Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies making appeal for hostilities against Beijing
[South China Morning Post] - 12/17/2024
Former media boss also pushes back against suggestions he advocated for greater US military presence in South China Sea.
In Hong Kong newspapers
Most of the complaints in the third quarter were related to bus and taxi services, Transport Advisory Committee reveals.
[South China Morning Post] - 17/12/2024
Police warn Carousell users of bogus payment websites
Police are urging users of the popular online trading platform Carousell to be vigilant against bogus payment links (…)
[RTHK] - 17/12/2024
Lawmaker Adrian Ho says he has ‘personally’ heard from pop stars whose applications were repeatedly rejected by venue.
[South China Morning Post] - 17/12/2024
Cutting civil servants’ pay would impact public’s earnings, HK legislators say amid looming HK$100 bn deficit
Cutting the salaries of Hong Kong’s civil servants was not the best option to tackle a looming budget deficit as it (…)
[HKFP] - 17/12/2024
City leader also promises smooth border crossing for mainland Chinese tourists ahead of Christmas holiday.
[South China Morning Post] - 17/12/2024
Hong Kong police began ‘twisting facts’ after national security law was enacted, Jimmy Lai tells trial
Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has testified that he thought the Hong Kong police had begun to “twist the facts” in (…)
[HKFP] - 17/12/2024
Death of gov’t arborist whose crane malfunctioned due to metal fatigue ruled ‘accident’ by Hong Kong Coroner’s Court
Hong Kong’s Coroner’s Court has ruled the death of a government-employed arborist an accident, rejecting her (…)
[HKFP] - 17/12/2024
China calls claims businessman with links to UK’s Prince Andrew was spying for Beijing ‘preposterous’
By Peter Catterall and Matthew Walsh China on Tuesday said claims that a businessman had used his links with (…)
[HKFP] - 17/12/2024
Draft of updated junior secondary subject aims to help students ‘recognise’ country’s contributions to science, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 17/12/2024
‘Prevention is very important,’ says Peter Leung of Interdepartmental Counterterrorism Unit on simulated attack at (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 17/12/2024
Govt urged to allow more tour groups to access sights
Tourism sector representatives on Tuesday called on the government to allow more tour groups to access sights and (…)
[RTHK] - 17/12/2024
