
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.
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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.

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.
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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.”

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.

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.