Hong Kong police on Thursday checked the identity cards of fans queueing outside an event for pro-democracy singer Anthony Wong, citing crowd control. Wong and lyricist Chow Yiu-fai were holding an autograph session organised by art group The House of Hong Kong Literature in in Sham Shui Po on Thursday evening when police officers arrived, […]
Hong Kong’s leading press group can mount a legal challenge to the Transport Department’s new policy restricting media access to vehicle ownership records, a High Court judge has ruled. Judge Russell Coleman handed down his judgement on Wednesday, approving the application by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) for a judicial review of the policy. […]
Radical groups broke into two university laboratories to steal chemicals for a bomb plot to murder police officers during the 2019 protests and unrest, the prosecution told a terrorism jury trial on Wednesday. Seven people are standing trial under the city’s anti-terrorism act at the High Court, with prosecutors – for the first time – […]
A fundraising concert organised by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) has been forced to move online, after the live performance was axed due to “irresistible force,” the press group said. HKJA announced on Wednesday that the live concert scheduled for Sunday would take place online on May 8, after the show was called off […]
A government advisory body has conditionally approved a report on the environmental impact of building a technology hub near the city’s border with mainland China, despite criticism from green groups. The Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE), a government-appointed body, on Monday unanimously endorsed the government’s environmental impact assessment for the San Tin Technopole. See […]
Hong Kong’s largest trade union federation has confirmed that it will not organise a march for Labour Day, as its chairman said workers’ issues can be raised through “celebrations.” The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) announced on Sunday that it would hold a series of events ahead of Labour Day next Wednesday to […]
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai’s arrest dealt a “heavy blow” to pro-democracy advocacy group Stand With Hong Kong, causing it to lose its connections to US politicians, the media mogul’s national security trial has heard. Activist Andy Li was also arrested in the same police swoop on August 10, 2020, but the activist group had […]
Nearly six months after Hamas' horrific Oct. 7 attack, the crisis in Israel
Wisconsin Family Action and the DOJ pushed for a stronger punishment against Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, who never showed remorse for his pro-abortion terrorism until asked by the judge, according to the pro-life group.
Beijing's increasing influence has led to speculation that Hong Kong's days of an independent football scene are numbered.
The intensity of protests on college campuses and other locations could
The Palestine Solidarity Committee set off a series of cascading crises for the university when it posted a controversial statement on Oct. 7 that many around the world read as justifying the Hamas-led attack on Israel.