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Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:34:21 +0800
'No one in their right mind fears security law'
Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said on Wednesday that no right-thinking person worries about Hong Kong's national security law, and those who are concerned about crossing over a red line are worrying for nothing. On RTHK's Overview Policy, Yeung a...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:09:11 +0800
Immigration chiefs probing festive hamper controversy
The Immigration Department says it's looking into claims that two officers received festive hampers from an Evergrande executive, after media reports suggested the pair could have breached anti-bribery rules by accepting them. The department said th...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:05:27 +0800
Man found guilty in ear-biting case
A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of all four charges he'd faced during an anti-government protest in Tai Koo Shing two years ago in which then district councillor Andrew Chiu had his ear bitten off. Joe Chen, 51, was charged with three counts ...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:02:59 +0800
Hong Kong reports zero Covid cases
Health authorities on Wednesday reported no new Covid-19 infections and fewer than five preliminary positive cases. Authorities also said they are investigating a re-positive overseas case involving a 61-year-old man who lives in Kimberley Hotel in ...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:30:38 +0800
Turnout meaningless but please vote anyway: CE
Chief Executive Carrie Lam has again urged Hong Kong people to vote in this month's Legislative Council elections, but also insisted that the turnout on the day will be meaningless. In an interview with the Global Times, Lam said she was "now callin...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:26:44 +0800
Imported workers needed for mega projects: Carrie Lam
Chief Executive Carrie Lam says workers will have to be brought in from outside Hong Kong if the mega development projects she has proposed are to be realised. In an interview with NOW TV on Wednesday, Lam said importing workers would be "an unavoid...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:03:43 +0800
Woman to appear in court over suspected murder
Police have charged a woman with murder following the death of a 24-year-old woman who was found injured in a flat in Wong Tai Sin. Officers arrived at the flat in Ching Wo House in Tsz Ching Estate in the early hours of Monday after receiving a re...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:26:40 +0800
BioNTech offers longer protection than Sinovac: study
A study by Chinese University has found that the BioNTech vaccine produces more antibodies against Covid-19 than the Sinovac jab, but both are effective in preventing serious illness. David Hui, a professor of respiratory medicine at the university...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:48:31 +0800
Legco 2021: Kowloon East
The most competitive of the 10 geographical constituency races in the December 19 Legislative Council elections is Kowloon East, where five candidates are vying for the two seats up for grabs. There are both new and familiar faces in the race. They'...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:58:48 +0800
Cert users should get border priority: SME group head
The honorary chairman of the Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Danny Lau, says the government should select from an existing quarantine exemption group, when it comes to choosing which business people should have priority for quarantine-free ...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:07:24 +0800
Nathan Law in US to spread political lies: Chris Tang
Security Secretary Chris Tang said on Tuesday he's "extremely furious" with former lawmaker Nathan Law's decision to speak at the upcoming democracy summit to be hosted by US President Joe Biden. The activist, who went into self-imposed exile last ...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:37:34 +0800
Scaffolding collapses at future Kai Tak Sports Park
Scaffolding at a construction site for the future Kai Tak Sports Park collapsed on Tuesday morning, but nobody was injured. Police said they received a report from workers on Muk Tai Street at around 9:30am. The scaffolding that came down was estim...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:06:51 +0800
HK records five new imported Covid cases
Health authorities on Tuesday reported five imported Covid-19 cases, including a woman who had been triple-jabbed against the virus. The 28-year-old, who flew in from the United States on Sunday, had received three doses of BioNTech vaccine in April...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:30:40 +0800
Business travellers get priority when border reopens
Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said some people who need to make business trips to the mainland would be given priority when the border reopens. Lam stressed their activities have to be in the interest of Hong Kong’s economic development. ...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:09:44 +0800
18,000 people across the border signed up to vote: CE
Chief Executive Carrie Lam revealed on Tuesday that around 18,000 Hong Kong people living on the mainland have signed up to cast their votes in the upcoming Legco elections, adding that it’s unlikely that the final figure will exceed the maximum 11...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:38:51 +0800
Xia Baolong is right about democracy: Carrie Lam
Chief Executive Carrie Lam has endorsed comments made by Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office chief Xia Baolong that Hong Kong wasted time in seeking Western-style democracy, and that this pursuit brought more harm than good to the SAR. Xia noted on ...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:00:28 +0800
'Xia Baolong's speech was targeting the US'
A vice-president of Beijing’s top think tank on Hong Kong, Lau Siu-kai, says the central government’s call for Hong Kong people to vote in the coming Legco election is part of China’s rebuff against the “hypocrisy of the US and Western democr...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 10:44:16 +0800
Legco 2021: Hong Kong Island West
Candidates in the Legislative Council elections are busy campaigning ahead of the polls on December 19. The SAR will have a new legislature consisting of 90 lawmakers – 20 of them elected by the people who live in the 10 geographical constituencie...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 10:18:39 +0800
Homeless people exempted from new app rule
The government says homeless people who don’t have a smartphone will be exempted from the mandatory use of the LeaveHomeSafe app if they have a certificate issued by an NGO. Diane Wong, Deputy Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, said the ...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:17:44 +0800
Xia Baolong's comments 'unprecedented': expert
China specialist Willy Lam on Tuesday described comments made by a senior Beijing official to call on Hong Kong people to cast their "sacred ballots” in the Legislative Council elections as "unprecedented". The director of Beijing's Hong Kong and ...



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