China hawk Rubio likely to take hard line on Hong Kong but Beijing well prepared: experts
[South China Morning Post] - 11/14/2024
Donald Trump’s pick for US secretary of state previously had a key role in getting bills against Hong Kong passed.
In Hong Kong newspapers
US-based staff of Taiwan chip giant TSMC sue firm for alleged discrimination against non-Asian workers
More than a dozen US-based employees of Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC have sued the company for apparent (…)
[HKFP] - 14/11/2024
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park to begin trial matches at 50,000-seat stadium in January
Authorities are holding multiple trial events at smaller facilities across the park in run-up to testing the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
Seven sentenced over 2019 bomb plot
The mastermind of a plot to plant bombs and shoot police officers in 2019 was on Thursday jailed for more than 23 (…)
[RTHK] - 14/11/2024
Hong Kong child protection group logs spike in calls from professionals working with minors
Against Child Abuse says social workers, medical staff and teachers among those that made about 180 hotline calls, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
Head of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party says members have faced harassment in run-up to internal election
Members of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, as well as their families and employers, have received harassing messages (…)
[HKFP] - 14/11/2024
Hong Kong police hunt for burglar who stole cash from kindergarten during T8 typhoon alert
Man took advantage of deserted streets during No 8 typhoon signal for Tropical Storm Toraji to break into school and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
Hong Kong re-numbers lamp posts with inadvertent reference to date of Tiananmen crackdown
The Hong Kong government has given new identification numbers to lamp posts that inadvertently referenced the date (…)
[HKFP] - 14/11/2024
Hong Kong police arrest 5 people in crackdown on illegal use of e-bikes, e-scooters
The five men, aged 34 to 63, were intercepted in Kwun Tong, Sau Mau Ping and Tseung Kwan O on Wednesday, police say.
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
Manulife executive in Hong Kong slams employer for ‘clinically dumb’ policies in autism cases
Damien Green, chairman of Manulife Financial Asia, is ‘sad and frustrated’ by insurers’ treatment of autistic (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
Taiwan will continue to strengthen military capability, official says in signal to Donald Trump
By Joy Chiang Taiwan will keep strengthening its military capabilities, a senior security official said, in an (…)
[HKFP] - 14/11/2024
Manpower shortage to more than triple by 2028
Hong Kong will face a manpower crunch of 180,000 workers by 2028, compared with the shortage of 50,000 that was (…)
[RTHK] - 14/11/2024