Archive for March 9th, 2019
Asian shares fall on doubts over US-China trade deal
Asian markets tumbled Friday on fears that the US and China may not be as close to a trade deal as President Donald Trump had suggested. Selling was also fueled by worries [...] » More
Southern district councillors call for less promotion by HK Tourism Board, fearing even more tourists, whom they blame for disruption
Councillors on the south side of Hong Kong Island have urged tourism bosses to go easy on promoting the district, fearing a heavy influx of visitors could bring more [...] » More
US envoy for religious freedom slams China during HK visit
The US ambassador for religious freedom, Sam Brownback, on Friday called on Beijing to end religious persecution in China, while requesting a visit to the country’s [...] » More
‘Chinese government is at war with faith,’ US envoy for religious freedom Sam Brownback tells HK FCC
US envoy for religious freedom Sam Brownback said on Friday that the Chinese government was “at war with faith” and has been misguided in Xinjiang policies that [...] » More
Fatal Citybus crash: camera didn’t spot broken-down truck because it was pointed the other way, HK’s Western Harbour Tunnel Company says
A truck that broke down on a Hong Kong motorway last week leading to a crash that killed two and injured 16 was in an area covered by cameras, but they were facing the other [...] » More
HK regulator suspends trading in China Ding Yi Feng shares
Trading in shares of investment firm China Ding Yi Feng Holdings Ltd was suspended on Friday under directions from the Hong Kong securities watchdog, according to a [...] » More
Domestic workers are the economic backbone of HK but some of its worst-treated women
On February 17, Baby Jane Teodoro Allas, 38, was fired from her job as a domestic worker in Hong Kong while on sick leave. The reason her employer gave for her dismissal was [...] » More
HK man had brain tumour but doctors at Kwong Wah Hospital forgot to tell him
A Hong Kong man has lost the ability to care for himself after Kwong Wah Hospital failed to tell him of a brain tumour discovered in a scan a blunder which delayed his [...] » More
Taiwanese team discovers link between sugar and pancreatic cancer
Experts nevertheless recommend not to avoid sugar completely A team from the Academia Sinica has discovered a link between the irregular metabolism of sugar and pancreatic [...] » More
5.2-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Taiwan
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan’s eastern county of Taitung at 10.32am on Friday (March 8), the island’s Central Weather Bureau said. [...] » More
Taiwan welcomes visit from Dalai Lama: DPP official
DPP Secretary-General Lo Wen-jia welcomes Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan Taiwan would welcome a visit from the Dalai Lama, Democratic Progressive Party Secretary-General Lo [...] » More
Trump refrains from judgment regarding reports of N. Korea restoring Tongchang Village site
Satellite images seem to reveal reassembly of certain structures Responding to a series of reports that North Korea has been partially restoring its long-range rocket [...] » More
Korea’s Moon names new point man on N Korea after Hanoi summit breakdown
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has replaced his unification minister who played a major role in detente with North Korea over the past year, his office said on Friday, [...] » More
S. Korea, US sign deal on Seoul paying more for US military
South Korea and the US on Friday formally signed a deal on Seoul’s increased payment for the US troop deployment, amid worries about the future of the countries’ [...] » More
Jimmy Carter offers to visit N Korea to try and break nuclear stalemate
Former President Jimmy Carter who once brokered a nuclear agreement with Kim Jong Un’s grandfather in the 1990s is offering to travel to North Korea to try and break [...] » More
