Chief executive contender Carrie Lam has published her election manifesto, shortly before the nomination period is set to end on Wednesday. The launch event was delayed as pro-democracy figures staged protests. Lam, often seen as Beijing’s favourite, will submit her nominations on Tuesday morning having amassed more than 400 endorsements. She hosted her manifesto launch at the MacPherson Stadium […]
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Hong Kong Free Press raises over HK$500K in latest round of crowdfunding
Although Hong Kong Free Press did not meet its HK$2m Fringebacker crowdfunding target during last year’s 2016 Funding Drive, HKFP is pleased to announce that the vast majority of donors “opted-in” to allow us to use their contributions as intended. Fringebacker confirmed last week that HK$509,456 worth of donations have been unlocked. Below is a letter to contributors from […]
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‘Free giveaway’? Relaunch of another Yuen Long small house land development plan raises eyebrows
Another land development scheme in Yuen Long has sparked controversy, with one land policy civil group calling it a “free giveaway” for indigenous villagers to build small houses. The government relaunched a scheme in November 2014 to start engineering works at the Ha Mei San Tsuen Village Expansion Area, after the plan was shelved for 12 years. In documents given to the […]
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A year of Hong Kong Free Press: On our first anniversary, a look back at our best coverage
Hong Kong Free Press celebrated its first anniversary in June. We officially launched our website a year ago, amid a blaze of publicity, and after a record-breaking round of fundraising. Thank you to all of our readers, donors, staff and volunteers who have made HKFP possible over the past year. Our first year – HKFP by the […]
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HKU Council session moved to Convention Centre after students surrounded venue of last meeting
Tuesday’s University of Hong Kong Council meeting was relocated from campus to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, with chairman Arthur Li Kwok-cheung saying that safety comes first. The decision came after the last governing council meeting, held at the university’s Sassoon Road campus, ended with around 300 students protesting and surrounding council members, demanding reform. Police […]
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Support independent media: HKFP launches monthly ‘Patron’ donations on World Press Freedom Day
Hong Kong Free Press is the city’s only non-profit, independent English-language newspaper. On World Press Freedom Day, we are inviting readers to make a monthly commitment to help keep us sustainable. HKFP is not answerable to any corporate entity, business tycoon or mainland Chinese conglomerate, and we have secured a sponsor to help employ a business manager to diversify our income streams. However, direct funding from a diluted […]
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Heung Yee Kuk asks gov’t to clarify stance on controversial Small House Policy
The Heung Yee Kuk rural concern group has published an open letter to Secretary for Development Chan Mo-po asking the government to clarify its position on the Small House Policy. It has demanded a definitive answer as to whether transferring their rights under the controversial policy is a criminal offence. The letter was issued by the “1127” concern group, […]
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HK20 Interview: Handover series authors Chris DeWolf and Xu Xi on urbanism and creativity
HKFP recently spoke to four authors from a series of soon-to-be-published English titles reflecting on the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s transfer of sovereignty to China. Among the writers featured in the Penguin series is journalist Christopher DeWolf, who explores the tensions between the public and the government in shaping Hong Kong’s urban spaces for the past two decades, […]
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Democratic Party urges supporters to vote so as ‘not to let CY Leung win a second term’
With the District Council elections just two days away, the Democratic Party is urging supporters to vote “so as not to let Leung Chun-ying win a second term.” At a press conference, Democratic Party founding leader Martin Lee Chu-ming said that a lot of voters may believe that District Council elections are not important. However, if the pro-establishment camp […]
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Symbolism in the stadium: Booing the Communist Party anthem shows Hongkongers reject dictatorship
For 15 straight home football matches dating back to June 2015, fans of the Hong Kong national team have booed the anthem of the Chinese Communist Party. Meanwhile, the Party has just promulgated a new anthem law for the mainland and inserted it into Annex III of Hong Kong’s Basic Law, requiring the Hong Kong […]
