Covid-19: Finance chief Paul Chan tested positive on return to Hong Kong but not quarantined, gov’t says
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Covid-19: Finance chief Paul Chan tested positive on return to Hong Kong but not quarantined, gov’t says
Financial Secretary Paul Chan tested positive for Covid-19 when he returned from Saudi Arabia for a high-level conference intended to stress Hong Kong’s recovery from the pandemic, but was no…
Hong Kong justice dep’t appeals against court decision to let UK lawyer represent media tycoon Jimmy Lai
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Hong Kong justice dep’t appeals against court decision to let UK lawyer represent media tycoon Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DoJ) has appealed against a court’s decision to let a UK barrister represent media tycoon Jimmy Lai in his upcoming high-profile national security trial. High Court Judge Jeremy Poon last month granted an application despite…
Hong Kong activist changes plea to guilty in national security case against 47 democrats
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Hong Kong activist changes plea to guilty in national security case against 47 democrats
A Hong Kong activist charged with conspiracy to commit subversion has changed his plea to guilty in the city’s largest national security case against 47 pro-democracy figures. Former district councillor Ng Kin-wai told a three-judge panel at the High Court…
Portuguese man charged under Hong Kong sedition law over online posts denied bail
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Portuguese man charged under Hong Kong sedition law over online posts denied bail
A Portuguese man has been denied bail after he was accused of conspiring with other people to commit seditious acts through online posts, in breach of Hong Kong’s colonial-era sedition law. Joseph John, 40, appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts…
Covid-19: Hong Kong court rejects bid to challenge legal amendment which invalidated jab exemption certificates
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Covid-19: Hong Kong court rejects bid to challenge legal amendment which invalidated jab exemption certificates
A Hong Kong court has rejected an attempt to challenge the government’s amendment of a Covid-19 law, a move which authorised the health minister to void around 20,000 vaccination exemption ce…
Hong Kong court denies bail to pro-democracy singer facing sedition charge
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Hong Kong court denies bail to pro-democracy singer facing sedition charge
A Hong Kong court has refused bail to pro-democracy singer Tommy Yuen, who has been detained since February on charges of acting with seditious intent and fraud. Pro-democracy singer Tommy Yuen. Fi…
‘Little or no progress’: Hong Kong can’t sit back in tackling climate crisis, says green group ahead of COP27
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‘Little or no progress’: Hong Kong can’t sit back in tackling climate crisis, says green group ahead of COP27
Hong Kong has not been aggressive enough in combating the climate crisis in recent years and should not just “lie flat,” a local green group said in its latest report, released ahead of…
Hong Kong Security Bureau expresses ‘deep regret’ over ‘fact-twisting’ Ming Pao op-ed on upcoming CBD ban
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Hong Kong Security Bureau expresses ‘deep regret’ over ‘fact-twisting’ Ming Pao op-ed on upcoming CBD ban
Hong Kong’s Security Bureau has “expressed deep regret” over “a misleading and fact-twisting commentary” published by Ming Pao on the government’s decision to ba…
Company chaired by husband of Hong Kong’s ex-justice chief faces HK$150 million fine
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Company chaired by husband of Hong Kong’s ex-justice chief faces HK$150 million fine
A company chaired by Otto Poon, the husband of Hong Kong’s former justice secretary, faces a HK$150 million fine, after it admitted to engaging in anti-competitive behaviour in connection with the …
Hong Kong court drops attempted rape case against ex-Evergrande executive
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Hong Kong court drops attempted rape case against ex-Evergrande executive
The attempted rape charge against ex-Evergrande executive Chen Fen was dropped on Friday, after the prosecution said that the alleged victim was not capable of testifying. Chen appeared in front of…
4 Hong Kong men jailed up to 2 years and 10 months over attack on lawyer at security law protest
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4 Hong Kong men jailed up to 2 years and 10 months over attack on lawyer at security law protest
A Hong Kong court has sentenced four men to up to two years and ten months in jail over wounding a lawyer at a protest against the national security law in May 2020. A man is assaulted by a group o…
‘We were scared’: Workers at Foxconn iPhone factory in China recount Covid chaos
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‘We were scared’: Workers at Foxconn iPhone factory in China recount Covid chaos
By Jing Xuan Teng Zhang Yao recalls the moment he realised something had gone deeply wrong at the Chinese mega-factory where he and hundreds of thousands of other workers assembled iPhones and other high-end electronics. In early October, supervisors suddenly…
‘It feels surreal’: Rugby tournament Hong Kong Sevens returns after more than 3 years amid Covid rules
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‘It feels surreal’: Rugby tournament Hong Kong Sevens returns after more than 3 years amid Covid rules
The international rugby event Hong Kong Sevens has returned to the city for the first time since 2019, with spectators saying it felt “surreal” to be surrounded by crowds who were allow…
Let’s talk about sex: Artist Claudia Chanhoi on genitals, shame and social media censorship
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Let’s talk about sex: Artist Claudia Chanhoi on genitals, shame and social media censorship
Claudia Chanhoi is used to being censored. After all, she makes Instagram-unfriendly art. Her social media pages are peppered with breasts, bums, penises and vaginas, sometimes euphemisticall…
HKFP Lens: 3 photographers capture life in Hong Kong under the Covid-19 pandemic
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HKFP Lens: 3 photographers capture life in Hong Kong under the Covid-19 pandemic
Three Hong Kong photographers have captured the reality of life under some of the strictest Covid-19 regulations in the world, as social-distancing restrictions brought the city to a near stand sti…
‘I didn’t know’: Hong Kong’s complex Covid-19 rules see domestic workers fined HK$10,000 for missing arrival tests
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‘I didn’t know’: Hong Kong’s complex Covid-19 rules see domestic workers fined HK$10,000 for missing arrival tests
When Anna, a migrant domestic worker, landed in Hong Kong in May, she – like all arrivals to the city – completed a week of hotel quarantine per the Covid-19 rules at the time. The arri…
Covid-19: BioNTech jabs available to toddlers from Thursday; gov’t simplifies free tests
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Covid-19: BioNTech jabs available to toddlers from Wednesday; gov’t simplifies free tests
Children as young as six months can receive a BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine from Wednesday, the Hong Kong government has announced. The emergency use of the vaccine was approved last month, meaning that two Covid-19 vaccines are now available to children in the…
Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy loses appeal against conviction over accessing public data for documentary
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Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy loses appeal against conviction over accessing public data for documentary
Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy has lost an appeal against her conviction over assessing public data for a documentary about a mob attack in July 2019. Speaking to reporters outside the High Court on Monday, Choy said she was disappointed by the outcome of…
Simplified Covid-19 PCR test less sensitive, Hong Kong health expert says, questions rationale for change
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Simplified Covid-19 PCR test less sensitive, Hong Kong health expert says, questions rationale for change
A respiratory disease expert has questioned the government’s plan to simplify Covid-19 testing by dropping the nasal swab element of tests to leave only throat swab at some facilities, saying…
Covid-19: Hong Kong’s ‘king of judicial reviews’ launches legal challenge against Vaccine Pass and contact tracing app
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Covid-19: Hong Kong’s ‘king of judicial reviews’ launches legal challenge against Vaccine Pass and contact tracing app
Hong Kong’s “king of judicial reviews,” veteran litigant Kwok Cheuk-kin has launched a legal challenge against Hong Kong’s Covid-19 Vaccine Pass scheme and the use of the Le…