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Free expression NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed concern over the apparent disappearance of South China Morning Post (SCMP) reporter Minnie Chan close to three years ago. Chan reported on defence issues, but was last heard from in October 2023 while she was covering the Xiangshan Forum, a three-day security conference, in Beijing. The […]
A mainland Chinese woman has been handed a 160-hour community service order after pleading guilty to forging a reference letter for her application to a doctoral programme at a Hong Kong university. Li Zuer, who faced a charge of obtaining services by deception, appeared at the Fanling Magistrates’ Courts on Monday. The court heard earlier […]
A Yuen Long district councillor has been found guilty of having intercourse with a girl under 16 over a decade ago, prompting a government investigation that could see him suspended from duties. Sei Chun-hing was convicted at the District Court on Monday following the conclusion of his trial in July. He was charged with having […]
Police in southern China said they have arrested a man who wounded multiple people in a knife attack outside a hot pot restaurant. Authorities received reports that the suspect, a 35-year-old surnamed Li, had carried out the attack in Guangzhou’s Panyu district at 5:20 pm on Monday, a police statement said later that evening. Several […]
The Hyrox athletics franchise has apologised for allowing an athlete to complete an event in Beijing despite soiling herself midway through, causing an outcry on social media. Photos and videos posted online showed Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk with soiled legs and shoes, continuing to use the mats and equipment at the competition held Saturday in […]
Hong Kong authorities will “pursue accountability” over faulty construction works that resulted in tilted lift shafts in a redeveloped building at Queen Mary Hospital, leader John Lee has said. “Regarding the misaligned lifts at Queen Mary Hospital, this must be corrected swiftly,” Lee said at a press conference on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting with […]
HKFP has launched a new weather platform for the city. WeatherHongKong.com relies on dozens of official, live data feeds provided by the Observatory, Environmental Protection Department and other reputable sources. However, it presents data in a clearer format and combines information in real time to provide new data points. For instance, temperature, wind and humidity […]
Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park will be transformed into a global showcase of lantern crafts from Thursday to mark the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. The inaugural International Lantern Spectacular, organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), will be free to enter and will run until September 27. The showpiece installation will be a giant “masterpiece” lantern […]
Hong Kong parents have been urged to vaccinate their young children as cases of influenza among children have risen across the city. Mike Kwan, honorary clinical associate professor of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, said on Commercial Radio on Monday that flu-related hospitalisations of children have risen […]
The head of China’s spy agency has warned that artificial intelligence endangers the country’s national security, with foreign powers potentially using the technology to threaten social order. “Hostile forces” were abusing generative AI technologies to “fabricate political rumours and spread harmful information”, Minister of State Security Chen Yixin wrote in an article published online on […]
Beijing will ban the possession of drones within city limits under new rules from November, further tightening regulations that already prohibited the sale of the devices. The rules, announced on Sunday and due to take effect on November 15, forbid possessing or storing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Chinese capital and ban flights in […]
Hong Kong leader John Lee has said that the city’s first five-year blueprint aligning with mainland China’s development goals will adhere to the city’s “capitalist system” and uphold the One Country, Two Systems governing principle. Chief Executive Lee made the remarks in a Monday op-ed addressing concerns about whether his Five-Year Plan, set to be […]
Hong Kong police must remain vigilant against national security risks and root out threats at the earliest stages, the city’s national security police chief has told new recruits to the force. “Oftentimes, hidden dangers lurk in every corner of our communities,” national security department director Andrew Kan warned in Cantonese at a passing-out parade for […]
Rachel Law was making her usual stop at her neighbourhood Starbucks with her three dogs on an August afternoon when officers from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) approached her. Law said the officers scanned the microchips of all of her dogs and took photos of one of them, Bao Bao, a Staffordshire Bull […]
Chan Yuk-tong hoped to spend his remaining years in the row of small, blue-brick houses where he was born and raised, but the 71-year-old’s Hong Kong village home will soon be bulldozed to make way for a vast tech hub. An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland is […]
