Archive for November 19th, 2019
Sermons with saline – Hong Kong pastor offers protesters aid, prayers
Wearing cross and clerical collar, Hong Kong pastor Alan Keung says he brings God’s love to the masses in a different way these days, using saline to wash away tear gas [...] » More
Hong Kong protesters attempt daring escape down ropes as police seal off university
Protesters in Hong Kong staged a daring breakout from a university besieged by police last night as parents pleaded with authorities to spare the young activists, some of [...] » More
Hundreds trapped in Hong Kong siege raising fears of crackdown
A two-day university siege has transfixed Hong Kong, raising fears of a bloody crackdown on hundreds of protesters who remain trapped in a campus surrounded by police. [...] » More
Business Briefs 19 November 2019
* The management of Yeah 1 Group (YEG), given its media-commerce strategy, has agreed to buy a 50% stake in MediaOne for VND138.6 billion, including a 25% stake offered by [...] » More
Asian shares mixed amid cautious mood, eyes on trade talks
Asian shares are mixed Monday in a cautious mode after Wall Street closed out the week with milestones as the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 28,000 for the first time [...] » More
Asian markets mixed as dealers eye trade talks, HK rallies
Asian markets were mixed Monday on broad optimism that China and the United States are close to a mini trade deal, while Hong Kong rallied after last week’s hefty [...] » More
Stand up to violence and don’t waver, HK’s former leader Leung Chun-ying urges, insisting that police actions are having effect on protesters
Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying has reportedly urged members of the public not to be cowed by the ongoing violence in the city as he insists police actions have [...] » More
Amid HK protests, universities shut campuses to outsiders
Two Hong Kong universities will ban outsiders on Monday under heightened security after a week of violent clashes on city campuses occupied by anti-government protesters. The [...] » More
US condemns ‘unjustified use of force’ in HK: senior official
The United States condemned the “unjustified use of force” in Hong Kong and called on Beijing to protect Hong Kong’s freedom, a senior official in President [...] » More
HK celebrity Cecilia Cheung shutters business at Central HK fearing demonstrators
Fearing backlash from Hong Kong protestors over an Instagram post, actress and singer Cecilia Cheung temporarily closed her shop for business at Central Hong Kong. After [...] » More
HK protests: hundreds trapped as police lay siege to university
Hong Kong police have fought running battles with protesters trying to break through a security cordon around a university in the city, firing teargas at anyone trying to [...] » More
Tear gas fired as radicals attempt to escape HK university, battle with police intensifies
Masked radicals attempted to escape from the Hong Kong university campus where they have been battling police on Monday, but were forced to retreat as officers fired tear gas [...] » More
Chinese troops join HK cleanup as protesters retreat
Chinese troops came out of the barracks in Hong Kong on Saturday not to quell protests but to help clean up. It was a rare public appearance by the People’s Liberation [...] » More
Police swoop as HK protesters try to flee
Hong Kong riot police swooped on pro-democracy protesters trying to flee a university they had set ablaze Monday, in one of the most violent confrontations seen in nearly six [...] » More
Is ban on glass bottle recycling and collection points part of HK government’s plan to deprive protesters of materials for petrol bombs?
Hong Kong’s largest glass bottle recycler has confirmed that it had received instructions from the government to suspend collection and withdraw bins from the streets [...] » More
