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Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:08:02 +0800Calling for blank votes could be a crime: Paul Tse
Pro-Beijing lawmaker, Paul Tse, said on Monday that people might be committing a crime, if they called on others to cast blank votes in protest at Beijing's overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system.
This came after the Secretary for Justice, Teresa ...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:42:34 +0800Five ex-Shenzen detainees mentioned in HK court
Five of the 12 Hong Kong people, who returned to the SAR last month after serving jail sentences in Shenzhen for an illegal border crossing, were remanded back in custody after being mentioned in court on Monday to face charges relating to anti-gover...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:43:36 +0800Govt resumes administering BioNTech jabs
The government on Monday resumed administering BioNTech vaccines after suspending the service for 12 days due to packaging problems in one of the batches of supplies.
Around 183,000 people, who had reserved a vaccination slot, were affected by the ...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:21:35 +0800'Covid situation may rebound after Easter break'
Infectious diseases experts on Monday warned of a rebound in coronavirus cases after the Easter holidays, saying social activity and gatherings over the break would have increased the chance of the virus spreading.
Speaking on an RTHK programme, Dr ...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 19:33:34 +0800Privacy commissioner looks into Facebook breach
The privacy watchdog said on Sunday that it has reached out to Facebook’s Hong Kong office for details of a suspected data breach that involves nearly three million local users.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said ...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 17:44:00 +0800Bar operators start hunger strike, demand reopening
Representatives of businesses ordered to temporarily close during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on Sunday started a “relay hunger strike” outside government headquarters, hoping to pressure the government into letting them reopen.
One of the ...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 16:40:27 +0800Universal suffrage may come earlier now: Rita Fan
Beijing’s overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system might result in the SAR being able to select its chief executive and all members of the legislature by universal suffrage earlier, a former National People’s Congress standing committee member ...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 14:45:56 +0800Hong Kong reports zero new local Covid infections
Hong Kong health authorities reported no new local coronavirus cases on Sunday, with all seven new Covid-19 infections coming from people who had arrived in the city from overseas.
The seven imported cases include five people who arrived in the city...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 13:21:51 +0800Police make largest cocaine bust since 2011
Police say they have made their largest cocaine seizure in a decade, seizing over 700 kilos of cocaine in Sha Tin, with a street value of about HK$900 million.
Two men, aged 19 and 25, have been arrested.
Senior Superintendent of the police's narc...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 09:47:12 +0800'Look to mainland for opportunities': Eugene Chan
The President of the pro-Beijing Association of Hong Kong Professionals, Eugene Chan, has called on people here to make the most of the opportunities offered by the mainland's development, saying those who looked north, rather than overseas, could ri...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 16:23:48 +0800CE singles out education and media for 'improvement'
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Saturday that her government will step up efforts to “improve” Hong Kong’s education, media, as well as the training and management of civil servants, saying work in these areas are crucial in restoring confid...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:47:24 +0800Two Covid cases reported as crowds celebrate Easter
Health authorities are urging people to stay vigilant during the Easter break, as the city recorded only two new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, with no infections being untraceable.
The only local infection of the day involves a 5 year-old boy who liv...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:30:08 +0800NSL judges won't sit on candidate vetting body: Govt
Government officials have rejected suggestions that national security judges should sit on a vetting body that screens would-be election candidates in future, as questions persist on whether the committee should comprise only principal government off...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:10:51 +0800'Police should help teachers avoid breaking NSL'
National security police should give teachers information on how to teach the revamped Liberal Studies subject without breaking the law, according to a history professor in charge of reforming the curriculum.
Lau Chi-pang, who chairs a Curriculum D...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:22:10 +0800Covid tests ordered for Tseung Kwan O mall visitors
Hong Kong on Friday recorded seven new local Covid-19 cases, including one infection with an unknown source.
The Centre for Health Protection’s Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan said the patient, 33, is unemployed and lives in Tseung Kwan O, and had bought tak...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:48:55 +0800Andy Li's family 'finally' heard from him
The family of national security suspect, Andy Li, said on Friday that they finally heard from the man, whose whereabouts had remained unknown since he was brought back from the mainland last month.
Li was among 12 Hongkongers who were intercepted b...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:21:56 +080024 suspects arrested in HK$85m credit card fraud
Police said on Friday that it had dissolved a scam syndicate that had allegedly cheated banks out of HK$85 million in credit card fraud.
Officers arrested 24 people, aged 23 to 67 – including the mastermind and core members of the group – on su...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:55:12 +0800Restaurants ask for subsidy to improve ventilation
The head of the Small and Medium Restaurant Federation, Gordon Lam, on Friday urged the government to provide the sector with some money and more time to improve ventilation systems.
Restaurants have been ordered to achieve a minimum of six air cha...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:55:55 +0800Swimmers excited to be back at public pools
Swimmers on Friday said they were excited to be able to go back to public pools after waiting for more than three months.
35 public pools reopened on Friday, operating at 30 percent capacity, as part of the eased social-distancing rules announced e...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 11:15:34 +0800'Rule of law too hard for secondary pupils to learn'
A history professor in charge of reforming the Liberal Studies curriculum on Friday said that concepts of "rule of law" and "social governance" were not included in the new subject Citizenship and Social Development's framework, because class time wa...