National security law, minister sackings bookend big year in Hong Kong politics
[South China Morning Post] - 12/29/2024
City continues to deal with consequences of 2019 unrest with a UK spying case, banning of a song and jailing of activists.
In Hong Kong newspapers
Bucking tradition, some Hong Kong churches host memorial services for pets
Several pastors are conducting pet funerals, complete with liturgies, requested by grieving owners, in shift away (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Bushfire in northern Hong Kong still raging after 20 hours
Blaze broke out on Saturday afternoon near Tai Tong in Yuen Long, with authorities warning public to avoid area and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Middle East ‘not a battleground for big powers,’ China and Iran say
The top diplomats of China and Iran agreed Saturday that the Middle East is “not a battleground for the big powers” (…)
[HKFP] - 28/12/2024
Hong Kong green group warns revised IT hub plan could harm bird flight paths
Authorities have revised plans for Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Firefighters battling big blaze on hillside in northern Hong Kong
Fire still burning near Tai Tong in Yuen Long nearly seven hours after erupting Saturday afternoon.
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
Man who allegedly pressed emergency door release on Hong Kong bus arrested
Online footage shows a man on road pressing emergency door release of bus and verbally abusing the driver.
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Crime in Hong Kong: Post looks back on 2024’s biggest arrests, scams and heists
City witnessed string of incidents that shocked the public, from the emergence of a new narcotic to a HK$200 million (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Gold could hit US$3,000 in 2025 amid continuing bull run
A recent World Gold Council survey showed 81 per cent of respondents expect central banks to bolster their gold (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Hong Kong hospitals to face stricter controls over ‘space oil’ drug
Sources say procedures on how anaesthetic etomidate is handled by medical professionals will be affected under (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Hong Kong worker killed by falling curtain glass wall at Kowloon West site
Incident classified as industrial accident after 2.5-by-two-metre glass wall struck a 53-year-old man at Sun Hung (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024
Hong Kong, Macau can grow China’s appeal in age of US containment
For China to break out of a US-led containment, both cities have a pivotal role in building global connections and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 29/12/2024