which many fear [...]
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Developers use forced auctions to snap up HK’s older buildings for redevelopment amid city’s land shortage
Some of Hong Kong’s ageing residential buildings are being snapped up for redevelopment through compulsory purchase orders amid a shortage of land in the city. [...]
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China says US’s Pompeo ‘blackmailing’ HK government
China said on Thursday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “blackmailing” the Hong Kong government with the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and that [...]
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