The Hong Kong government has removed the former CEO and party chief of China Everbright Limited from its 2022 Honours List, after China’s anti-corruption body launched an investigation into the businessman for an alleged “serious violation of the law.”…
Leader John Lee granted Hong Kong’s top medal, as Covid experts, Olympic athletes also honoured
Hong Kong has granted top awards to hundreds of public figures including its current leader, civil servants and people from sectors ranging from health to sport in recognition of their contributions to the city. According to a list of the appointees re…
Beijing-backed media print full page attacks on last active protest group in Hong Kong
Two Beijing-backed newspapers in Hong Kong have printed full-page attacks on the city’s last active protest group, saying their earlier move to delete online posts allegedly breaching the national security law showed the activists had a “guilty conscie…
Hong Kong school sector will see ‘major shock’ if complaint against ban on long hair upheld, teachers’ group claims
Hong Kong’s school sector will see a “major shock” if the city’s equality watchdog upholds a complaint from a secondary school student over a ban on long hair, the vice-chief of a pro-Beijing teachers’ group has said. Tang Fei of the Hong Kong Federati…
Hong Kong’s 66-year-old activist ‘Grandma Wong’ jailed for 8 months over 2019 protests
An elderly woman who became a fixture of Hong Kong’s democracy protests was jailed on Wednesday for unlawful assembly, a day after courts imprisoned a terminally ill 75-year-old activist. Alexandra Wong, 66, popularly known as “Grandma Wong”, was a reg…
BREAKING: Elderly Hong Kong activist convicted under sedition law over plan to protest 2022 Beijing Olympics
Hong Kong veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu has been convicted of attempting to commit seditious acts in connection with a planned demonstration against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February. Principal Magistrate Peter Law on Tuesday found the pro…
Olympic protest case: Hong Kong court urged to consider sedition law’s effect on free speech
A Hong Kong court has been urged to consider whether the sedition law imposes disproportional restrictions on free speech. Koo Sze-yiu of the League of Social Democrats appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Monday in front of Principal Ma…
Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 24
As at June 23, a total of 196 people had been arrested for alleged national security-related offences since the law came into force on June 30, 2020. So far, 124 individuals have been charged and five companies prosecuted. The figures cover both people…
Timeline: Hong Kong’s July 1 carnival of dissent – how 17 years of protest demands fell silent
Officially, July 1 marks the anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule in 1997. Traditionally, it was also a day for tens – or even hundreds – of thousands of Hongkongers to take their diverse demands and grievances to the streets. From pro-dem…
Hong Kong hospital staff union votes to disband citing ‘pressure from all sides’
A Hong Kong hospital staff union founded in the wake of the 2019 unrest has voted to disband citing “pressure from all sides.” Meanwhile, a local press union passed changes to its constitution which lowered the threshold for dissolution. The Hospital A…