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Hong Kong court adjourns sedition case against martial arts coach to July, assistant denied bail

The assistant was refused bail on national security grounds even though she has not been charged with such an offence.

by Kelly Ho 8 mins ago14:17, 19 May 2022

Security police ordered news outlet to remove entries on 2016 Hong Kong ‘national flag’ contest – reports

The fact that Passion Times kept the photos on its website after the national security law was enacted in 2020 was “challenging the law,” according to sources cited by local media.

by Almond Li 50 mins ago13:35, 19 May 2022

Covid-19: Hong Kong excluded from Japan’s tourism trial, Sinovac jab not recognised

42.7 per cent of double-jabbed Hong Kong residents received Sinovac, whilst the rest received the more widely-recognised German-developed BioNTech vaccine.

by Tom Grundy 1 hour ago13:41, 19 May 2022

Head of Hong Kong journalist group to join 6-month UK fellowship programme, will not ‘actively’ seek re-election

The Hong Kong Journalists Association has previously come under fire from the security minister but said it was only trying to protect press freedom.

by Candice Chau 2 hours ago12:11, 19 May 2022

Hong Kong bars, clubs reopen; restaurants allowed to operate until midnight as Covid-19 rules ease

Gym goers also do not have to wear masks while exercising indoors if fitness centres meet the authorities’ requirements on air change.

by Hillary Leung 6 hours ago19:17, 18 May 2022

Hong Kong national security police demand online outlet remove ‘sensitive’ content, founder says

The founder of Passion Times, Wong Yeung-tat, confirmed that the content in question had been published on his news site but did not disclose any further details.

by Kelly Ho 20 hours ago10:52, 19 May 2022

Hong Kong has a PR problem – time to put an expert in charge of its information dep’t

“The government’s inability to fill the vacancy [for director of the Information Services Department] after more than five months signals a worrying lack of PR expertise within the government,” writes Regina Ip. “There is a dire need to repair and refurbish Hong Kong’s image overseas.”

by Regina Ip 20 hours ago19:04, 18 May 2022

Pro-Beijing party tops Hong Kong political popularity chart, poll finds

A recent poll conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute found that the pro-Beijing labour and political party the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions was the city’s most popular party.

by Candice Chau 21 hours ago09:22, 19 May 2022

4 remanded in custody over 2019 protest case linked to Hong Kong activists who tried to flee to Taiwan

22 hours ago09:19, 19 May 2022

Hong Kong gov’t restructuring to add 3 new deputies, 2 new bureaux and cost HK$95 million a year

14:11, 18 May 202217:06, 18 May 2022

Independent publisher rejected from taking part in Hong Kong Book Fair

12:41, 18 May 202216:44, 18 May 2022

China Eastern plane crash was deliberate, US analysis shows

09:57, 18 May 202216:57, 18 May 2022

Over 85% of elderly carers in Hong Kong showed signs of depression amid Covid-19, survey finds

08:00, 18 May 202219:16, 17 May 2022

Man attacked US church over ‘hatred of Taiwan’ – probe

07:00, 18 May 202221:14, 17 May 2022

Opinion

Why Hong Kong’s Vaccine Pass policy should be relaxed for the under 60s

“When vaccine passes are needed for essential activities such as access to educational institutions and workplaces – making it almost impossible for young adults to refuse vaccination – they essentially function as a vaccine mandate,” write Theo Chan and Ben Cowling.

by Guest Contributor

The law’s delay: how Hong Kong’s sluggish prosecutors lag behind their overseas counterparts

The long wait for a court decision is a palpable infringement of the human rights of the defendants concerned, writes Tim Hamlett.

by Tim Hamlett

Happy Mother’s Day – especially to Hong Kong’s migrant domestic worker mothers separated from their kids

John Lee: What do you call the prospective Hong Kong leader who has everything?

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‘Ghost bikes’ commemorate cyclists killed on Hong Kong’s roads

Placed at the sites of fatal accidents, James Ockenden’s “ghost bikes” project honours eight riders who lost their lives on Hong Kong’s roads last year. He urges the city to drop its “vehicle-first mentality.”

by Peter Lee 21:15, 16 May 202221:36, 16 May 2022

In Pictures: Hong Kong’s Shek O Bus Terminus – a modernist architectural ‘icon’ restored

Completed in 1955, the modest modernist structure in concrete and masonry has become part of the Shek O identity. “When you think of Shek O, you think of the bus terminus and you think of the beach,” architectural conservationist Fredo Cheung said.

10:00, 15 May 202217:15, 15 May 2022

How int’l and local media reacted after Hong Kong committee selected John Lee as leader

Whilst many local Chinese outlets simply stated “John Lee elected,” some overseas papers deemed it a “rubber stamp” race. HKFP rounds-up how the media covered Hong Kong’s small-circle election.

14:38, 10 May 202211:16, 11 May 2022

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09:00, 17 April 202209:46, 19 April 2022

How artist and writer Maoshan Connie helps Hongkongers see the trees from the city

09:00, 16 April 202210:39, 19 April 2022

After jail time and deportation from Hong Kong, US lawyer Samuel Bickett mulls appeal to top court

08:00, 26 March 202211:10, 26 March 2022

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Explainer: Small Chinese-language media outlets press on as Hong Kong’s big names disappear

According to both Beijing and Hong Kong officials, freedom of the press has survived unscathed since the national security law came into force in June 2020. But prominent independent outlets have shut down one after another and journalists have been detained on national security and sedition charges. The International Federation of Journalists says Hong Kong’s…

by Peter Lee 10:00, 9 May 202219:18, 16 May 2022

‘What’s his name again?’: Hong Kong stages election, unbeknownst to families celebrating Mother’s Day

The sole contender in Hong Kong’s small-circle chief executive race, John Lee, was selected by 1,416 pro-establishment voters on Sunday, which also happened to be Mother’s Day and Buddha’s Birthday, a public holiday. As votes were cast on Sunday morning, a dim sum restaurant in Mong Kok was packed with families, some taking advantage of…

by Lea Mok 19:30, 8 May 202222:41, 8 May 2022

Explainer: Hong Kong’s Election Committee determines who leads the city – what is it and how does it work?

Hong Kong’s chief executive elections have long been dubbed small-circle races, with only members of the Election Committee allowed to vote for the city’s leader. This Sunday’s contest – in which former chief secretary and security chief John Lee runs unopposed – marks the first such race since Beijing imposed sweeping changes to the electoral…