Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam breaks campaign promise to extend anti-bribery law to her own job
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Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam breaks campaign promise to extend anti-bribery law to her own job
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said she would break her campaign promise to extend the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance to cover her own job since this would affect the ability of chief executi…
Covid-19: Hong Kong study shows BioNTech vaccines create 10 times more antibodies than Sinovac
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/07/16/covid-19-hong-kong-study-shows-biontech-vaccines-create-10-times-more-antibodies-than-sinovac/
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Covid-19: Hong Kong study shows BioNTech vaccines create 10 times more antibodies than Sinovac
People who received the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated close to 10 times higher the average level of antibodies than those who received the Sinovac vaccine, a study by University of Hong Ko…
National Security police search University of Hong Kong Student Union
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National Security police search University of Hong Kong Student Union
National security police searched the University of Hong Kong’s student union in Pok Fu Lam on Friday, days after the government and university criticised students for sympathising with a man…
Top Chinese official said to have 5 demands for Hong Kong’s national security
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Top Chinese official said to have 5 demands for Hong Kong’s national security
The Hong Kong government will undertake five areas of national security work as laid out by a top Chinese official in order to deepen the implementation of the Beijing-enacted legislation, Chief Ex…
China rebuffs WHO claims it obstructed Covid investigation
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China rebuffs WHO claims it obstructed Covid investigation
China on Friday rebuffed WHO accusations that it failed to share raw data needed for an investigation into Covid-19’s origins, insisting experts were given adequate access when they visited t…
In Pictures: Hong Kong announces three more protected monuments
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In Pictures: Hong Kong announces three more protected monuments
Hong Kong’s Antiquities Authority has added three more historic buildings to its list of protected monuments, raising the number of protected sites in the city to 129. Bonham Road Primary Sch…
Foreign passport rules for the election committee again expose the hypocrisy of Hong Kong’s top officials
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Foreign passport rules for the election committee again expose the hypocrisy of Hong Kong’s top officials
In the midst of the gloom engulfing Hong Kong comes a scintilla of light relief. It emanates from the alarm and indignation among the Quislings who are scrambling to jump aboard the newly-enha…
Dozens of my family members have disappeared – it’s time for the world to stop denying Uyghurs’ suffering
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Dozens of my family members have disappeared – it’s time for the world to stop denying Uyghurs’ suffering
By Yalkun Uluyol My father, Memet Yaqup (Maimaiti Yahefu), is missing without a trace. He used to have a thriving business exporting fruit. June 7, 2018 was the last time I spoke to him. We hadn’t …
The dog that had its day – and the saddest part is saying goodbye
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The dog that had its day – and the saddest part is saying goodbye
The one sad thing about dogs, as we all discover sooner or later, is that they do not live as long as we do. At some point, no matter how careful you are about fleas, worms and other hazards, you h…
Hong Kong Book Fair: Two local publishers keep titles on sale despite security law complaints
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Hong Kong Book Fair: Two local publishers keep titles on sale despite security law complaints
Two Hong Kong publishers – who received complaints of suspected national security violations – have decided to keep selling the titles in question at the city’s annual book fair i…
Lhasa building boom heightens divisions in Tibet
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Lhasa building boom heightens divisions in Tibet
By Helen Roxburgh Under towering mountains, cranes and newly-built blocks of flats stretch up to blue skies around the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, as a construction boom creates a two-tier system of …
How a Muslim head scarf sparked a discrimination row at a Hong Kong school
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How a Muslim head scarf sparked a discrimination row at a Hong Kong school
After teaching assistant Zahra Khan was instructed to tell a student to remove her hijab, a religious headscarf worn by some Muslim women, she donned one herself as an act of solidarity. “I started…
Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics: The right time, the right place, the right people
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Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics: The right time, the right place, the right people
The 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in February next year. Ahead of the announcement in 2015 of China’s successful candidacy, President Xi Jinping lauded the Games as an excellent…
Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics: Why taking a stand on Hong Kong could pose safety risks to athletes
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Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics: Why taking a stand on Hong Kong could pose safety risks to athletes
By Lindell Lucy The US State Department’s travel advisory for China is currently at Level 3, which means that Americans are advised to “avoid travel due to serious risks to safety and security.” Th…
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in Hong Kong…
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Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in Hong Kong…
Covid-19 lockdowns. Former pan-democratic politicians and activists rotting in jail. The city’s flagship anti-government newspaper forced to shut down by a police force on steroids. And all the whi…
HKU student union may have violated security law for thanking police attacker, says Hong Kong top cop
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HKU student union may have violated security law for thanking police attacker, says Hong Kong top cop
The student union of the University of Hong Kong might be in violation of the Beijing-imposed national security law for thanking the man who killed himself after stabbing a police officer, Hong Kon…
In hot water over a hot-pot: Hong Kong’s desperate slow-motion PR car crash
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In hot water over a hot-pot: Hong Kong’s desperate slow-motion PR car crash
So nostalgic to have a public row about senior civil servants hobnobbing with millionaires. Brings back happy memories of the Donald Tsang days. I refer, of course, to the brouhaha over the discove…
Pro-Beijing lawmaker claims hit Hong Kong TV show featuring same-sex romance violates China’s national security law
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Pro-Beijing lawmaker claims hit Hong Kong TV show featuring same-sex romance violates China’s national security law
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho has slammed the new hit TV series Ossan’s Love for featuring same-sex romance, claiming that promoting homosexuality is against China’s three-child policy…
Covid-19: Over 2 million Hongkongers are now fully vaccinated
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Covid-19: Over 2 million Hongkongers are now fully vaccinated
Just over two million Hongkongers — or close to 30 per cent of the eligible population — have now been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 but an expert warned that the city may not achie…
No. of voters picking Hong Kong’s Election Committee plunges by 97% under ‘patriots only’ overhaul
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No. of voters picking Hong Kong’s Election Committee plunges by 97% under ‘patriots only’ overhaul
The number of people eligible to choose members of Hong Kong’s powerful new-look Election Committee has dropped by almost 97 per cent following a political overhaul ordered by Beijing to ensu…