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Sat, 02 Oct 2021 15:14:11 +0800HK records five imported Covid infections
The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday reported five imported Covid-19 infections, with all of them carrying Covid mutations.
The patients arrived from India, the Philippines, Germany and France.
All of them had been vaccinated against the co...
Sat, 02 Oct 2021 15:00:44 +0800Pillar of Shame faces removal from HKU: Reports
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is reportedly planning to remove from campus the Pillar of Shame, a sculpture that commemorates those who died on June 4, 1989 in Beijing.
The monument was created by a Danish artist and gifted to the now-defunct H...
Sat, 02 Oct 2021 11:12:40 +0800Tang blasts online comments on dead officer
Security Secretary Chris Tang has expressed anger over online remarks made by several disciplinary force officers, in which they allegedly mocked the death of a policewoman during an anti-smuggling operation.
Appearing emotional during a radio show ...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:11:45 +0800Financial Secretary says vouchers lifting economy
The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said on Friday that retail sales were up in August, reflecting the boost from the government's HK$36 billion cash voucher scheme.
He said the economy was also benefiting because people are also socialising more, r...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:04:14 +0800Police investigate report of burnt national flag
Police said on Friday that they have found a burnt national flag at Wong Tai Sin, and suspected that it was set on fire.
The police said they received a report at 6:30 am on National Day of the flag, which was found under a bridge in Wang Tau Hom Es...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:02:45 +0800Hong Kong records four new imported Covid cases
The Centre for Health Protection on Friday reported four new imported Covid-19 cases.
The three men and one woman, who returned from the Philippines and Pakistan, were all fully vaccinated.
Separately, health authorities ordered residents at block...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:32:24 +0800People queue up early for second cash payout
Dozens of people were seen queuing outside a convenience store in Tai Koo Shing on Friday, as they waited to redeem the second installment of consumption vouchers.
The HK$36-billion voucher scheme was part of a raft of government measures to help t...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:45:20 +0800Minister denies pressure over care home jab scheme
The minister in charge of the vaccination programme, Patrick Nip, on Friday denied putting pressure on elderly people living at care homes to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
The authorities have rolled out a pilot scheme that will see residents ino...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:34:43 +0800HK is in best position since handover: CE
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday that thanks to the "double safeguards" of the National Security Law and the revamped electoral system, Hong Kong was now "truly" on the right path of the "one country, two systems" principle.
Speaking at a ...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:20:26 +0800Man killed after motorcycle hits lamp post
Police said they are investigating a fatal traffic accident early on Friday in which a 44-year-old man died near the Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel..
They said that at about 12.18am the man was riding the motorcycle through the tunnel in the directi...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:09:48 +0800Second instalment consumption voucher payments begin
Hong Kong residents, who were among the first batch to register electronically, received their second instalment of consumption vouchers on Friday.
The government announced the HK$36 billion scheme in last February's budget as a way to boost the pa...
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:51:21 +0800Apple Daily staff national security case adjourned
Six former senior executives and editors of the now-defunct Apple Daily made brief appearances in court over national security charges on Thursday.
Next Digital’s former CEO Cheung Kim-hung, the paper’s former editor-in-chief Ryan Law, executiv...
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:26:12 +0800Public consulted on regulating single-use plastics
Hongkongers have been asked to give their views on regulating single-use plastic items that are non-essential and difficult to recycle, such as umbrella bags, hotel toiletry bottles and cotton buds.
Officials also want to know if the current HK$0.5 ...
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:17:26 +0800Vigil organiser denied bail over subversion charge
West Kowloon Court on Thursday denied bail to June 4 vigil organiser Chow Hung-tung, who is charged with inciting subversion of state power.
Chow, the vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China,...
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:33:58 +0800HK sees three imported Covid-19 cases
Hong Kong reported three new imported Covid-19 cases on Thursday, all involving the L452R mutant strain.
They include a 51-year-old man arriving from Pakistan, as well as a man and woman who arrived from France.
All of them have been inoculated....
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:31:11 +0800Police to deploy over 8,000 officers on National Day
Sources have told RTHK that the police are planning to deploy more than 8,000 officers across the city on Friday, to ensure various ceremonies and public activities are conducted in an orderly and safe manner on National Day.
There will be a strong...
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:02:59 +0800Recycling store 'sorry' for dumping recyclable items
The head of the operator of a government-commissioned recycling outlet in Tin Hau has apologised, after a media report revealed that staff at the facility had thrown away items that were meant to be recycled.
Speaking on an RTHK show on Thursday, S...
Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:42:17 +0800Parties urge govt to boost land supply in NT
Political parties on Wednesday called on the government to unleash the supply of land in the New Territories for housing and business development, such as making it easier for indigenous villagers to sell their ancestral plots and developing wetlands...
Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:42:53 +0800Ten district councillors unseated over invalid oaths
Ten more district councillors were disqualified on Wednesday after their oaths of allegiance to the SAR were ruled invalid.
Those losing their seats include former Democratic Party lawmaker James To and barrister Lawrence Lau, who's been charged wit...
Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:01:59 +0800Full-year housing target 'met within 9 months'
The government said on Wednesday it expects the number of private flats generated in the first three quarters of the 2021/22 financial year to exceed its full-year target.
Development Secretary Michael Wong said two residential sites will be put on ...