Tag: Hong Kong
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Revelers pack Cheung Chau Island for bun festival, a century-old tradition
Hong Kong’s iconic bun festival drew throngs of revelers to the densely populated city’s outlying island, Cheung Chau, to celebrate a century-old tradition that is rooted ... -
Court hears final arguments in trial of vigil organizers, hopes for July verdict
A Hong Kong court yesterday concluded final arguments in a national security trial for two former organizers of the city’s vigils remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square ... -
Regulators fine PwC $166M over China Evergrande audit
PwC, one of the world’s biggest accounting firms, is paying HK$1.3 billion ($166 million) in fines and compensation in Hong Kong over its audit work for ... -
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
Keung Mak knew what he would see and he already was hurting, but he had to go back. For the first time since Hong Kong’s deadliest ... -
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 2025 ... -
Ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says
Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month, his legal team ... -
Father of a US-based activist is sentenced to eight months under national security law
A Hong Kong court sentenced the father of a U.S.-based activist to eight months in prison late last week for attempting to withdraw some funds from ... -
Court dismisses appeals of activists in a key national security case
A Hong Kong court yesterday dismissed all appeals in the city’s biggest case brought under a Beijing-imposed national security law, upholding the convictions and sentences of ... -
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
A Chinese sea captain of a Hong Kong-flagged vessel accused of damaging undersea cables and a gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in 2023 pleaded not ... -
Former media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in national security case
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison in the longest ... -
Ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced today after national security conviction
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced today following his conviction in December under the city’s national security law. Lai, the 78-year-old founder of ... -
Hong Kong firm begins proceedings over ruling against its Panama Canal port contract
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings said yesterday its subsidiary started arbitration proceedings against Panama after that country’s Supreme Court ruled a concession for the subsidiary to ... -
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 ... -
Across the forgotten walls of an island, a flock of bird murals rises
They perch gently on concrete ledges. They nestle into peeling stucco. Occasionally, they soar across a stone house’s rooftop. A flock has landed in Wang Tong ... -
Two activists plead not guilty in national security trial
Two organizers of Hong Kong’s long-running vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown pleaded not guilty yesterday, while a third pleaded guilty before the trial brought ... -
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 system ... -
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 decline are ... -
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. ... -
Media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court ... -
Death toll rises to 159 as authorities arrest six over failed fire alarms
The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159, as authorities arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance ... -
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, ... -
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
It was just after 3 p.m. when William Li received the unusual call from his wife, who was at work, saying she’d heard from a friend ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 battled one of Hong Kong’s deadliest modern blazes for a second day today (Thursday), fighting to control the fire that blackened several high-rise towers and ... -
14 people killed in fire engulfing high-rise residential buildings
A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing 14 people and leaving others still trapped, in the city’s worst ... -
Fire rages through bamboo scaffolding at Hong Kong high-rise residential complex, killing 13
HONG KONG — A fire spread across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex today (Wednesday), killing 13 people and leaving others trapped ... -
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 with ... -
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 Qatari ... -
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 ...
