Don’t brush off delays in toilet maintenance, says Hong Kong watchdog
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/13/dont-brush-off-delays-in-toilet-maintenance-says-hong-kong-watchdog/
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Don't brush off delays in toilet maintenance, says Hong Kong watchdog | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
A public watchdog has called for heavier penalties on contractors to improve the state of Hong Kong’s public toilets. The Office of The Ombudsman launched an investigation in response to several media reports of poor hygiene in the city’s public loos. Its…
‘Covid-19 does not discriminate’: Thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers barred from Hong Kong vaccination programme
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/13/covid-19-does-not-discriminate-thousands-of-refugees-asylum-seekers-barred-from-hong-kong-vaccination-programme/
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‘Covid-19 does not discriminate’: Thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers barred from Hong Kong vaccination programme
More than 13,000 refugees and asylum-seekers in Hong Kong are barred from the government Covid-19 vaccination programme despite calls by global humanitarian bodies urgently to make the jabs availab…
Hong Kong MTR says staff should ‘avoid physical contact’ after officer filmed kneeling on passenger’s neck
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/13/hong-kong-mtr-says-staff-should-avoid-physical-contact-after-officer-filmed-kneeling-on-passengers-neck/
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Hong Kong MTR says staff should ‘avoid physical contact’ after officer filmed kneeling on passenger’s neck
Hong Kong’s MTR has reminded frontline staff to seek help from the police and avoid all physical contact with passengers, after a staffer was seen kneeling on the neck of a reportedly mentall…
Rampant fishing industry abuses dull Taiwan’s rights record
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/14/rampant-fishing-industry-abuses-dull-taiwans-rights-record/
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Rampant fishing industry abuses dull Taiwan's rights record | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
By Amber Wang and Ron Lopez Taiwan’s lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labour and other abuses, contrasting with the government’s promotion of the democratic island as a regional human rights beacon.…
White powder sent to Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam and top officials was ‘flour’ – reports
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White powder sent to Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam and top officials was ‘flour’ – reports
White powder sent to Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam and two top officials on Thursday was “flour,” local media reported citing sources. No one has been arrested over the c…
Covid-19: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble plan to be suspended again; companies may get jabs for staff at work
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/14/covid-19-hong-kong-singapore-travel-bubble-plan-to-be-suspended-again-companies-may-get-jabs-for-staff-at-work/
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Covid-19: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble plan to be suspended again; companies may get jabs for staff at work | Hong Kong Free…
Hong Kong and Singapore may once again suspend their quarantine-free travel bubble plans after a surge in coronavirus cases in Singapore, according to Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau. The plan was originally set to launch on May…
Hong Kong’s civil service sees record high number of resignations
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/14/hong-kongs-civil-service-sees-record-high-number-of-resignations/
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Hong Kong's civil service sees record high number of resignations | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong’s civil service has seen the highest number of resignations over the past year since the 1997 Handover. Over 1,800 civil service employees have resigned since mid-2020, according to official figures – around 200 resignations more than the preceding…
Man who stabbed 19-year-old at Tai Po pro-democracy ‘Lennon Wall’ jailed for over 6 years
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Man who stabbed 19-year-old at Tai Po pro-democracy ‘Lennon Wall’ jailed for over 6 years
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for six years and four months after he stabbed a then-19-year-old in the neck and stomach near the “Lennon Wall” pro-democracy message board in Tai Po. Liu Guoshen…
Taiwan’s Apple Daily scraps print edition of newspaper after 18 years
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/14/taiwans-apple-daily-scraps-print-edition-of-newspaper-after-18-years/
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Taiwan’s Apple Daily scraps print edition of newspaper after 18 years
Apple Daily’s Taiwan edition will scrap the print edition of its newspaper and focus instead on its online news site. In a statement on Friday, the Taiwan arm of the media outlet said it will…
National security law: Hong Kong authorities freeze assets of Apple Daily media tycoon Jimmy Lai
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National security law: Hong Kong authorities freeze assets of Apple Daily media tycoon Jimmy Lai
Assets belonging to pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai were frozen by the Hong Kong authorities on Friday. The Secretary for Security cited the ongoing national security law investigation into th…
Meet China’s elderly influencers cashing in on the internet
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/15/meet-chinas-elderly-influencers-cashing-in-on-the-internet/
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Meet China's elderly influencers cashing in on the internet | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
By Danni Zhu and Noel Celis Exquisitely garbed in a traditional cheongsam dress, 76-year-old Sang Xiuzhu is one of an unlikely vanguard of elderly influencers storming Chinese social media with videos of glamour in the golden years. Two years ago she joined…
Test balloon, warning shot, attack dog: Is Hong Kong witnessing a rebirth of the ‘mainland mouthpiece’?
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/15/test-balloon-warning-shot-attack-dog-is-hong-kong-witnessing-a-rebirth-of-the-mainland-mouthpiece/
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Test balloon, warning shot, attack dog: Is Hong Kong witnessing a rebirth of the ‘mainland mouthpiece’?
Hans Yeung Wing-yu feared the worst when reporters from pro-Beijing newspapers, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po called him on 13 May last year. Earlier that day, Orange News, an online news site linked …
Convicted of rioting despite no evidence of rioting? How will this work with the Poly U siege?
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/15/convicted-of-rioting-despite-no-evidence-of-rioting-how-will-this-work-with-the-poly-u-siege/
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Convicted of rioting despite no evidence of rioting? How will this work with the Poly U siege? | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
There is something a little desperate about Hong Kong’s senior officials insisting that we still have an independent judiciary. It seems that other civic amenities have been written off. We no longer have a vaguely democratic legislature, an accountable police…
In China’s ‘Red Holy Land’, tourists mark Communist Party centenary
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/16/in-chinas-red-holy-land-tourists-mark-communist-party-centenary/
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In China's 'Red Holy Land', tourists mark Communist Party centenary | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
By Jing Xuan Teng Tourists pose for photos on Chairman Mao’s bed as the Chinese Communist Party — much-criticised overseas — marks its centenary year at home with PR push including office history outings, big-budget movies and carefully constructed media…
Is the party finally over for Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong?
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/16/is-the-party-finally-over-for-hong-kongs-lan-kwai-fong/
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Is the party finally over for Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong?
Lan Kwai Fong was one of the world’s great nightlife areas when I arrived in Hong Kong in 1995. These were the heady years before Hong Kong’s handover in 1997, and the drinking and dining district …
Trading places: As democrats exit, how will Hong Kong’s ‘patriots’ do in their new starring role?
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/16/trading-places-as-democrats-exit-how-will-hong-kongs-patriots-do-in-their-new-starring-role/
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Trading places: As democrats exit, how will Hong Kong's 'patriots' do in their new starring role? | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
If only this new national security episode was not bringing so much grief to so many, the experience might be appreciated as a kind of misdirected comic interlude: ancient concepts of justice, reinforced by the strictures of Leninist dictatorship, imposed…
Hong Kong labour activists fear ‘political purge’ as gov’t says trade unions must comply with national security law
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/17/hong-kong-labour-activists-fear-political-purge-as-govt-says-trade-unions-must-comply-with-national-security-law/
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Hong Kong labour activists fear 'political purge' as gov't says trade unions must comply with national security law | Hong Kong…
Hong Kong’s Labour Department is responsible for enforcing the national security law among the city’s trade unions, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong has said. In a blog post published on Sunday, Law said trade unions are counted among the “community…
Hong Kong’s Next Digital shares suspended after Jimmy Lai’s shares and other assets frozen
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Hong Kong's Next Digital shares suspended after Jimmy Lai's shares and other assets frozen | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Trading in shares of Next Digital, the parent company of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has been suspended at the company’s request, the operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange announced on Monday. The government’s Security Bureau…
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai and 9 other democrats plead guilty over 2019 National Day protest
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai and 9 other democrats plead guilty over 2019 National Day protest
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai and nine other veteran democrats pleaded guilty on Monday to their roles in an unauthorised mass protest on China’s National Day in 2019. The 73-…
Covid-19: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble bursts again, curbs on Taiwan arrivals
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/17/covid-19-hong-kong-singapore-travel-bubble-bursts-again-curbs-on-taiwan-arrivals/
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/17/covid-19-hong-kong-singapore-travel-bubble-bursts-again-curbs-on-taiwan-arrivals/
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Covid-19: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble bursts again, curbs on Taiwan arrivals | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong has suspended a planned quarantine-free travel bubble with Singapore for the second time and tightened controls on entry from Taiwan as it tries to fend off a surge in cases in the region. A spokesperson for the Hong Kong government said on Monday…
Authorities may prosecute Hong Kong staff or ban overseas websites if they fail to remove doxxing content
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/18/authorities-may-prosecute-hong-kong-staff-or-ban-overseas-websites-if-they-fail-to-remove-doxxing-content/
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Authorities may prosecute Hong Kong staff or ban overseas websites if they fail to remove doxxing content | Hong Kong Free Press…
Hong Kong employees of websites based overseas will be liable to arrest if their bosses fail to remove doxxing data from the platforms, under a new legal amendment to criminalise the malicious publishing of personal data, Secretary for Constitutional Affairs…