Hong Kong shopping centres failing to ensure barrier-free access, poll finds
[South China Morning Post] - 12/12/2024
More than half of facilities at 26 shopping centres fail to meet minimum requirements set up in Design Manual – Barrier Free Access 2008.
In Hong Kong newspapers
Hong Kong condemns US decision to extend sanctions against local officials by five years
The Hong Kong government has condemned Washington for extending sanctions imposed on local officials through to (…)
[HKFP] - 27/12/2024
Mail damaged in post box fire
Some mail was damaged in a fire at a post box in Sau Mau Ping on Friday morning, according to Hongkong Post. It said (…)
[RTHK] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong opposition politician Martin Lee stripped of JP title
Lawyer and founding chairman of Democratic Party, convicted for taking part in anti-government march in 2019, loses (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong career scheme aims to give disadvantaged youth employment footing
Scheme, run by NGO SideBySide, has so far helped 2,200 people aged 16 to 30.
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
'Multi-entry visa scheme should be expanded'
National People's Congress Standing Committee member Starry Lee on Friday said she hopes the newly restored (…)
[RTHK] - 27/12/2024
Tourists urged to stay overnight after countdown
Officials have called on tourists to stay in Hong Kong overnight after the New Year countdown next week. Authorities (…)
[RTHK] - 27/12/2024
Taiwan President Office holds first China ‘expansion’ simulation
Taiwan’s Presidential Office staged on Thursday its first tabletop simulation of China’s military actions in the (…)
[HKFP] - 27/12/2024
Activist bounties, passport cancellations slammed by UK, US, EU, Canada, as Hong Kong gov’t condemns ‘slander’
The Hong Kong government has condemned “slanderous remarks” by the US, UK, Canada, the European Union (EU) and (…)
[HKFP] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong’s IPO boom awaits in 2025 as regulatory boost, interest rates align, bankers say
Deloitte forecasts Hong Kong IPO volume to surge 71 per cent to US$19.3 billion in 2025, which has been collating (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Fears for Hong Kong cinema chains grow as branch ‘temporarily closes’
Golden Harvest chain temporarily closes its GH V Walk cinema in Nam Cheong, amid a rocky year for film industry.
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Govt outlines plans for two new border towns
The government said it plans to build some 180,000 flats in two new towns in northern New Territories near the (…)
[RTHK] - 27/12/2024