Tag: Hong Kong
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HKEX chief executive says positive sentiment returns to IPO market
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) remained one o Kong f the world’s premier capital raising venues throughout 2022, with positive sentiment returning to ... -
Population drops for third year under Covid shadow
Hong Kong’s government announced yesterday that the territory’s population dropped for a third straight year as deaths rose during the pandemic and anti-virus measures reduced the ... -
Beijing eases meeting rule for US top diplomat in city
The United States consul general no longer needs to secure China’s approval before meeting officials in the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong, after a rule ... -
Transgender men win appeal over status change
Hong Kong’s top court ruled this week that full sex reassignment surgery should not be a prerequisite for transgender people to have their gender changed on ... -
Hong Kong transgender men win appeal over status change
Hong Kong’s top court ruled Monday that full sex reassignment surgery should not be a prerequisite for transgender people to have their gender changed on their ... -
Subversion trial for political activists opens
Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial yesterday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent. ... -
Hong Kong woos visitors with air tickets and vouchers
Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back to the international financial hub, racing to catch up with other popular travel ... -
Authorities to ban CBD, label it a ‘dangerous drug’
Hong Kong will ban CBD starting Wednesday, categorizing it as a “dangerous drug” and mandating harsh penalties for its smuggling, production and possession, customs authorities announced ... -
Hong Kong protests Biden extension of deportation protection
Hong Kong has protested President Joe Biden’s two-year extension of a program that protects residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese city living in the U.S. from deportation, ... -
Lawyers for jailed publisher ask to meet UK PM
Lawyers for a jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher have asked for an urgent meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a leading member of his international ... -
SAR scraps vaccine pass, Covid-19 tests for travelers
Hong Kong will scrap some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues, the city’s leader said ... -
Lee to press China anthem request with Google
Hong Kong’s leader said yesterday he will push Google to display China’s national anthem as the top result in searches for the city’s anthem instead of ... -
Court jails media tycoon Lai over fraud
A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison over the weekend over two fraud charges linked to ... -
Official warns lockdown protests hurt security
Hong Kong’s security minister yesterday warned that the city’s protests against China’s anti-virus restrictions were a “rudiment of another color revolution” and urged residents not to ... -
Chinese university students sent home amid protests
Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests after crowds angered by its severe ... -
Six Apple Daily staff plead guilty to collusion in Hong Kong
Six former executives of a now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper yesterday pleaded guilty to a collusion charge under the National Security Law that has silenced and ... -
Leader Lee isolating with Covid-19 after APEC trip
Hong Kong leader John Lee tested positive for the coronavirus after meeting with other regional leaders the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Thailand, the city government ... -
Court lets UK lawyer defend Jimmy Lai
A Hong Kong court yesterday upheld the decision to let a veteran British lawyer defend pro-democracy newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai at his upcoming national security trial. ... -
Court upholds veteran journalist’s conviction
An award-winning Hong Kong journalist lost her appeal yesterday against her conviction over making false statements in obtaining information for her investigation of a violent attack ... -
Hong Kong braces for Tropical Storm Nalgae
Schools and offices closed and some events were canceled in Hong Kong today (Wednesday) as Tropical Storm Nalgae swept past south of the city, while a ... -
Sedition trial begins for closed Hong Kong news site editors
A sedition trial opened in Hong Kong yesterday for two former top editors of a shuttered online media outlet who have been detained without bail ... -
Pro-democracy publisher Lai found guilty on fraud charges
Pro-democracy Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai was found guilty yesterday on two fraud charges related to lease violations, the latest in a series of prosecutions apparently ... -
Hong Kong nixes US sanctions on Russian-owned superyacht
Hong Kong’s leader John Lee said yesterday he will only implement United Nations sanctions, after the U.S. warned the territory’s status as a financial center could ... -
Yacht owned by sanctioned Russian tycoon docks in Hong Kong
A superyacht connected to sanctioned Russian tycoon Alexey Mordashov has anchored in Hong Kong as Western governments move to seize yachts connected to Russian businessmen. The megayacht ... -
Cardinal Zen, five others stand trial over fund
A 90-year-old Catholic cardinal and five others stood trial in Hong Kong yesterday for allegedly failing to register a now-defunct fund set up to assist people arrested ... -
HKSAR may announce end to quarantine as Macau continues to adhere to policy
US-listed gaming operators’ casino stocks in the city climbed earlier this week following reports that Hong Kong could announce the end of mandatory quarantine this week, ... -
Hong Kong man arrested after paying tribute to queen
Hong Kong police said yesterday they have arrested a man who paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II near the city’s British Consulate for alleged sedition. Police ... -
Hong Kong Speech therapists convicted of sedition over books
Five Hong Kong speech therapists were convicted of sedition yesterday after they printed a series of children’s books about sheep and wolves that a court said ... -
Political activists plead guilty amid crackdown
Authorities in Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under a tough National Security Law entered guilty pleas ... -
Population shrinks for second year under virus curbs
Hong Kong’s government says its population has shrunk for a second year as anti-virus controls hampered the inflow of new workers and births declined, but it ... -
Hong Kong cuts hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals
Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week, the city’s leader said today (Monday). The southern Chinese ... -
Last sawmill faces closure amid development plan
Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong’s last operating sawmill, has been processing timber in the city for 75 years. Soon the family-run factory near the ... -
Hong Kong book fair kicks off with fewer political books
Hong Kong’s annual book fair kicked off yesterday, with several publishers of political books prevented from taking part in the fair and others saying they had ... -
‘Raging Fire’ wins best film at Hong Kong Film Awards
Action-packed police thriller “Raging Fire” won best film and three other awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards Sunday, beating out a crowd favorite film about ... -
John Lee defends health code plans to combat Covid
Hong Kong leader John Lee yesterday defended the city’s plans to implement health codes that would more accurately restrict the movements of inbound travelers and those ...
