Hong Kong press group chief won’t seek another term, cites growing pressure and smears
Ronson Chan, who has served as the HKJA’s chair since 2021, said he would step down at the end of his term. He said his re-election “may not be the best option” for the embattled press group.
Hong Kong gov’t defends latest taxi fare rise against criticism from both sides
“Taxi driving is a job and if the salary doesn’t see any rise for a long time, workers will be very frustrated, ” said Chow Kwok-keung, the chairman of the Hong Kong Taxi and Public Light Bus Association, adding that the industry was facing difficult times.
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Hong Kong to hire 250 non-locally trained doctors this year, Hospital Authority chief says
The Hospital Authority’s move to step up recruitment outside the city is aimed at addressing a labour shortage, with 1,032 doctors resigning from public hospitals over the past three years.
A pariah in the West, how Russia’s Vladimir Putin finds fans in Beijing
As Putin sat down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the capital, where a government that has not condemned the war strictly controls access to the media, Beijingers told AFP they thought highly of him.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin meets China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing to seek more support for war effort
It is Putin’s first trip abroad since his March re-election and the second in just over six months to China, an economic lifeline for Russia after the West hit it with unprecedented sanctions over its military offensive in Ukraine.