Warnings over travel to Hong Kong following the enactment of the new, domestic security law amount to “political manoeuvres” and “scaremongering” remarks, the city’s authorities claim. The Hong Kong government on Friday condemned newly-updated travel advice from Australia, Taiwan and other regions, which said travellers coming to Hong Kong after the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance […]
China's embassy hits back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong's new national security law, urging the U.S. to "respect China's sovereignty."
Australia will spend more than $4.6 billion on a submarine nuclear reactor factory in the United Kingdom to ensure its new nuclear-powered fleet arrives on time. The 10-year deal will boost capacity at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby and bankroll the design costs of the boats that Australia will build. Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed […]
Latest legislative crackdown on dissent and international collaboration
An immigration consultant reports a surge in interest in emigration to the UK since the law's launch.
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is to introduce measures on tourist flow management on campus following an influx of visitors from the mainland. Local media have reported on the grounds being as “crowded as Disney,” with mainland tourists barging into lecture halls for photo-taking during lectures. The Pok Fu Lam campus has sky-rocketed in […]
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special session. The
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that was triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019.
There are reports that the Hong Kong SFC is considering to approve Bitcoin ETFs in Q2 2024. VSFG and Value Partners have applied for approval to offer a spot Bitcoin ETF in Hong Kong. VSFG is targeting to launch the spot BTC ETF as early as May this year. Hong Kong’s financial landscape is set […]
Some artists have taken their work to Brussels, saying they no longer feel safe, yet the art market back home continues to boomFrom a rocky perch a larger-than-life rendition of a female protester, clad in a hard hat and a gas mask, gazes over a city in turmoil. Known as Lady Liberty Hong Kong, the statue was hauled to the top of Lion Rock during the 2019 pro-democracy protests. It was meant to be her final resting place. But now all that remains of that intention is photographs. The statue was...
Mary Kwan moved into Tai Hang Sai Estate soon after it was completed in 1965. Almost 60 years later, the 80 year-old is preparing to quit her eighth-floor flat for a transitional housing project in Tai Po. Tai Hang Sai Estate, Hong Kong’s only privately-owned low-rental housing estate, is set to be demolished and redeveloped, […]
Former Hong Kong chief secretary Anson Chan met protesters and asked them if they had an “endgame” after months-long pro-democracy demonstrations and unrest in 2019, the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has heard. Prosecution witness Andy Li, an IT programmer turned activist, told the court on Friday that he was invited by […]