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4 years, 7 months jail for man involved in Yuen Long mob attack amid Hong...
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to four years and seven months in jail over rioting and wounding others during the Yuen Long mob attack at the height of the 2019 protests and unrest. Tang Siu-hung,...
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Hong Kong police check IDs during ‘crowd control’ operation outside event for...
Hong Kong police on Thursday checked the identity cards of fans queueing outside an event for pro-democracy singer Anthony Wong, citing crowd control. Hong Kong police inspect fans queueing outside an...
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Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads from App Store in China on government orders
Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China on orders from the country’s internet regulator, US media reported Friday. File photo: Yuri Yuhara via Pexels.com. Mainland...
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Chinese runner He Jie among 3 stripped of Beijing half marathon medals after...
By James Edgar The top three in Sunday’s Beijing half marathon have been stripped of their medals, organisers said, following an investigation into the finish that saw China’s He Jie controversially...
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Hong Kong student jailed for 1 year and 4 months over money laundering charge...
A Hong Kong man has been jailed for one year and four months over his links to a fundraising platform that supported protesters in 2019. District Court in Wan Chai. File photo: Almond Li/HKFP. Yu...
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai wanted to ‘unite different sectors’ to...
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai had wanted to bring together legislators, overseas groups, the power of the community, and other sectors to achieve “China implosion,” a court has heard during a...
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Hong Kong zine artist Forrest Lau finds inspiration from island life
On the small and tranquil island of Peng Chau, just a half-hour ferry ride from bustling Central, Hong Kong zine designer Forrest Lau finds solace and inspiration away from fast-paced city life. The...
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Hong Kong civil service vacancy rates suggest our happiness may have been...
The finer points of civil servant staffing are not usually a hot news topic. But the latest grim update from the Civil Service Bureau was eagerly covered by Hong Kong’s English-language newspapers....
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Taiwan’s defence ministry detects 21 Chinese military aircraft amid rising...
A surge of Chinese military aircraft was detected around Taiwan during a three-hour window on Saturday, Taipei’s defence ministry said, a month before the self-ruled island’s May 20 inauguration of...
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Hong Kong regulator to investigate PwC auditing of Chinese real estate giant...
Hong Kong’s accounting regulator said it would start an investigation into PwC’s role in auditing Chinese real estate giant Evergrande, citing the publication of a “whistle-blower report”. Evergrande...
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Sexual harassment allegations against LGBTQ-friendly pastor in Hong Kong...
The sacking of a pastor at one of Hong Kong’s only LGBTQ-friendly churches has prompted three people to come forward with allegations of past sexual harassment, with two of the alleged incidents...
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It’s time to get serious about shrinking Hong Kong’s growing garbage mountain
Once again our government appears lost as it contemplates how to manage Hong Kong’s growing mountain of garbage. The logic of the endlessly postponed solid waste charging scheme is clear: if you...
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US state secretary Antony Blinken to visit China with message on Russia support
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week will pay his second visit in less than a year to China, hoping to use easing tension to press Beijing to curb wartime support for Russia. US Secretary of...
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Chinese swimmers who competed in Tokyo Olympics failed doping tests ahead of...
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed Saturday, defending the decision to let them compete based on...
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University of Hong Kong to require tourists to register before entering...
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will soon require tourists to register ahead of entering the campus, amid student and staff complaints over an increasing number of visitors coming to the school to...
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9th Hong Kong Games opens, with 8 inter-district sporting competitions
The Hong Kong Games opened on Sunday – the first time the multisport event has been held in five years. The 9th Hong Kong Games Opening Ceremony at the Hong Kong Coliseum on Sunday, April 21, 2024....
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Hong Kong workers can raise issues through ‘celebrations,’ pro-Beijing union...
Hong Kong’s largest trade union federation has confirmed that it will not organise a march for Labour Day, as its chairman said workers’ issues can be raised through “celebrations.” Hong Kong...
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More suspected cocaine washes ashore in Hong Kong, as police seize 15kg worth...
More suspected cocaine has washed ashore in Hong Kong with police seizing seven packages, weighing roughly 15 kilograms, from a Sai Kung beach on Sunday. Officers responded to a report from a hiker at...
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11 missing, mass evacuations as storms batter southern China’s Guangdong...
Eleven people are missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated away from the torrential downpours. A general view of a submerged...
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Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastics begins, but businesses have 6 months...
Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastics began on Monday, coinciding with Earth Day. A variety of disposable plastic tableware and other plastic products are now prohibited from being sold or taken...
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