Government talent programs have yet to bear fruit, as brain drain from once-prestigious jobs persists.
A pro-Beijing heavyweight has urged the Hong Kong government to halt or postpone its already-delayed waste charging scheme, saying it was originally proposed by the “radical opposition” and calling it “mission impossible.” Lo Man Tuen, vice-chairman of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, wrote in an opinion piece in Ming Pao on Monday that the […]
A Reporters Without Borders representative was refused entry to the city after arriving to monitor the trial of former media mogul Jimmy Lai, the group said.
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. […]
A pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Regina says many already plan to boycott a recently announced full-service Starbucks.
A Hong Kong press group has sought to challenge the revised rules for accessing the government’s vehicle registry. The arrangements rolled out in January constituted a “disproportionate and unjustified restriction” on press freedom enshrined in the city’s mini-constitution, the group argued. The requirement for journalists to seek approval directly from the transport commissioner to access […]
Along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour on a March weekend, tourists armed with selfie sticks jostled for space as they took photos with the city’s famed skyline as a backdrop. Nearby, tour guides told the stories of Bruce Lee and Tony Leung, two local actors featured in the Avenue of Stars – Hong Kong’s answer to […]
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to four years and seven months in jail over rioting and wounding others during the Yuen Long mob attack at the height of the 2019 protests and unrest. Tang Siu-hung, a 42-year-old driver, was prosecuted last July along with three others, four years after an incident on the night of […]
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.
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A prominent pro-life group pushed former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, to back federal legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The same week in Washington, President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is “unacceptable,” and said Israel must take […] The post Washington Roundup: Pro-life group pushes Trump on 15-week abortion ban, centrist group drops...
Kelso’s Saturday jumps card has already been called off due to a waterlogged track. The Listed Snowdrop Fillies’ Stakes alongside two competitive handicaps feature on Kempton’s Saturday flat meeting. The ITV cameras are also heading to Chelmsford and we’ll take a look at one of their feature races. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews []