Government seeks to seize millions from jailed activist Jimmy Lai

The Hong Kong government is seeking to confiscate millions of dollars in funds and corporate shares it says are linked to crimes committed by jailed former

Grieving, traumatized survivors return to their homes five months after deadly fire

Residents of Wang Fuk Court return to their flats and retrieve belongings five months after a deadly fire in Hong Kong yesterday Keung Mak knew what

Firm files arbitration against Maersk, saying it schemed with Panama over port takeover

A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based conglomerate started arbitration proceedings against Danish logistics and port group Maersk, accusing the company of aligning with Panama in a

The probe of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades begins hearings

An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades heard accounts yesterday about how a series of failures contributed to the

Ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says 

Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison, in Hong Kong, July 28, 2023 Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai will not appeal the national security

Father of a US-based activist is sentenced to eight months under national security law 

Anna Kwok, second right, speaks to Sen. Jeff Merkley at an event outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., 2024 A  Hong Kong court sentenced

Court dismisses appeals of activists in a key national security case

Pro-democracy activist Lawrence Lau Wai-chung arrives at the West Kowloon Law Courts Building ahead of the national security appeal cases yesterday A Hong Kong court yesterday dismissed

Gov’t offers to buy apartment ownerships from fire victims 

Hong Kong officials on Saturday unveiled resettlement plans for thousands of people who were displaced by the deadliest blaze in decades last November, proposing to buy back

Chinese sea captain pleads not guilty court to damaging Baltic Sea cables

Finnish Coast Guard stops a small boat which tried to reach the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo, on the Gulf of

Former media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in national security case

Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong (Feb. 2021) Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media

Ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced today after national security conviction 

Jimmy Lai is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court in Hong Kong, Dec. 12, 2020 Hong

Hong Kong firm begins proceedings over ruling against its Panama Canal port contract

Cranes load a cargo ship at Panama Canal’s Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings,in Panama City Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings said yesterday

Uber announces taxi services between Hong Kong and Macau

Uber has launched a new cross-border travel service linking Hong Kong and Macau, alongside the introduction of limited taxi rides in Macau through its app, expanding its footprint in one of the Pearl River Delta’s busiest travel corridors.

Across the forgotten walls of an island, a flock of bird murals rises 

An Amur Paradise Flycatcher, left, and a Swinhoe’s White-eye are seen painted on the wall of an abandoned house near Wang Tong village, Lantau, Hong Kong T

Two activists plead not guilty in national security trial

Pro-democracy activist Tang Ngok-kwan waits outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend a trial, yesterday Two organizers of Hong Kong’s long-running vigil commemorating the

Conviction in Jimmy Lai’s case demonstrates effectiveness of legal system for safeguarding national security

The conviction in Jimmy Lai’s case was based on a solid and comprehensive chain of evidence, demonstrating the robustness and effectiveness of Hong Kong’s legal

Red lines and increasing self-censorship reshape once freewheeling press scene

From 18th place to 140th. That’s how much Hong Kong’s ranking plunged in a global press freedom index over some 20 years. Behind the

Hong Kong to launch public services kiosk in Macau

Hong Kong plans to open a public services kiosk in Macau, across the Pearl River Delta, enabling residents to access government services remotely, The Standard reports. The facility

Media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial

Retired Chinese cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, Jimmy Lai’s wife Teresa Lai and Jimmy Lai’s son Augustin Lai arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts Jimmy

Death toll rises to 159 as authorities arrest six over failed fire alarms

People hang paper cranes near the site of the fire at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district The death toll

Lee to form independent committee to probe cause of deadly fire as public pressure mounts

Hong Kong will set up an independent committee headed by a judge to determine the cause of a deadly apartment block fire that shocked the city, and

Authorities say netting on buildings that caught fire, killing 151, did not meet code

Hong Kong officials said yesterday that their investigation into a deadly blaze that killed at least 151 has revealed netting that covered scaffolding used in renovations

Grateful to be alive, residents who escaped the apartment blaze wonder what comes next 

William Li describes his escape from the deadly Nov. 26 fire that destroyed his home at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estatein the Tai Po district, Hong Kong

Death toll in Hong Kong blaze rises to 146 after more bodies found in apartment complex 

Hong Kong authorities say the death toll from the blaze in an apartment complex has risen to 146 after more bodies have been found. Shuk-yin Tsang, the

Lessons of Hong Kong fire tragedy must be learned

The devastating fire that swept through the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, on Wednesday, causing heavy casualties, marks one

What to know about the apartment fire in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s worst fire in memory was still smoldering in several apartment towers yesterday as firefighters struggled to rescue dozens of people who remained unaccounted for.

Fire that killed at least 44 burns in Hong Kong towers for a second day

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out Wednesday at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, Thursday (AP

14 people killed in fire engulfing high-rise residential buildings

Firefighters try to extinguish a flames engulfing a building after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district, New Territories

Fire rages through bamboo scaffolding at Hong Kong high-rise residential complex, killing 13

Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories on Wednesday (AP Photo/Chan Long

Our Cold Loves: Ariane Loze’s intimate experiments with the human gaze

When Belgian artist Ariane Loze speaks, she seems to sculpt each word as if it were part of a performance – deliberate, playful, and charged

Qatar Airways to sell its holdings in Cathay Pacific for $896 million

Qatar Airways will sell its stake in Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways in a share buyback valued at $896 million, the companies announced, ending the

Prosecutors seize yachts, luxury cars and cash from man accused of running cyberscams

Prosecutors in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets belonging to a Cambodian businessman whom the U.S. accuses of heading a

Hong Kong court rejects Tiananmen vigil organizer’s bid to quash indictment

A Hong Kong court yesterday rejected a former Tiananmen vigil organizer’s attempt to quash her indictment, pressing ahead with a landmark case widely seen as part of a

Main wreckage of cargo plane recovered from waters after deadly crash

The main wreckage of a cargo plane that veered off a Hong Kong runway and plunged into the sea was recovered from the waters yesterday, days after

Airport to reopen a runway after crash though it won’t be used regularly for now

Hong Kong prepared yesterday to reopen the runway where a cargo aircraft crashed and plunged into the sea the previous day, but said it would remain out

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