Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Legislative Council demonstration area on Wednesday to protest a controversial copyright bill. The debate on the bill was delayed once again by pan-democrats until Thursday morning. The controversial bill has faced major opposition from local netizens who worry that using copyrighted works—even if just for personal use and not for profit—could lead to […]
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Missing booksellers ‘operated illegal business’, but could return to HK soon – state media
Three of Hong Kong’s missing booksellers have admitted to “operating an illegal business” by distributing unauthorised books on the mainland under the instructions of Gui Minhai, state media claimed. However, due to their “good attitude”, they could be granted bail pending trial and return to Hong Kong soon. The missing booksellers – Gui Minhai, Lee Bo, Lui […]
Posted inHong Kong, Politics & Protest
HKU vice-chancellor Mathieson is real target, says former lawmaker
Peter Mathieson, the vice-chancellor of University of Hong Kong (HKU), is the real target of the leftists – or the pro-Beijing camp – according to former lawmaker and HKU alumni Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee, who was writing in an op-ed for Ming Pao. Ng wrote that “The incident of the appointment of the pro-vice-chancellor was very well planned; the […]
Posted inCommunity & Education, Hong Kong, Politics & Protest, Video
Video: ‘Accusations have been overwhelming’ says Billy Fung in HKU whistleblower film
The University of Hong Kong Student Union President Billy Fung Jing-en has spoken out after leaking details of a key HKU Council meeting at the heart of the academic freedom controversy. In a film by OutFocus Productions, he speaks about facing expulsion and and why anyone else would have done the same. 【洩密以後 After The Whistleblowing】【洩密以後 After The Whistleblowing】「無私、不偏不倚、客觀、承擔、公開、誠實、以身作則」是港大校務委員會成員行為守則的七大標準。校委會否決任命陳文敏擔任學術及人事資源副校長後，港大學生會會長馮敬恩召開記者會披露會議討論任命的內容，引來各建制中人批評「大話精、無誠信、不盡不實」。馮將會面對紀律委員會處分，有機會被開除學籍，或面對訴訟。馮敬恩：「老實說最不想就是被踢出校，誰進入港大想被人踢走。」港大學術自由受到近年最嚴峻考驗，校外政治勢力伸入校園。校委會各權貴醜暗的一面，憑一名學生捨信取義，獨力揭發於人前，隨之而來的後果，也由馮同學一力承擔。馮敬恩：「在適當的時機，香港大學總有人拯救它。我想我們需要一個時機。我在那身位，似乎只有我可以做這件事。我相信換轉另一個人在這個位置，他也會這樣做。」特別鳴謝 […]
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Hong Kong does not have separation of powers, only judicial independence, says pro-Beijing heavyweight
Pro-Beijing heavyweight Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai has said that Hong Kong does not have separation of powers as it is not written in the territory’s mini-constitution. Fan made her comment in response to the government’s unprecedented decision on Tuesday to file a judicial review and injunction in an effort to block two independence-leaning lawmakers from retaking their oaths in the Legislative Council […]
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HKFP returns tomorrow: Please support the final day of our 2016 Funding Drive
The team at Hong Kong Free Press are very grateful for the groundswell of support we have seen over the weekend. We are also very appreciative of the kind messages and comments from readers after we learned that our website had been blocked in mainland China – we agree that it means we must be […]
Posted inHong Kong, Politics & Protest
LIVE: July 1st Pro-Democracy Rally – Part 1
This live blog has been archived – click here for part 2. Live tweets from HKFP: Tweets from https://twitter.com/HKFreePress/lists/hkfp-journalists 4:40pm – People Power’s Ray Chan hands out pamphlets. Read Jason Y Ng’s interview with Chan here. The pro-democracy group “we’ll never vote alone” chants “we don’t need the aunties” along Irving Street. pic.twitter.com/FqDHvz7GPR — Paul […]
