Archive for July 20th, 2019
Masked group defaces HK Lennon Wall decrying extradition bill, puts up pro-government posters
Hundreds of people, mostly wearing masks, gathered in northern Hong Kong to deface a pro-democracy Lennon Wall and replace it with pro-government posters during [...] » More
1MDB scandal: Malaysia court grants US$11.6 million seizure of fugitive Jho Low’s father’s assets
A Malaysian court on Friday allowed the forfeiture of 48 million ringgit (US$11.6 million) in assets from the father of fugitive businessman Jho Low, signalling authorities [...] » More
Swine fever sends China’s pork prices, imports soaring
Pork prices have been sent soaring and herds devastated as African swine fever tears through China’s massive pig-farming industry, forcing the country to ramp up [...] » More
Asian markets rally on fresh hopes for steep Fed rate cut
Asian markets rallied Friday as comments from a top Federal Reserve official were pounced on by investors as indicating the central bank will unveil a deep interest rate cut [...] » More
Taiwan pledges help for HK protesters seeking sanctuary
Taiwan’s government said Friday it would provide assistance to Hong Kongers seeking sanctuary after local media reported dozens of activists involved in an [...] » More
Taxi driver accused of assaulting two men in Lennon Wall row ordered by HK court to report to police three times a week while on bail
A Hong Kong taxi driver accused of assaulting and injuring two men in a row over one of the city’s Lennon Walls has been ordered to report to a police station three [...] » More
Heavyweight backing for independent inquiry into HK extradition bill clashes
More than 30 senior leaders from across Hong Kong civil society including ex-government ministers and former allies of the city leader have called on the administration to [...] » More
Hand signals and Post-its: The HK protester playbook
Hong Kong’s youth are no rookies when it comes to protests. The city’s young activists have fine-tuned their strategies since Occupy Central in 2014, a [...] » More
HK land sale at former Kowloon airport receives muted response from developers
The biggest housing site on offer at Hong Kong’s former Kai Tak airport received a cold shoulder on Friday as property developers took a more cautious stance on the [...] » More
Greenpeace launches HK pollution campaign as volunteers talk about the impact city’s bad air has on their health
Ho had always considered herself fit and healthy, but she had a nasty shock two years ago when she suffered an incessant coughing fit. “I coughed uncontrollably, [...] » More
Opposition lawmaker Fernando Cheung withdraws his own bill to send HK murder suspect to Taiwan after it sparks fierce debate online
An opposition lawmaker in Hong Kong withdrew his own bill to resolve the murder case that triggered the government’s controversial extradition bill, hours after his [...] » More
Family of elderly HK woman who died after house call to lodge another complaint as coroner rules doctor ‘unreliable’
Relatives of a 75-year-old woman who died after a medical house call are planning to lodge another complaint against the doctor after a coroner found him an unreliable [...] » More
Tsai Ing-wen says ‘friends from HK’ will be considered for asylum on humanitarian grounds
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has acknowledged for the first time claims that Hong Kong protesters are fleeing to the self-ruled island and said it would consider any [...] » More
HK extradition bill protests begin to bite as city records drop in short-haul travellers
Short-haul visitor numbers to Hong Kong dropped sharply this month as the city began to feel the impact of the ongoing protests against the extradition bill. Latest figures [...] » More
Sheung Wan’s Cat Street: A haven for antique hunters in HK
Are you a “cat” or are you a “rat”? Amid the tightly-packed antique shops of Upper Lascar Row in Sheung Wan, this question used to reverberate more [...] » More
